III. METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR LAMBERTVILLE, N. J.

Lat. 40° 22' 45" N., Long. 74° 55' 30" W. Barometer 96 feet above. Mid-tide. By L. H. Parsons.

1. SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1854.

Barometer.

Months.

April,

May, June,

Year,

7 A. M.

2 P. M.

Months.

1853-54.

9

1853. July, 70.95 35.64 69.62 96 August, 69.71 84.92 68.69 964 11 September, 61.16 78.53 62.25 96 October, 42.28 52.42 46.48 77 November, 39.26 53.50 43.40 71 December, 25.62 39.31 30.05 55 1854.

6 21

20

11

* June.

Mean.

January, 23.98 37.27 28.31 56 February, 25.57 40.16 31.55 66 March, 32.46 47.76 37.72 77 43.50 63.44 45.27 84 58.39 73.63 59.26 88 67.46 34.00 65.76 98

Thermometer.

July, 1853,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December,
January, '54,

Maximum.
Day of Mo.

Clear.*

12

2

16

27

28

27

Rain or
Snow.

Day of Mo.

3348444

I7824

38664∞∞

58 13

53 30

37 30

13

26 31

184 25
10 20

14 3 11 5

20 29

25

3

38

7

53

1

Water, in

Inches.

2 P. M.

29.41 12

1.15 29.55 9 1.00

29.25 17 1.08

29.46 10 1.15 29.65 3 .73 29.67 8 .39 16.69 61.72/48.9598 27* 1 3 9629.99829.999 30.019/30.58281 29.1818$ 1.40

† January.

2. WEATHER FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1854.

9 P. M.

30.049 30.065 30.084 30.56 25
30.007 30.062 30.056 30.55 28
29.923 29.928 29.965 30.33 29
29.932 29.942 29.964 30.61 3
29.943 29.929 29.942 30.28 23
29.937 29.921 29.929 30.16 1

1 November.

Months.

1854.

February,
March,

6.595
3.300

3.237 April,
4.320
2.170 June,

May,

1.728

1.890 Year,

Maximum.

Day of Mo.

Clear.*

32043

42

inch.

29.78 16
29.66 18

29.51 15

29.52 24

29.52 13
29.18 18

§ December.

Cloudy.*

Rain or
Snow.

Day of Mo.

99927

in.

13

12

.49 .53

.75

.87

1.06 1.14

Water, in
Inches.

6.375

1.320

6.547 4.408

4.950

44 101 46.840

The Peach blossomed on the 24th of April; the Cherry on the 24th; and the Apple on the 1st of May.

* Perfectly clear, not a cloud being seen, -or entirely cloudy, no clear sky being seen,— during the whole day.

IV. METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR SAVANNAH, GA.

For the Year ending May, 1854. By Dr. John F. Posey.

1. BAROMETER.

Barometer cistern with constant level, No. 455, by J. Green. Scale, English inches, corrected for temperature reduced to the freezing point. 42 feet above half-tide in the river.

Months.

1853.

Day.

7 A. M.

Difference,

Months.

1853.

June
July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Highest.

Day.

7 A. M.

Highest.

2 P. M.

Difference,

January, 24 30.61 30.51 30.51 30.543 12 29.60 29.73 29.87 29.733 30.21
Feb. 17 30.40 30.3 30.46 30.413 20 29.65 29.62 29.64 29 635 30.15
March, 19 30.43 30.36 30.30 30.395 17 29.81 29.71 29.68 29.731 30.11
April,
3 30.58 30.53 30.55 30.552 16 29.57 29.52 29.71 29.597 30 05
May,
1 30.22 30.17 30.17 30.187 7 29.78 29.77 29.84 29 797 30.01

An. M'n.

30.33 30.29 30.31 30.311

Barometer was highest, January 24th, 1854, lowest, December 17th, 1853,

66

66

9 P. M.

Mean.

[ Day.

inch. inch. inch. inch.

