Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-02-28
From the Chicago Times. !

1
Pro. c. C. Blake of Decatur, H., has is
sued the following weather calculations
for ls79-S0:
March, 1879 Full average OF storms
and precipitation, through not 4 severe
month; the equinoctial about March -,
1879, will be quite severe, though not
very cold
April Will be moderately warm and
moderately wet month-will gradually
| grow warmer and wetter till toward the
end of the month or lSt of May, when it
will be Il little cooler, though there will
be some cool days early in the month.
May-will have some good average
weather for the season. iew cool days
in the first half of the month, but no great
excess OF either.
June-Will be fair average June wealth
er-no great excess or deficiency either III
temperature or precipitation.
.July-Will be a little warmer and dryer
than the average for that month.
August-Wnl have considerable fair
| and warm weather, but some heavy show
ers, especially towards the end Of the
month.
Scptember-Wil be warm for the seal
| and storms may be expected. A full
| average of rain will fall in September.
| While it is possible that light irosts may
occur in limited localities in this month,
yet no serious irosts need be expected till
toward the last OF October.
October-Will be quite warm and show
| cry.
Novcmber-I hardly know what to say
about this month my calculations make
it Il sort of Il "chopped sea, "a conglom-
crate mixture of all kinds of weather,
but not very cold.
December-Will be like November. ON
| ly more so. 1t will be warm. wet and
muddy part of the time. There will be
some cold wcater, but no steady cold
weather.
January, iSSO-Will be rather warm,
wet and muddy part of the time. There
will be some cold weather, but no steady
cold weather.
February, lssO-Will be much like Jan
uary-a considerable amount al rain and
snow and moderate amount of cold
weather
March, lSS0-Will he changcable ratl-
cr wei, especially in the middle oi the
month, and only moderately cold.
Generally the summer of 1879 will be
warm and very dry, but not excessively 50,
while the winter of lS19-SO will be warm
! and wet. with few cold snaps OF limited
duration; but ii will be colder than the
winter OF 1878. Ii will be Il changeablc,
peculiar and rather 4 diSagrceable winter.
As the summer OF 1879 will be Il very
good crop year people should use the
greatest energy to provide Tor the year of
| iamlno as the summer of 1880 will he
very unproritiouS. II will be a hard year
for all grades OF mankind in this part oi
the country, and 10 some extent il will eN-
tend Ia other countries. have not yet
worked out the details, but have gone lar
enough t" see that its general nature Will
be bad
From April |. 1879. TO near October,
1879, will be about rs favorable season
as could be expected or wished for in
the Northwestern States. AT times too
much rain will fall in localities Of limited
extent, sometimes embracing only a few
counties. and at others Il whole State or
parts ut several States, while at other
times it will hc too dry in localities OF said
extent but "n the general average it
it will be quite favorable Tor all the North
western States.