Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-02-07


Earth covered with snow; heavy rains during day
and part of the night succeeded by high wind and eez
ing
2-Earth covered with frozen snow
. Cold, freezing the 3 last nights.
3-wcsther more moderate: unsettled
lie; clear at ~ O'Clock.
7-Unsettlcd.
s-Cloudy and cold; fine evening.
q-Heavy white frost; fine dsy.
lO-Rsny with thunder and lightning; very
windy At night
70 Clear cold and windy earth frozen hard.
I3-Cold. windy; unpleasant weather
lt-light rain; fine weather afternoon.
l5-Cloudy and cold; heavy fall OF snow for or =
hours roze narj at night
I6-Snow and hail until II A NJ, then cloudy and
damp.
lS-Unseuled and warn.
le-Snowed sever, hour hut jd e rain hail and
IN afternoon.
2u-Unsettlcl. rain night.
2l-Snow tell during the morning; dne afternoon rain
| night
ssCod windy aud unsettled; evening clear, cold and
freezing
2S-Clcar and cold
81. - aud 26-Ccar cold and windy; freezing nights
seeding oats commenced the goth
2I-Pretty good weather.
-, 29-fmc weather.
3h--Clouiy and damp
Sl-Cold and unsettled little rain az night
Nots-Thi' has been, Tar. the rcmcm-
berci very little work done and scarcely of ad-
Vancing vegetation
We copy tue following from the Alexandra Gazette -
Meteorological Report.
ALEXANDRIA BOARDING. SCHOOL,
2d Mo I'd 1886.
A5erdet Of hs Ne'ecro,oyeal Rcgi,ier for Me Frat
Mont. iJIssdry)
BAEoNETER.
Highest the 26th, so6O2 in.
Lowest the 18th, 2q.5SI
Range for the month"; LOGS
Mean for the month, 3OO72
rHERNoNETER.
Highest on the l9th, 40
Lowest the 9th,
Range for the month, 81
Mean Tor the month, 2lS "a
Clear days--clouiy, dsys-doating clouds ii DAYS
rain on days-snow on days.
Amount OF rain aud melted snow, for the moath I.SS2
inches.
There was heavy rain on the "a and 81. which rozc
the ground, aud covered it with ice Amount of rain
All A. NJ on the 9TH it commenced showing and
continued to ITO till late in the night The wind which
was high, dred the very much. The depth. ON a
level IL inches and when melted, in afforded 1876
inches OF
second snow occurred on the l2,h commencing a,
II \. NJ, ami lasting T. NJ. when il changed rain
which continued during mo>t OF the night The depth
the snow inches, aud the melted snow and rain
amounted In .ggu inches.
snow fell ON the 3ith. commencing At a NJ and last
ing +. ", accompanied by strong wind. The depth
OF the about 10 inches and when melted Aior-
led l2p4 inches oi water.
GA the 27th tell from carly in the morning till
late n the night. mingled with rain and hail The depth
was about inches, and when melted it equal 500
inches of
Thus during the pa. month. have hal % inches oi
in ALL The ground has been covered and the
icishns has bcru uninterrupted Tor - days The snoS
as been unusually dry aud light, and therefore more liza,
bile to br ddtci
The cpld has b.rn almost unparalleled Thu greatest
intensity reached about I 4. NJ un the 9th when
tic mercury stood at deg. deg 5sloe zero. The
eth the coolest las of the MONTH the average OF the
whole day being deg > bs'ar zero.
The average tor Ie thermometer for January OF lat
81 de, as for the mouth Ihis wear
Il deg. % or ~ deg. 90 lower.
February OF lat wear considered intensely cold;
the average for thai month 20 deg. 40 Whch deg
10 higher than iof January OF this.
The following of the lowest temperatures OF
the past uoutu .ti lo deg. 9Th deg 9Th 10 deg go
the morning. deg, la evening, deg. 10Th deg.
nth. deg, l2i deg, cath deg, 10Th zero, Sl-t
5 d.s.
The Potomac Was frozen the SIN and the ic.
continues firm up the present time Hundreds cf per-
sous have crossed the river foot and horseback %.
carriages and IN wagons.
IL ury mot be improper to remark that al the
OF this moutI have commenced 10 the Sonh-Wcst, and
moved u No t E4-erv direction ,ghch 81, ia accord
lnce with the dissertations OF Franklin more than loo
YEARS ago.