New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-13
TIE Reports from the various Public inst'tu'
tiors exhibitthe following results

twill be perceived that the month OF October
has been one of very ever results. as far as nun
bers per week are reported for several years
and this wears, considering the extent of our pop
ulatiou. we may set it down as more than unusa-
ally healthy.
The following synopsis Of Meteorological OBJ
servations shows the character of the weather
The maximum temperature of the month was
greater with one exception, October 1876 than
that of any October since the commencement OF
these reviews in l643, and of the mean tempera-
ture was more than four degrees above the aver
age OF the month in that period The month was
also remarkable for the small quantity OF rain
that fell. The disproportion with previous years
will be observed by the comparative table below.
The first heavy trosts were experienced on the
nights of the 9th and It'll, previous to which, and
thereafter until the 18th, fair weather with very
few slight interruptions prevailed with genial
temperatures the 18th being The only day during
the period on which the mercury did not rise
above so, and on eight days it ranged from - to
10 Previous to the 18th, there had been slight
showers only on two or three occasions bat on
that day rain OF more than halt an lnch-talllng
from to - A. M-came and aid the dust, which
the long absence of rain hac generated every
where to an unpleasant degree The oath, 25th,
Goth, and 9th were for the most part cloudy with
showers and on the GOTH continual rain during
most of the day produced more than an inch Of
water In the northern and western parts of
Newly ork, this rain produced considerable
reshet No material change in the temperature
occurred until the last two days On the morning
of the 30th the register marked only 81 and the
first ice was observed in some places The mer
curry rose again on the 3lSt to OBJ, and the month
closed mildly and with indications OF continued
pleasantness On several evenings in the early
mart of the month there were exhibitions OF the
Aurora Borealis, one on the lst being peculiarly
bright with brilliant streamers those subse.
quently seen partaklng more OF the character OF a
general effuIgence. That fthe LIST was observed
to much advantage on board of the steamer At
lantic on her voyage from Liverpool, and it will
afford pleasure to know that Mr. George Harvey,
OF great celebrity as delineator OF atmosphericat
effects who was a passenger, intends to portray
the magnificence of the scene from sketches and
memoranda made at the time There were several
stmospbercal and other phenomena observer
about the same period in different quarters By
many observers in this region remarkable me-
teor was noticed on the evening OF the 3Oth OF
SeDtember. and commented on in the papers In
Ohio in the neighbOrhood oil Cleveland, on the
same evening, there was beautiful Aurora and
rho next morning Oct lst about past >, there
was an earthquake OF some seconds duration
Fair weather prevailed equal to about - days
Ii rained in appreciate quantities on SIX days
and slight sprinkings occurred on three others
the whole quantity OF water being, IN lnches,
l.725. In October, ls49 the quantity was 0.9JV
inches in Oct AZ 900 inches IN Oct 4l,JloVi
in Oct '46 2.8l5. in Oct. -, 300; IN Oct. ~,
+, 80. and in Oct 49, 5o05. The prevailing
winds were from points between N. w ana
s. W. The observations of the Barometer re-
i --L 4.