1850. inch. inch. inch. inch. January, 29.30 29.32 29.39 29.32 20.0 24.1 300 23.5 24.40 46 -10 4.8 4.5 3.8 4.2 9 A. M. 3 P. M. 9 P. M. Monthly Maximum. Minimum. Sunrise. 9 A. M. 3 P. M. 9 P. M. October, .31 .30 .33 .41 .40 .42 Nov'ber, .32 .33 2. WINDS, CLOUDS, RAINS, ETC. .66 2.0 2.12.5 2.4 5 810 7 2.0 2.1 2.3 1.7 62 23 4 2.7 511 5 6 19 8 3.5 2 .9 711 17 23 2 2.5 3 3.7 An.M'n, 1.81.92.21.9 6 7 9 8 1.9 1.9 2.2 2.0 2 3 710 54 21 6 4.0 21.5 Lowest temperature, February 3d, -140; highest, July 26th, 940. Range, 108 Lowest height of barometer, April 4th, 28.5 inches; thermometer attached, 560; greatest, February 3d, 29.8 inches; thermometer attached, 66°. Range, 1.3 inch. Mean, 29.33. Mississippi closed, December 17th, 1849; opened, February 19th, 1850. Closed 64 days. Frost, last in the spring, April 23d; first in the fall, September 7th. Peach and Cherry blossomed May 1st; Apple, May 3d. May 27th, from 2 to 3 o'clock; P. M., there fell 2 inches of rain, preceded by a violent storm of hail, from .5 to 1 inch in diameter. August 19th, from 10, P. M., to 6, A. M, 20th, there fell 3.5 inches of rain. Months. XIV. METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR MILWAUKEE AND GREEN LAKE, WISCONSIN. Meteorological Observations made at Milwau-Meteorological Observations kee, Wisconsin, for the Year 1850 By I. A. Lapham. Lat. 43° 4' N., Long. 87° 57′ W. Elevation above Lake Michigan, 15 feet. Above the Atlantic Ocean, 593 feet. made at Green Lake, Marquette County, Wisconsin, for the Year 1850. By F. C. Pomeroy. Lat. 430 48' N., Long. 88° 56′ W. Mean No. of Storms of Rain, etc. Variable Days. 1850. inch. inch. inch. January, 29.88 28.70 29.46 42 27 65 Feb'ry, 29.98 28.53 29.43 53-7 28.84 40.03 50.10 65.59 10 133324701230 29.44 38.00 53.96 194 125 46 38 July, Mean, 9.03 N. E 46 83 26.41 Ar Milwaukee the mean temperature varies but little from the general average of several years; but the thermometer has not been as low nor as high as usual. The same remark is applicable to the density of the air, as indicated by the barometer. Less than the usual quantity of rain has fallen; and, as more than one third was in one month, the remainder of the year has been unusually dry. Ice left the Milwaukee river March the 12th, and it was again closed December the 6th. At Green Lake the Maximum was 930, July 26th, and the Minimum 140, February 4th. XV. FLOWERING OF FRUIT-TREES IN 1851. UNITED STATES. I. PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION. II. EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT. THE 16th Presidential term of four years, since the establishment of the government of the United States under the Constitution, began on the 4th of March, 1849; and it will expire on the 3d of March, 1853. MILLARD FILLMORE, of New York, President, Vacancy, Vice-President, Salary. $25,000 5,000 General Zachary Taylor, of Louisiana, having been elected by a majority of thirty-six of the electoral votes, was, on the 4th of March, 1849, inaugurated President of the United States, and died on the 9th of July, 1850. In consequence of this event, the duties of the office have devolved on Millard Fillmore, of New York, who had been elected by the same majority VicePresident, in accordance with the provision of the Constitution of the United States, which says, "In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice-President." THE CABINET. The following are the principal officers in the executive department of the * Died in office. |