New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-13
THE WEATHER.

COMPARISON WITH PAST YEARs-HARLEN RIVER
FROZEN OVER - IMPEDIMENTs TO FERRY
poATs-ICE IN THE SOUND.
THE extreme cold and the sharp frost that
ve have experienced during the past fortnight mas
attracted universal attention to this subject From oil
accounts our surings here are not 10 De put on par
with those experienced by our Eastern aud western
,ien8s who IL all reports be true might be as COMFORT
able IN the regions Of the North pole as In the more civil
lied districts Of Wisconsin and Minnesota we
do not all suffer though, az TO some TINS
weather is o great source Of delight ana recreauon
The votaries of Winter sports cannot complain more e.
pecay the skaters e bS 70 III manner In which
he has treated Them There has been goOu ueai o
rumD9ts S Sate Of the Weather during the month Of
January; but this last spell ought 10 SATISFY oe ose
thp All tastes are not smilar is there are as many
rmmbers at the continuance Of the rost as tnere WERE
SThen there was thaw and the anatnemas auheneu
against the hoary old gentleman by the pedestrians "a
the streets who are perpetually siRPlhg anu
70 keep their footing, quite coun
terbaiance the thanksgiyngs OF MS Sa,rels
81 he roads have forced the railroad authorities to run
all their cars with four horses which reduces the nunDe
as thew are necessarily very crowded. more espe
cally between and in the evening" whe nc nod
difficult 10 get even standing ROOM In the West me cou
has been felt very much and it appears that last sunday
night the gdity OF the temperature ratner az nne
time sood at 81 below Zero and at Winona, Mnn Was
zoe below: truly pleasant temperature to live IN In 1ac
il required the herosm OF Spartan to endure IT. In inc
FaseTn States I'm the vicinity of Hartford, Conn., the
thermometer last Saturday ranged between 20 au 10
low and OF cold has not been
that neighbOrhond since jan 26, when the ther2om
eter stood az low $50 below zero In Newfork we nd
on referring the tables kept at Delatours In Wast
that the average temperature of the past month was
mlder than that experienced IN 1877 or 800 put coeo
than every other year since 1882 The coolest day we
have had this year In January. tho 10th, when at
a. M the thermometer at 90 above and at p NJ IL
Sast Of the e MONTH on the ie at a. m thcrmOme
ter was So and the Goth at 70 but no very remark
ahy cold day was noticed the sh Of January 1866
at a. m, find the coolest day that has been expert
enced in NewYork for the past 20 years %nen e
one will probably be still fresh In the memory OF many or
citizens, work was stopped IN several OF te puSnc
wards on account OF the intense cold In 1867 on the
nj A. m the glass went down to 70 above, and on the
2sth to 90 above The coolest day In is6. was 70 o.
back the warmer IL seems to get, as me coiuest
morning in 1863 the 18TH the % d o
and on 18TH in 1861 IL went down as low as - apove
nometer reaching 50 and a. above each day respect
iyely 1852 the llth we nnd me only Other Ga
during the past years when 1t passed the
as at IL. In the morning II WaS Il above IN o pre-,
ent month"; the present date, we get an average ol
1870 above which far colder than that attained IN any
Of the past 10 years during this month but then we
make allowances IL IL not probable the weather VIII
| the month We find also that yesterday morning, when
the thermometer stood at ig above sa cU Issa
the nearest approach being in 1885, when it lso
above. BY Delstours record the coolest morning we
was above In 1861 on the 18th, IL was lg' aDoVe III
1885, on the 10th, the Thermometer stood at % above IN
1865 the 3D. reached 50 above; IN 1864 we IND three
pretty cold days the 18th 10 was l0o above 18Th at o.
above aud the 18th at 70 aboye IN 1863 on the tth ana
5th IL was s. and above respectively IN 1862 the mouth
was comparatively the coolest day was the 25tn.
when the thermometer did not 90 lower than ~ IN 1851
the coolest day the month of February for the past ten
years experienced, as on the sh the thermoneter
went an low az ~ above the Ist I'd and Sd were
each very cold the glass reaching So 80 and 70 above re-
specyely; and 1859 the temperature during the whole
month seems have been very eyep as the coolest day
was the ilth when the thermometer reached no lower
than 30 above while the average for the month was
abont 80 above The following table viii show the tenn
peratnre Of February and January during the past ten
years aud also give the coolest day In each year: