The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-15

Ats 7. NJ. of Saturday snow Commenced falling sad
continued till midnight when white hail was mixed will
II, which ntr uei until A. a. of Tuesday vhel
misty rain set in and increased to A NJ to FIRE,
shower, IRON which time 70 r. NJ there was either rail-
or mist At 4 r. NJ snow commeB.. &lling and con
tinutd, with ntermissions till oo. ~ f.s morning
About i've inches OF fell SAl--aay night ant
about BALI an IN n Suacay night. One Of our rair
gusges which has depth Of about feet coz sinet
two inches of wafer the result of rain and SNOW sines
MONDAY Of the 9Th
IL viii be seen by countug forward from IA NJ Of Dec
the misty rain which fell 20 anc Goth was reached
That term Was enc quarter Of the circle; then forward
ninety more hours TO the % Of January r. M when
anoher rain storm reached the rain fell while the
cycles were passing each Of the two quarter sections
the great circle
The great storm Viii. n commenced on the 9th a
little past noon and c,nlirued i'll o'clock the next
ornsg was attended ey az earthquake felt at 0gGens
Counting from Dec. % at A. NJ to4A NJ. OF Sunday
morning Jan is, is four hundred and twenty nios
hours one circle Ct SEQ hours ard six secti OF
second circle, with surpussge CT ninety minutes pro
weed the temperature rose alb we the freezing point tn
last minute OF the hour between And A. NJ. II the
rsn storm of tae I'd and 80 IL taken Termination Of
cysle on the 3d. and we count from the honr which
the temperature descended below the freezing line ..
p. NJ Of that cay to A NJ of Sunday, the fath when
the temperature FIRST above the freezing int
have two hundred and twen.y.G five (225l hours or
twenty sections of the great circe-theo another rain
storm This, 1t will be seen, occurred two and half
times, ninety hours from Its IL thus
ture made hourly. These facts insts uctive aud
when brought together in observations made durirg
long series of years, will be found illustrate the
lnnDy Of change.
Our shows that since the 18th December there
has faien in all three feet If upon q level and
that since that time there have but twenty
hours during which the temperature has
freezing point viz. nine hours the Sd. and twelve
hours on the 18th. Now applying these twenty -one
hours to the scale of 500 hours civdec thirty
parts, they fill two sections be- counted
by hours II requires ninety minutes to make up OH
:Om and theretlre four ports OF hours uncoun'ed
This great depth of snow il still on the ground. al
fhoc Oh somewhat changed by melting freezing Tue
melted snow in the two short terms has irozea
another change therefore is ogtess and it is well
t. prepare tor it, The ice in the rivers not yet affect
ed ty high tide and high wind make it obstructive
1t will be. The freezing term, with these peturoa
tions has exented nineteen days, two of
which have been very cold.
Wien the tain aorm on, 18th. il easy 10 be
Observed that there much IN passing from
earth into The deep snow which ,sy upon 1t,
There wire very pretty il ustat Of the cold cycles
when first discovered in the winters OF ls4S 40 ana
1890. There eight cold cycles in The of
lsis'49-seven OF ninety 600 hours Ct forty Eve
(a5 hours in the winter OF lsfes go Of tn hun
dred and fifteen (315) hours, Of hundred and
thirtyfve (l35) hours and Of two hundred
enty (210) hours. II will at that he as
eighth, the 90 Two ighhs the 15 three eighth
the go Blk ghts and the SIS eghhs the circle
Of 500 hours What beautiful illustration Of the order
and harmony Of the cold that
that his breath is frost. f. Merriam
bRochLYN HrlGHJs Jan. Ii. 1856.