June,

July,

inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. 3 30.22 30.20 30.21 30.210 18 30 00 29.91 29.99 29.967 30 12 30.08 30.09 30 095 29 30.19 30.17 30.20 30 187 16 29.97 29.88 29.94 29.930 30.08 30.00 30 06 30 059 August, 27 30.15 30.10 30.11 30.120 19 29.79 29.74 29 81 29 780 30.03 29.99 30.02 30.013 Sept. 26 30 19 30.16 30.19 30.180 14 29.97 29.87 29.89 29 910 30.04 30.00 30.04 30.024 October, 11 30.13 30.20 30.20 30.197 20 29.62 29.53 29.62 29 590 30 02 30.00 30.04 30.026 Nov. 7 30.32 30.36 30.43 30.370 13 29.88 29.83 29.91 29 873 30 20 30 15 30.19 30 179 Dec. 21 30.46 30.34 30.33,30.377 17 29.68 29.46 29.53 29.557 30.01 29.98 30.03 30.016 1854.

2379.8 93.9 30.7 81.8

1178.8 98.1 79.5 85.1
679.0 94.2 80.3 84.5
775.1 91.2 79.5 81.9
163.8 81.6 71.5 72.1
1858.6 75.4 61.9 65.3
752.5 71.0 59.5 61.0

1854.
Jan.
1862.4 76.8 70.4 69.9
Feb. 26 66.1 74.1 67.0 69.0
March 1665.6 86.4 76.1 76.0
April 23 65.0 89.9 71.5 75.5
May 27 72.7 89.7 77.5 80.0
Mean, 68.3 85.2 73.0 75.4

7 A. M.

Mean.

Day.

7 A. M.

Lowest.

2 P. M.

2.

THERMOMETER.

Made by J. Green, New York; housed as directed by the Smithsonian Institution.

2 P. M.

9 P. M.

Lowest.

Mean.

9 P. M.

Monthly Mean
for each Hour.

7 A. M.

Thermometer was highest, July 11th, 1853,
"lowest, December 20th, 1853,

66

30.17 30.20 30 191 30.12 30.15 30 128 30.06 30 06 30 087 30.00 30.04 30.028 29.97 29.99 29.989

29.77 29 71 29.79 29 758 30 088 30.043 30.076 30.069

2 P. M.

9 P. M.

Mean for
9 P. M.
each Day.

168.0 79 1 73.3 73.5 74.0 36.5 76.6 79.0 22 71.4 78.1 75.9 75.1 77.0 S8.8 78.6 81.5 29 69 7 82.4 74.0 75.4 75.4 85.3 77.3 79 3 30 57.0 76.6 65.4 66.3 70.9 82.7 73.9 75.8 25 39.4 57.2 48.0 48 2 58 9 71.6 62.9 64.3 26 41.4 62.1 52.3 51.9 54.7 67 7 56.4 60.4 2030.5 42.0 33.4 35.3 42.7 55.7 17.3 48.4

Mean for the Day.

Rain-Gauge.
Inches.
Rainy Days.

0.787 5

6.464 12

8.168 18 9.427 9 2.888 11 3.096 7 6.882 11

98.1 30.5

67.6

V. METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, MUSCATINE, Iowa.

For the Year 1853. By T. S. Parvin.

Months.

1853.

Barometer 72.21 ft. above low water in (and 586.21 ft. above the mouth of) the Mississippi

River.

Lat. 41° 25' N., Long. 92° 2′ W.

Sunrise.

Barometer.

9 A. M.

.51

.56

.61

.68

3 P. M.

1853. inch. inch. inch. inch.
January, 29.61 29.64 29.63 29.64
Feb'ry, .50 .45
March, .50
April, .51

.43

.50 .46

.49

May,

.59

.52

June,

.58

.58

.69

.61

.59

July, .63
August, .41
Sept'ber, .62 .61
October, .66 .66
Nov'ber, .65 .99
Dec'ber, .58 .57
An M'n, 29.57 29.58 29.59 29.56 40.4 48.6 56.2 45.8 17.78 71

WINDS, CLOUDS, RAINS, ETC.

