New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
EyTR4oRDINARY WINTERS.

COMPARISON or THIS YEAR WITH SEASONS N THF
PAsr-wEATHER LIKE THIS Al VARIOUS TINES
SINCE 1870.
The weather experienced thus far this Winter is
considered phenomenal, ana has not often had its
parallel judging from past records, In this part Of
the country The Indian Summer which began
early in November. has hardly been interrupted !;
and, with the exception of two or three days the
variation indicated by the thermometer has been
very regular. Many days have been as pleasant as
those of April or September in ordinary years, and
not only have fires sometimes been uncomfortable,
but many days in December, and even in the pres
ent month persons Of leisure have sat at open win
dows on the south side of the hOuse. where the sun
sbone n greater part of the day, aud found il com
Portable The Spring-like mildness has caused the
grass in many places 10 start up, and the Battery
Park Is still green. Some trees also show signs Of
budding and the birds not only sing as IN early
Spring, but some twitter about nest-building. The
lowest point reached by the mercury since the open
ing of the season, obtained from the meteOrOlog-
ical record of John Gelston No Broad-st., was on
December %, when 1t Indicated 130 above zero, or
l9o below the freezing point and the highest point
in December was oD the 11th when 1t indicated
ZOO There have been only two really Winter days.
December 26 and 27, when the temperature at 7 a.
m. was 14o and 13o respectively. With the excep-
tlOn 0l these INO uay ,lHO '4''
not been below 20.
The lowest temperature indicated at noon on any
day this season was 22c OH December 2G. aud
the highest at noon since December was Decem-
| Der IL. when it was recorded at 60o The average
| temperature for the month taken at a. m. noon,
| 3 and p m, was 42o8lo. In 1871 the average
| for December was 34l9slo; 1872, 32l73Io; 1873
42i4slo; 1874, 3s29s1; 1875, 37@6SI0; 1876,
293O3lo; 1877. 4429slo: 1873. 37l2slo. The lowest
| temperature at noon for this mo'th New
Years Day, when the mercury stood at 370, and the
highest was on "Wednesday. when it indicated 4GO
| The average temperature for the seven days was
4317o while for the first days in January last
year u was 26io the lowest being on the Sd, when
the mercury stood 10 above zero at Z a. m. Ihns s
| xnow-falls on December 19. D. 20 and 81. The
Winters which approximate nearest to the present
according TO pesorq5; 1o1 TSGe oo ~ and 177G17
| December in 1870 was warmer on an average
| but the temperature was more variable December
II the codest OF the hTst twenty % unys tne IeI
| cury standing ut 34' The Winter of 1867 was open
| until December 90 when 1t suddenly grew cold and
| remained so for the remainder OF the Winter. On
December3, 1871, heavy snoTst3Iln was iomGwea
Gated 2Oo below zero, and the bay was full OF ice
On December 10. 1872, there was excellent s'elgh-
| ing IN New-York and Brooklyn, and the day after
Christmas snow fell to the depth of fifteen inches
| on the level lockading railroads and otherwise I'M
| pedng travel The Winter OF 1873 was more nlId,
| and on December 10 q farmer on Staten Island
plougbed up one of his fields. 1he canals did not
close practically until Christmas.
| The Winter OF 1874 was more severe, snow fali-
ing on December 20 to depth of six inches on the
level, and at the same date the North ard ,t4 last
| Rivers were full of ice The first part OF the Win
ter of 1878 was, very severe, while in the latter
mart II was found to be difficult to gather moder-
| ate stock OF ice The Winter Of 1876 was a severe
heavy snow fell on I6a0Rgyng Day qRa 20
I'm ~ 10 Is 20. 21, 23, 26 and 30 Ice first ap-
peared the bay on December s 10 and and few days
| The Winter of 1S42J43 was most remarks ble, and
il was of common report that In the middle R OF Jan
na,v fine first shoots of several kinds OF shrubbery
! I'D bnsbes seemed disposed TO go into leaves. In
canada and England the weather was OF exeep-
tonai miIdness flies made their appearance IN Jan
narw and deludcd birds sat prematarels on eggs. Al
Edinburg Scotland. many Of the fruit frees wsas T.
| OHIO Indiana. Illinois Missouri, Tennessee, Mssls
south Carolina aId SsHss' bsrS s%SS,ns was ass ist
s,eaJ sa, Jsst,ucton 10 life and property in the Wes
indies. By the end of March the weather changed