METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, N. H., For the Year ending Oct. 31st, 1836. [From the "Vermont Chronicle."] The quantity of water that fell during the year ending Oct. 31st, 1836, was 33.89 inches; of which 12.01 inches was from 119 inches (9 feet 11 inches) of snow. On account of using a new Barometer for a part of the year 1836, the mean pressure should be corrected so as to read 29.312, instead of 29.382, as above, and differing from 1835 by .078 instead of .008. Remarks extracted from the "Vermont Chronicle."- The weather during the latter part of the month of November [1835], was extremely cold; and the succeeding month of December was remarkable also for the extraordinary severity of the weather, during the first 18 days. The mean temperature during this period was 6.3°; being at sunrise 0o. The month of February [1836] was probably the coldest known since the settlement of the country. The mean temperature was nearly 50 lower than the remarkably cold February of the preceding winter. The average temperature of the 14 mornings on which the mercury was below zero, was nearly 16. On the morning of the 2d of the month, the mercury is said to have congealed in the bulb of a thermometer at Franconia. The aurora borealis has been observed but once during the winter, while during the previous winter it was observed 12 times. The whole number of observations from November [1835] to the latter part of March, [1836] at which time the mercury was below zero, was 67; the preceding year 52. The average temperature of these 67 observations was about -8°. The whole depth of snow which has fallen since the 20th of November [1835] is 9 feet 1 inch. The sleighing has been uninterrupted since the 23d of November, that is, almost 19 weeks. In the open fields the average depth of snow is still [April 1, 1836,] more than 18 inches. The mean temperature of the month of January, 1837, at Dartmouth College was 10.57°, nearly one third of a degree lower than that of the preceding February, which is said to have been the coldest month then on record at that place. IV. TIME OF THE OPENING OF THE ERIE CANAL AND LAKE ERIE. [From the Report of the Regents of the University of New York.] V. TIME OF THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE At Albany, so far as the same can be now ascertained. [From the Report of the Regents of the University of New York.] *All those marked thus are derived from authentic records or personal observation. This winter was long and intensely cold. On the 3d of March, 1818, the ice moved in a body downwards for some distance, and there remained stationary. The river was not clear until March 25th. The river closed on the 13th, opened on the 20th, and finally closed December 1. This was one of the four winters during a century, in which the Hudson between Powles Hook and New York was crossed on the ice. The other three being 1740-41, 1764-65, and 1779-80. January 11, 1824. The river was clear of ice, and remained so for several days. The river opened and closed repeatedly during this winter. December 21, it closed a second time. Opened in consequence of heavy rains, and closed again on the 10th of Jan., 1831. ** Opened again January 3; closed again January 11. tt March 17th; River opened opposite to the city. March 18th; Steamboat John Jay came to Van Wie's Point. Ice at the Overslaugh. T. R. B. March 15, 1822 92 days. 90 days. 78 days. 60 days. 73 days. 100 days. 125 days. VI. FLOWERING OF FRUIT-TREES. 