Clouds, Velocity and Course.

.58

.63

.99
.57

Winds, Force and
Direction.

3 P. M.

9 P. M.

E.

CS. E.

9 P. M.

3 N. W.

.42
.49

.50

.57

.57

.65

.58

.58

.63

.64

.57

IS. W.

- Proximate.

Sunrise.

Thermometer, detached.

Sunrise.

9 A. M.

3 P. M.

9 P. M.

Monthly
Mean.

Maximum.

Minimum.

O

O

71

81

21.2 26.2 34.6 26.027.05 54
16.5 24.0 30.1 22 7 23.36 55
26.5 30.7 43.3 32 333.24 66
40.0 50.0 56.0 45 2 17.81
48.9 58.4 61.3 53 $55.65
61.7 75.2 83.6 65.371.22 91
59.2 72.1 78 3 64.863 82
62.9 74.4 30.8 66 071.08
54.1 64.4 70.0 60.262.21
35.3 44.4 58.3 49.9 45.46
36.6 39.3 45.0 37.939.73
22.3 24.7 33.8 25 626.67 48

87

92

89

75

60

11
5

27

31

49

46

41

37

10

15

1

21

Clearness fr. 0 to 10.

Sunrise

9 A. M.

3 P. M.

9 P. M.

5.5 6.4 7.6 6.9 4.6 5.8 5.8 5.8

5.4 5.7 6.0 7.0 4.4 5.4 5.1 5.0 5.4 5.9 5.7

5.8 7.0 6.7 7.1 6.9 7.6 6.9 6.4 7.4

7.3 6.8 7.2 7.3

6.0 6.0 6.7 7.2

6.6 7.2 7.2 7.2 2.9 4.5 4.8 5.9 4.6 4.6 5.0 6.8

5.1 5.9 6.2 6.6

1.2 1.3 3
2.2 1.8

1

2.1 1.7

1.9 2.0 1.8 4

2.0

1.3 2
1.6 1

1.9

2

January, 1.5 1.7 2.0 1.8 7 5 10 19 1.5 1.4
Feb'ry, 1.7 2.0 2.0 1.5 3 413 8 2.0 2.1
March, 1.6 1.8 2.1 2.0 4 8 16 3 2.3 2.2
April, 1.8 1.9 2.4 2.0 12 5 9 4 1.8
May,
1.5 1.8 2.0 1.4 8 312 6 1.4
June,
1.4 1.7 2.0 1.4 212 511 1.8
July, 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.4 6 8 9 8 1.6
August, 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.3 3 9 6 13 1.4 1.5
Sept'ber, 1.5 1.8 1.9 1.6 7 10 5 8 1.8 1.8 2.1
October, 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 30 11 7 1.0 1.5
Nov'ber, 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.6 9 4 8 9 2.0 1.8
Dec'ber, 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4 4 4 13 10 1.5 1.5
'An.M'n, 1.5 1.6 1.9 1.4 5 7 10 9 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.6 2 1 8 9 11 5 14 5 3.9234

1.6
1.6
1.4 1.8
1.5

413 5 10 5 16 10 4.6
5 19 12 2 16 9 6.4
1.5 5 811 11 3 17 11 6.6
2.0 5 1 8 5 15 16 5 1.7
1.4 2 2 9 14 13 6 11
7 6.2
2.0 1.2 1 2 5 8 14 4 13
1 .2
1.7 2.0 1 2 311 5 9 16
1.7 2.3
510 11 7 13

16

8 14 6 11

(inches). - Days.

Quantity (inches).

1.0

3 2.0

.7 1 2.0

9 9 9 9 12 10 11.8

6 4.1 3 8.0 3 3.2

Lowest temperature, February 8th, -110; Highest, August 11th, 920. Range, 1030. Lowest height of barometer, February 28th, 28.36 inches; thermometer attached, 380; greatest, November 24th, 30.00 inches; thermometer attached, 420. Range, 1.64 inches. Mean, 29.577 inches.

