IX. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT EUTAW, ALA. Abstract of Meteorological Observations kept at Mesopotamia Female Seminary, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama. By A. Winchell, A. M.

Lat. 32° 46' N., Long. 11° 3′ W. from Washington.

Nov. 42.83 50.97 66 67 19 43 51 90 2

82 17 19 63 27 70 75 17 33.25 Dec. 44 10 47 1054 32 44.39 47.47 3 82 921 61 471.75 825.50 26 Jan. 41.09 46 23 53.09 46.55 46.74 16 70 31 18 52 16 62.00 30 26 25 28 Feb. 45 36 49 61 56.96 19.93 50.55 27 80 17 23 57 27 69.75 16 33.75 29 Mar. 45 97 52.23 63 61 53.74 53.85 27 80 12258 31 69.25 130 75 50 Apr. 53 23 61 27 68.90 56.73 59.87 29 85 9 38:47 172.50 15 45.75 39 May 64.65 74.39 82.97 69.58 72.89 25 93 45 4830 81.50 153 25 37 June 70.50 81.53 92.47 72.77 79.32 14 99 1061 33 684 75 1871 25 34 July 72 61 86.16 96.55 31.48 34.04 17 104 160 44 1791.00 173.75 57 Aug 73.45 84.84 89.61 76.90 81.12,14 993063 36 14 88.25 3072.50 23

Prevailing.

Months. 1850-51.

November,

December,

January,

February,

March,

April,

May,

June,

July,

August,

4 414 S. W. 24 5
33811 N. W 8
419 0S. E.
511 7 N.

6 6

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W.

N. W.

Pre

vail

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1611 1621 815 W.
652 8 4/5S. W.
25314 725 S. W.
63029 528S W.
10
321 28 11 50 W.
12 3 0 0 21335 1837 W.
36 1 01929 24 735S W.
13 2 2 9 1 5213631 N. W.
7 0 011 216 92257 N. W.
6 0 1 4 7 841342 N. W.

7

15

13
15

0

3

13 1 437 610 832 9S. E. 2217 221 11 29 2211 01024 5 22 16 128 15 9 43 8 617 22 5 41 17 10 6 714 612 1N. 16 8 84129 8 8 6 84 526 14 21 26 13 3S. E. 15 0 230 915 944 0N. W. 49 327 91226 9 5N. W. Winter months rather dry; early spring months very wet; summer months unprecedentedly dry and hot. First frost in autumn, November 8th. Whole number of frosts, 14. Number of freezing mornings, 24. Snow 3 times; whole amount (unmelted), 3 inches. January 14th, frogs; 23d, Senecio lobatus. February 15th, Acer rubrum; 22d, Prunus Americana; 23d, Persica vulgaris; 26th, Hedyotis cœrulea. March 12th, Amelanchier Canadensis; 13th, corn planting; 21st, Podophyllum peltatum; 25th, cotton planting. April 6th, chimney swallows; 22d, ripe strawberries. May 1st, green peas and Irish potatoes; 24th, green cucumbers, &c. June 10th, green corn. July 15th, ripe melons; 20th, ripe figs (second crop); 25th, ripe peaches. August 1st, cotton picking.

Months.

X. METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, MUSCATINE, Iowa.

For the Year 1851. By T. S. Parvin.

.40

March, .35 .37 .36

.37

April, .31

.34

.30

.29

May,

.29

.29

.31

.28

1851. inch. inch. inch. inch.

.40

January, 29.33 29.37 29.34 29.38 18.9 22.4 30 4 24.223.97 46 -16 4.6 5.6 4.9 5.2 Feb'ry, .35 .39 22.2 27.7 34.3 26 7 27.73 52 0 30.4 37.9 50.1 34.5 38.22 78 34.9 46.6 51.8 40.843.52 70 50.0 59.3 67.0 59 258.19

