IX. METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, AT CHAPEL HILL.

Lat. 35° 54' 21" N. Long. 79° 17' 30" W.

By James Phillips, Prof. Mathematics and Nat. Philosophy.

1847.

Inch.

June,

29.739 29.780

29.738

July,

August,

September,

October,

November,

December,

29.763 29.779
29.723 29.746 29.737
29.675 29.705 29.692
29.764.
29.797 29.774
29.797 29.829 29.812
29.774 29.796 29.780

29.771

1848.

January,

February,

52.3+ 59.7+ 66.5+ 57.8+ 59.1404+4.1 | 4.3 3.9 | 5.4 73 329 37

First frost, 15th October. Frogs singing, 29th January. Prunus chicasa and Houstonia' cerulea in flower, 19th March. Peach blossomed, 21st March. Pear in bloom, 24th, and Cercis Canadensis, 31st March; apple and cherry, 1st April. First martin, 23d March. Whip-poor-will singing, 11th April.

Barometer, sunrise, 29.728; 9 A. M. 29.712; 3P. M. 29.670; 9 P. M. 29.664. Mean, 29.6935.

Barometer, sunrise, 29.772; 9 A. M. 29.924; 3P. M. 29.924; 9 P. M. 29.976. Mean, 29.899.

66

37.5

30.

66

24.5.

66

20.

66

28.5.

23.

Monthly

Mean.

Sunrise.

9 A. M.

3 P. M.

Clearness fr.0 to 10.

9 P. M.

Rainy days.

Cloudy days.

Clear days.

X. METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR SAVANNAH, GA.

For the Year ending May, 1848. By Dr. John F. Posey.

1. BAROMETER.

Barometer 43 feet above half-tide in the river.

Highest.

Lowest.

Monthly Mean.

7 P. M.

XI.

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR NATCHEZ, MISS.

Annual Mean of the Thermometer, Barometer, and Weather, for 1847. Lat. 31° 34', Long. 91° 24′ 42′′ W. By Henry Tooley, Sen.

inch.

inch. inch.

43.2 47.3 51.6 30.095 29.918 29.839 4.90 4 20 7 11 3 5 6 11
49.9 53.3 59.3 29.751 29.806 29.761 10.58

6

15 7

15

1 10 5

March,

April,

May,

June,

July,

August,

402 11 0 1

3

23 4

15

3 6 7

5 3 1

8.42

4

22 5

9 1 4 8

14 4 3

1

20 9

20 7 4 3

6 0

0

15 16

24 12

6 2

6

September, 68.6 77.5 81.6 29.798 29.786 29.747 5.19 4
October, 61.0 67.4 74.0 29.824 29.831 29.835 1.75 10 17 4 7
November, 53.7 60.1 64.2 29.986 29.911 29.811 4.85 8 15 7
December,

45.5 51.1 56.1 29.982 30.265 29.965 11.00 13 10 8 12 4 2 5 12 1 5 2

Ann. Mean, 60.9 67.3 72.1 29.945 29,870 29.801 75.32 63 215 87 156 50 69 75 125 22 52 29

21 24 32

12 1

24332-240512

78 86 92

Coldest day, January 7th.

Hottest day, August 5th.

66

Lowest Barometer 29.522, March 12th.
Highest

30.350, January 21st.

XII. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR BLOOMINGTON, Iowa. For the Year 1847. By T. S. Parvin.

Year, 44.5 92-23 115 29.30 29.8 28.6 1.2 217 7276 58 26.1 21 24.0589294 12128481]

Warmest day, 820 6', July 17th. Coldest day, -110 6', January 10th. ture, 9200, July 17th. Lowest, -23° 0′, January 10th. Mean, 440 5. Mississippi opened, March 19th; closed, December 15th.

Highest tempera-
Range, 1150.

XIII. FROSTS AND SNOWS, AND FLOWERING OF FRUIT. TREES, IN LAMBERTVILLE, N. J., FOR NINE YEARS.

XIV. FLOWERING OF FRUIT-TREES IN 1848.

XV. FLOWERING OF TREES, SHRUBS, &c., AT NATCHEZ,

Day

MISS., IN 1843.

Furnished the American Almanac by Wm. P. Mellen, Esq.

of the Name of Tree, &c.

*

of the Name of Tree, &c. Month.

Mar. 6 Cinnamon Rose.

66 6 Duchess of Modena.

66 12 Burr Rose.

19 Periwinkle.

25 Woodbine.

25 Pink Tea-Rose.

14 Pomegranate (bear'g).

15 Indian Pink.

16 Pink.

19 Gravelle.

"25 Arabian Honeysuckle.

26 Yellow

do.

Apr. 1China Trees.

3 Catalpa.

4 Geo. the Fourth Rose.

4 York & Lan. Rose. 19 Yellow Lily.

21 Magnolia Grandiflora. June 6 Tiger Lily.

11 Almond (bearing).

6 Tube Rose.

6 Crape Myrtle.

17 Blackberry Rose.

6 Yellow do.

* The winter at Natchez was unusually mild.

THE

AMERICAN ALMANAC,

FOR

1849.

PART II.