Mississippi closed, December 18th; opened, February 25th. Closed 69 days. Last year, 70. Frost, last in the spring. May 25th; first in the fall, September 10th.

The Peach in flower, May 3d; Cherr, May 1st; Apple, May 8th; Plum, May 3d; and the Pear. May 6th.

Total quantity of rain in inches, 43.3: 15.4 less than in 1852. April, river very low until the last of this month. Heavy rains set in on the 11th, and from 25 to 35 inches fell on three occasions in 12 hours, and 11.8 during the month. August. comet visible during the last week of this month. September 18th, between 2 and 4 A. M.. 3.5 inches of water fell. October, ice on the 2d. November, low water. Fruits of all kinds in abundance this year, and an abundant harvest. More sickness, but less fatality, this summer than usual.

VI. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR WORCESTER, MASS.

Lat. 42° 16' 17" N.; Long. 71° 48' 13" W.; elevation 536 feet. Hours of Observation, 6 A. M., 2 and 10 P. M.

1852-53.

Psychrometer.

Mean at 2

9

Cloudiness.

7 Mean at 2

9

Inches of rain, snow-water, 0

66

Barometer.

Mean at

Thermometer.

730.5 21.7 25.0 31.4 42.7 52.9 63.8 67.3 61.7 57.6 43.3 36.0 Mean at 2 39.5 31.2 29.3 40.9 51.6 67.5 75.7 84.7 71.0 68.5 57.5 46.2 9 33.0 25.7 27.7 33.0 42.6 54.3 63.3 70.5 66.9 59.2 45.9 38.4

snow,

Days of
wind,

66

66

"6

Year.

727

inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. 7 29.47 29.39 29.42 29.33 28.38 20.41 29.52 29.47 29 47 29.47 29.44 29.63 2 29.50 29.36 29.39 29.25 29 33 29.39 29.49 29.44 29.43 29.44 29.41 29.64 9 29.41 29.42 29.36 29.33 29.34 29.42 29.49 29.46 29.47 29.50 29.46 29.62

Inches

Rain.

February.

7 72 30 60.04 54.67 18.29 52 03 63 96 60.26 65.83 76.83 77.43 66.25 65.76
66.40 64.70 68.50 50.3 49.36 19.19 47.46 47.61 61.70 62.36 53.96 51.66
69.36 64.00 56.21 49.96 59.83 69.67 63.33 63.38 78.22 80.63 65.64 55.80

56 5.1 5.6 4.5
6.8 4.8 49 3.9
6.2 4.6 4.4 3.3

March.

8882

Inches
Snow.

18

6

21

Inches

Rain.

4.78 1.72 6.99 0 60 4.92 5 45 1.01 3.29 10.71 5.26 6.20 5.30 54.22
1.32 1.11 3.00 0
4.00 10.00 11.00 8.00 0

11

December. January. February.

August.

September.

14 13 12

17

13 15 16 12

5

19 24

27

October.

March.

Inches

Rain.

Inches
Snow.

Inches | ܟ Sc

April.

5.3

2.82

VII. AMOUNT OF RAIN AND SNOW REGISTERED AT THE STATE LUNATIC HOSPITAL, WORCESTER, MASS., FOR TWELVE YEARS.

0

22

Inches
Snow.

5,0

3.29 10.0
3.33

3.89

1841-42 4.77 6.0 1.35
4.13 3.0 2.24 4.0
1842-43 5.30 26.0 5.05 2.0 4.45 30.0 5.23 26.0
1843-44 2.28 23.0 3.14 13.5 1.44 12.0 3.80 18.5
1844-45 2.56 8,0 4.17 12.0 2.61 20.0
1845-46 5.39 13.0 2.92 13.0 2.50 30.0
1846-47 2.87 9.0 4.66 5.0
17.0
1847-48 4.93 10,5 3.08 4.5
1848-49 3.93 25.0 0.98
1749-50 3.12 8.5 4.79
1850-51 4.19 23.5 2.07
1851-52 2.30 5.5 5.44 15.5
1852-53 4.78 4.0 3.02 10.0

2.0
15.0
2.5

4.08
1.61
1.30
3 23
4.01
2.46
8.09

25.0 3.89
14.5 6.30
2.0 3.67
1.5 1.40
11.5 3.42
11.0

3.60 8.0 4.92

Mean's. 3.86 12.9 3.38 8.3

3.32

14.7 3.67 11.2 3.53 4.2

3.13 10.0

0.35
1.61

1.34
1.67

8.0

6.0 1.52 5.0

Extremes.