June,

July,

August,

October, .57 .56

5.3 6.0 5.8 6.7

Nov'ber, .58 .59 .57

.59

Dec'ber, .64 .67

.62

.65

An. M'n, 29.46 29.47 29.46 29.46 40.8 49.9 55.5 46.148.11 72 18 4.8 5.3 5.2 5.9

January, 2.0 2.3 2.9 2.8 2 2 17 10 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.0, 1 218 7 35 23 1 1.5 1 .5
Feb'ry, 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.3 8 2 6 12 1.7 2.2 2.1 2.2 4 1 910 65 17
March, 2.2 2.3 2.7 2.2 4 613 8 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.0 2 210 811 218
April,
2.2 2 5 2.5 2.6 14 111 4 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.5 13 1 6 9 7 4 19 8
May,
2.1 2.5 2.4 2.3 7 11 4 9 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 5 9 213 83 20 17 12.6
June, 1.8 2.0 2.72.0 7 10 7 6 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 5 6 9 8 46 20 21 14.3
July,
1.5 1.7 1.8 1.6 7. 5 5 14 4.0 2.3 2.2 2.4 3 31111 12 4 15 15 8.6
August, 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.6 21 1 3 6 2.2 21 2.3 7 5 710 65 20 8 14.0
Sept'ber, 1.4 1.9 1.5 1.4 9 6 5 10 2-0 2.0 1.9
October, 1.6 2.2 2.0 1.9 9 413 5 1.8 2.0 1.8
Nov'ber, 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.7 4 712 7 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.0
Dec'ber, 1.8 1.9 2.4 1.9 6 4 18 3 2.2 2.0 2.4 2.2

2.1 2.1 2.1 4 3 9 9 7 5 18 8 6.0 3 3.0

Lowest temperature, December 16th, 180; highest, July 27th, 920. Range, 1100. Lowest height of Barometer, January 9th, 28.60 inches; thermometer attached, 600; greatest, December 4th, 30.60 inches; thermometer attached, 280. Range, 2.0 inches. Mean, 29.46 inches.

Mississippi closed, January 30th; opened, February 21st. Closed 22 days.

Frost, last in the spring, May 24th; first in the fall, September 28th.

May 1st, thermometer stood, at sunrise, at 220, with severe frost, which killed most of the fruit. May 21st, from 5 o'clock, A. M, to 10 P. M., there fell 4.5 inches of rain, 2.5 inches of which fell from 7 to 8 P. M. Immense destruction of mills and bridges. August 10th, 12 inches of rain in 2 hours at 9 P. M. June 8th, Mississippi 14.38 feet above low-watermark, and higher than it has been since the spring of 1828. Total quantity of rain in inches, 72.4.

XI.

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR ROCHESTER, N. Y.,

For the Year 1851. Lat 43° 8' 17" N., Long. 77° 51' W.
Tide-water, 506 feet. By Leander Wetherell.

Elevation above

Barometer.

inch. inch. inch. inch. inch inch inch inch inch. inch. inch. inch inch. Greatest height, 30.19 30.15 29.87 30.06 29.85 29.95 29 70 29.84 30.07 29.70 30.14 29.9-30 19 Least height, 28.67 28.80 29.08 28.83 23 96 29.03 29 2: 29 30 29.11 28.95 28.78 23.67 23.80 29.40 29.53 29.44 29.47 29 41 29.48 29.46 29.58 29.57 29.36 29.34 29 43 29.58

Mean,

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Thermometer. O Monthly mean, 28.50 32.20 35.90 43 20 55.90 65.60 70.30 67.70 62 20 50.30 35.80 24 00 47.40 79 92 83 35 85 74 55 56 192

Range,

49

56

54

12 29 16

13

Coldest day,

30 8 3

Fair days,

15 54 10

12 234 20 18 25 15

Cloudy days,

15 22

201

11 121

Rain fell, days,

Snow fell, days,

Rain and snow,

1.36 2.00 1.38 1.1 2.21 2.15 3-5 1.54 1.13 2.14 3.62 2.70 24.97 4층

30 Je.29

12 26 Jy.30 8 175

4 15 22 23

1894

8 16

57

412 13

2

3

21

20

16

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S. W. S. W.

W.

N.W. WNW

XII. FLOWERING OF FRUIT-TREES IN 1852.

XIII. FALL OF RAIN AT KING GEORGE'S COURT-HOUSE, VA.

As denoted by Crosley's (English) Rain-Gauge.

THE

AMERICAN ALMANAC,

FOR

1853.

PART II.