X. METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, AT CHAPEL HILL. By James Phillips, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. 1848. inch. inch. June, 29.726 29.745 July, 29.691 August, 29.725 29.759 September, October, November, December, 29.678 29.714 29.686 May, 29.630 29.666 29.638 There were two snowy days in November, three in January, and one in February. First frost, 21st October, 1848. Frogs singing, 23d January, 1849. Houstonia cerulea in flower 9th; Prunus chicasa, 10th; Peach, 13th; Prunes, 15th; and the first Martin apeared, 23d March. Whip-poor-will singing, 8th April. Hottest day, 23d June: Barometer, sunrise, 29.75 in.; 9 A. M. 29.75; 3 P. M. 29.700; 9 P. M. 29.700. Mean, 29.725. Attached therm. " Barometer, sunrise, 29.772 in.; 9 A.M.29.924; 3 P.M. 29.924; 9 P.M. 29.976. Mean, 29.899. Sunrise. 9 A. M. 3 P. M. 9 P. M. Clearness fr.0 to 10. Cloudy Days. Rainy Days. Clear Days. XII. METEOROLOGIACL TABLE FOR BLOOMINGTON,* Iowa. For the Year 1848. By T. S. Parvin. 28.3 50 446 March, 35.1 70-878 2 .1 4 3 June, 64.3 88 3355 July, 63.9 85 48 37 .24 August, September, 56.3 84 4351 .29 inch. in. in. in. 58 29.41 29.8 28.8 1.0 1811 2 4 1.1 1 1.0 4 4 8 15 23 8 6 16 23 6 3 2 8 18 1813] 18 10 11 22 8 2 7 14 8 27 4 39 5 13 25 5 1 5 19 6 28 3 315 5 8 29 2 October, 43.9 72 2745 .27 545 December, 19.1 44 -650 .82 .7 .27 .6 .5 .4 28.9.5 17 410 14 5.7 6 4 7 5 15 26 5 2 2 10 17 27 4 Year, Warmest day, 75° 3′, August 12th. Coldest day, -2° 0′, January 9th. Highest temperature, 860 0, August 12th. Lowest, -8° 0′, January 9th. Mean, 470 78'. Range, 940. Mississippi opened, February 16th; closed, December 15th. | 47.7889-694 29.345 29.8 28.6 1.2 190|77|99|71 36.0 1836.2|31|78|101|156|288/78| XIII. FLOWERING OF TREES, SHRUBS, &c., AT NATCHEZ, MISS., IN 1849. Day Furnished the American Almanac by Wm. P. Mellen, Esq. of the Name of Tree, &c. Month. Jan. 1 Sweet Violet. 7 Strawberry. Mar. 1 Quince-trees. 3 Cherry-trees. 4 Apple-trees. 8 Mountain Laurel. Mar. 17 York and Lanc. Rose. 19 Duchess of Modena. 23 Geo. the Fourth Rose. April 7 Indian Pink. SEglantine Rose. 10 White Jasmine. 19 White Lily. 24 Cape Jasmine. 30 Magnolia Grandiflora. May 12 Althea. 66 28 Crape Myrtle. 30 Yellow do. June 6 Tube Rose. "20 Indigo. *Now Muscatine. † No cold weather to this date; one or two very light frosts only during the entire seaBut at this time (7 February) it became very cold, with snow and ice. son. XIV. FLOWERING OF FRUIT-TREES IN 1849. *Frost, 15th and 16th April. Ice half an inch thick was made each morning. Fruitsapricots, peaches, cherries, apples, and early strawberries- were killed. XV. FROSTS, SNOWS, &c., IN HIRAM, OXFORD COUNTY, ME., FOR THIRTY-TWO YEARS. Record of the First Frosts in each Fall; the First Snmos, the Number of Snows, the Whole Depth, and the Greatest Depth at one Time, in each Winter, from 1817 to 1849. By Peleg Wadsworth. 1826. March 18th, a very heavy thunder-storm commenced at 9 o'clock in the evening, and continued till 3 o'clock the next morning; thunder and lightning almost without intermission. 1835. Jan. 4th, at sunrise, the thermometer stood at 36 degrees below zero. 1836. Feb. 7th, 8th, and 9th, severe snow-storm and very windy. 1839. March 4th, snow four feet deep in the woods. |