1. Time of Flowering of the Peach, Cherry, and Apple Trees, at several The winter of 1836-7, in the Northeastern States, was long and severe, though not quite so much so as the winter immediately preceding; and the Spring of 1837 was uncommonly backward. A great part of the peach trees, in this part of the country, were entirely killed, or very much injured, as also were some other kinds of trees. But few peach trees produced any blossoms; and such as did flower, were so much chilled with the cold, that they were, contrary to what is the general rule, later in flowering than the cherry trees. VII. METEOROLOGICAL TABLES OF Abstract of the Returns of Meteorological Observations made to the Regents of the University by sundry Academies in the State of New York for the Year 1836. 1. MEAN TEMPERATURE OF EACH MONTH. ACADEMIES. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June, July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Albany, Auburn, Clinton, Cortland, Erasmus H. Fairfield. 23.16 16.33 27.04 42.71 59.62 65.12 72.49 64.55 60.51 42.32 36.66 26.20 44.73 26.21 19.17 28.74 41.77 58.46 65.59 70.46 62.71 61.02 40.71 33.94 28.21 44.75 Camb. Was. 21.92 13.63 26.03 40.38 56.84 65.11 69.60 60.97 58.44 39.77 34.86 24.57 42.68 Canandaigua 22.68 19.24 27.54 51.44 57.59 63.18 64.46 63.40 57.87 42.42 34.02 21.56 43.78 Cherry-Val. 19.74 12.42 23.21 40.72 58.55 61.97 67.60 60.79 57.60 37.91 32.16 22.41 41.25 30.01 22.64 34.09 42.83 53.04 59.59 68.86 65.71 65.15 48.89 40.10 32.12 46.92 21.52 14.80 23.41 40.45 61.77 61.68 66.98 60.08 57.39 38.43 33.35 24.73 42.04 25.11 19.34 30.73 46.60 63.19 66.03 73.59 66.93 63.63 45.24 38.48 29.02 47.32 28.16 22.05 32.51 46.21 58.17 63.18 72.14 66.92 64.23 47.28 40.38 31.56 47.73 21.07 17.08 25.63 41.89 61.71 62.13 67.64 61-22 59.81 37.53 31.85 22.16 42.48 26.57 20.59 28.45 44.76 56.33 63.84 66.80 62.31 59.32 41.54 35.78 28.16 44.54 22.26 13.74 29.17 42.04 60.08 71.93 75.28 65.24 60.50 48.09 37.22 25.10 45.88 Hamilton, 21.44 13.95 24.87 38,95 52.32 61.93 66.77 60.15 56.07 35.98 30.22 22.77 40.45 Hartwick, 22.12 20.54 29.62 45.38 62.74 65.30 70.61 62 34 61.69 39.66 33.14 25.99 44.92 Ithaca, 25.15 18.09 27.00 42.75 57.86 65.75 69.95 62.49 59.29 40.21 35.07 27.89 44.28 Johnstown, 20.94 13.95 22.01 38.62 57.26 62.88 70.64 63.38 59.33 40.76 34.07 23.92 42 31 Kinderhook, 21.90 16.64 26.62 42.37 58.65 63.88 70.53 63.29 60.65 40.39 35.37 25.51 43.81 Kingston, 24.43 18.57 29.52 44.17 61.72 65.19 71.98 66.16 61.75 43.58 37.33 26.97 45.94 Lansingb'gh, 25.55 18.90 30.17 41.40 63.55 69.27 75.94 68.89 64.97 46.73 39.46 29.09 47.82 Lewiston, 24.06 22.24 28.85 40.20 54.74 61.50 67.09 62.25 61 89 40.27 33.54 26.61 43.54 Monroe, 25.18 19.65 27.80 43.18 57.78 65.14 68.95 63.02 61.17 40.84 36.23 27.43 44.69 Montgom'ry, 22.14 17.76 26.09 41.74 60.93 64.29 68.75 64.60 63.02 39.3 35.25 25.13 44.25 Newburgh, 25.41 18.85 29.17 45.26 61.00 64.23 68.13 65.28 61.39 44.35 35.89 29.85 45.73 Oneida Inst. 21.14 14.95 22.58 40 41 58.24 64.80 71.66 62.58 58.89 40.16 33.35 22.98 44.31 Onondaga, Oxford, Rochester, 26.15 19.79 28.39 42.81 59.30 65.13 70 27 63.48 60.29 41.60 36.54 28.23 45.16 21.01 15.34 25.74 11.41 58.28 63 69 69.54 62.44 58.80 39.85 33.10 24.37 42.80 20.75 15.68 24.37 39.21 54.11 59.87 64.77 58.02 53 78 36.11 31.60 23.40 40,18 24.38 18.01 28.72 46.28 61.34 65.97 69.16 64.41 62.56 44.65 39.77 28.05 46.11 24.71 18.42 29 00 42.92 54.22 66.87 70.15 63.28 59.04 41.36 36.49 28.24 44.01 St. Lawr'nce 19 21 11.38 24.92 40.01 54.86 63.43 68.33 62 50 55.29 36.88 33.05 19.59 40.78 Schenect'dy, 23.86 16.81 27.12 42-66 55.47 64.16 71.87 64.03 61.68 43.27 37.58 27 41 44.66 Union, 22.51 17.63 27.82 38.70 57.05 63.79 67.53 60.73 60.37 40.51 35.00 25.72 43.11 Union-Hall, 27.01 21.99 31.93 45.07 56.63 61.78 70 26 64 80 63.42 45.47 39.38 30.60 46.52 Utica, 22.61 13.67 22.63 37.81 54.75 61.41 65.78 58.61 57.10 39.34 33.72 23.27 40.89 VIII. 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