3.0 1.95

20.0 5.53 13.0
18.0 6.76

13.5 10.77 23.0

Year.

1853-54.

1.96

1841-42 4.93
1842-43 4.15 3.39
1843-44 1.92 3.50
1844-45 3.14 2.91
1845-46 2.37 3.81
1846-47 5.29 4.86
1847-43 1.31
1848-49 1.25

3.13

1.60

1849-50 3.35

3.75

1850-51 3.16 2.17 1851-52 3.53 3.42 1852-53 1.01 3.29

Means. 2.95

3.14

June.

N.

N. W.

W.

Days of
wind,

66

S. W.

S.

S. E.

E.

N. E.

Inches
Rain.

July. August. Sept. October.

April.

May.

Inches

Rain.

VIII. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR SACRAMENTO, CAL. For the Year ending March 31, 1854. Lat. 38° 34' 42" N., Long. 1200_W. Elevation above the Level of the Sea 39 feet. By Thos. M. Logan, M. D.

7 6

Inches
Rain.

7 10

VII. CONTINUED.

7.12

3.50
9.19 1.25

3.39 3.68
2.57

2.36

2.44

4.20

3 2 3

June.

0

Inches

Rain.

3.19

2.36

4.23 2.49

6.05

7.92

1.97

2.50

11.38
10.71

3.36 3.89
5.26 6.20

5.52 3.59 4.63

0.83

5.19

7.34

4.44

0.90 2.19

7.17 2.87

July.

0

0

Inches
Rain.

5.75

6.45

August.

September.

3.37

7.04 4

Inches
Snow.

inch inch inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch inch. inch. inch inch. inch. 30.33 30.28 30.20 30.20 30.05 30.1030.40 30.45 30.45 30.45 30.40 30.40 30.45 29.88 29.88 28.88 29.95 29.85 29.90 29.90 29.30 29.70 29.70 29.70 29.85 28.88 30.13 30.09 29.79 30.0630.30 29.85 30.15 30.05 30.13 29.11 30.17 29.05 29.97

3

16 19 27 25 22 28 26 13 21

October.

O

76 78 97 93 93 95 88 72

54 58 62 58 54 58 46 32 19 38 37 61 68 77 75 71 76 73 53 48 43 51

November.

Inches
Rain.

3.36

3.63

3.06 5.0

6.77 4.0

4.08

5.0

3.75

1.94

8.0

4.11

2.14 0.5
5.68 5.5
5.88 4.0
5.30

4.14

November.

December.

Inches
Snow.

10 6

2.6

January.

February.

40.25

18.0

51.69

94.0

37.57

72.0

39.66

54.0

37.12

61.0

46.94

39.0

39.53

59.0

38.20

44.5

54.42 59.0

45.68 55.0 59.00 73.0 59.69 33.0

45.80 55.0

Total.

March.

Inches

Snow.

Total.

were visible at the times of

REMARKS. By clear days is meant that no clouds tion; by cloudy, that some were visible; and by rainy days, that some rain fell then without reference to quantity. The greatest amount that fell at any one period was on the 22d of February. The last rain of the past season occurred on the 20th of May, 1853. There was a slight sprinkle afterwards on the 26th of June, and on the 17th and 21st of July. The first rains of the present season occurred on the 15th of September and the 10th of October. The regular rainy season, however, did not set in until the 14th of November. About the middle of January the sea-coast range of mountains presented the novel appearance of being covered with snow. The degree of cold during this month was unprecedented. Sutter Lake was frozen over on the 6th and on the 21st of January, and remained so all day on the 22d.

observa