Daily Kennebec journal., 1878-05-18
Meteorological.

Mr. MoRRELL :-You have received in due
course the record for April, bat owing to my sb-
sence, you rece we'd none for January, February.
aud March: and although at this late day much
Of the interest is passed. yet Of your ader.
may like to see abstract of the record Of the
three missing months, aud also the annual re view
OF the winter usually made Aptil lst.
On the % OF January you published the remark
able record of December, tue warme Il on record
being 7.5o above the mean.
January was also very warm-20.1 1yo, the mean
being IL 96e; excess of 2710, anu 9.30o warm
er than January of last year. The moisture, rain
and melted snow, 357 inches, about Que quarter
of an inch 10 excess The ia0ge Of the barometer
was excessive on the Sth, 30.75l, and the llth,
2S. 100 range OF 2.05l. The range Of the Their
mometer also great; 40o on tue l2th, 18Th aud
22d, and ON the Stu 1t fell to-3Zo rsuge Of 12o.
Moisture, ain ami melted snow, 3.51 inches !;
snow, l3; fair days, 20; foul days, Z; variable
days, 8 cloudy, polar band, times lunar halo,
2; nights at or below zero, /; auIois slelghiug
for the month, Is days; river closed, 81 days.
February, like the two preceding winter months
was very warm, % $500. Toe mean is 20.590", an
excess this year OF $1,000. The meau moisture Is
3226 inches this year 2.724 inches; deficiency
of one. half inch.
Moisture, rain and melted snow, 272i inches;
snow, l6 inches; fair day. 22 foul days, 4; vaiia-
bic days, 2; polar band, 3; lunar halo, z; parne-
lion, aurora ! sleighlng, "A days; river closed
Is days; nights at or below zero, 6.
MaTcn was tne ulln OF successive warm m9ntns,
IS November unusually warm. The mean
heat is 29S4o, this year 1892 excess Of 4.0So
aud has been exceeded but three tunes: ia 1872,
"a $50: in 1865. 3f.7oo and IL 1871, 37.i6o.
The moisture, rain and melted snow 3.l3
inches, deficiency of II inches. River opened
on the 9th, but not Clear TO the ocean till the
10Th. Blue birds seen on the Stu. robin, on the
10Th.
Moisture, 1872 inches snow, 9 "A inches far
days, l9; ienl days, A variable days,S, polar
band, 81 lunar balo, thunder and lightning, /,
river closed, 3; nights al or below zero, o sleigh
ing, O..
In this latitude there are four wiuter months,
and therefore at the close Of March a comparison
of the winter OF 1877 IS with preceding winters,
is made.
The mean heat of the winter-December Jan
uary, February and March is 26.96 degrees; the
mean heat for AZ years is % 1915 an excess this
year of 3.Sl degrees and the warmest winter
record except l6il-2, When II wa. Il go dc gtees.
Ii November had been includcd-lhe wAimest
November but oDc-ihe excess woulj have been
even more remarkable
Nights at or below zero, ii. The mean is about
Il times. Days OF sielghIng, 81 iu D. CemDer,
3; Januafy, 2j; February, "a; March, O. Tue
mean is Sc. In lS39-40 and lSil-42, there were
but l6 days slelghlng, a11 in 1851 %, l26. The
river was closed 30 day. The ony instance OF
less than this was in 1901, IS days The long
est time of its being closed was IN 1928, l4l
days. The coolest nlght OF the winler was Jan.
Stb-32 degrees The warmes', March l0lh 50
degrees. Range N5 degrees.
Lat. 440, 10 minutes, 50 seconds. Long. 79o,
As minutes 81 second,.-[G. in Gardner Journal.
Osklanas, May 6, 1873.