There were several snow storms during the month, and some very good sleighing. During one week, it was very mild, and considerable rain fell.

1805. The medium temperature of this month was 29; it commenced and continued cold, until the 16th, when it moderated, and ten inches of snow fell, which was followed by several mild rainy days, after which, it cleared cold, and another snow storm succeeded, which produced about ten days of good sleighing, and some very cold weather, but the mercury did not sink lower than five above zero in this city and vicinity ; but the newspapers from some of the northern and eastern States, gave accounts of intensely cold weather, and the mercury to be from 15 to 20 degrees below zero, at Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo and Rochester, in New York, also at Hartford, Conn.) Worcester, (Mass.) in Vermont, and in Maine, and they said the degrees of cold were about the same in January 1804.

1806. The medium temperature of this month was 30, and the weather, (with the exception of a few days) was tolerably mild, until the 22d, during which period, considerable rain fell, but very little snow in this vicinity. On the 22d, the wind changed to the north, and then to north-east, and a snow storm succeeded, and it cleared intensely cold, which soon closed the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers, and January took her leave of us, with both rivers firmly ice-bound. The last week in this month, was very cold all over the United States and the Canadas,

1807. The medium temperature of this month was 28, and it produced some intensely cold, and some very mild weather. Snow storms were soon followed by rain storms, and there was scarcely a week of steady weather in this vicinity, during the month. On several mornings, the mercury was at zero, and on others, it was above the freezing point, and at mid-day it was at 40 and above. "On several: mornings it was mild and foggy, and on others it was as cold as Greenland. It was indeed a month of many weathers, and extreme changes.

1808. The medium temperature of this month was 27, and during which there was much steady cold weather. On two mornings, between break of day and sunrise, the mercury was three below zero. Five mornings, from 8 to 12 above zero. Six mornings from 16 to 22 above. Eleven mornings from 23 to 29 above. The remaining seven were from 30 to 36. During the middle of 16 days the mercury was from 15 to 30 above zero; during the remainder of the month, at mid-day it was from 32 to 42. But little rain fell during the month, but more or less snow fell on seven days; there was much good sleighing. Much severely cold weather was experienced in the northern and eastern States, and through the British provinces.

1809. The medium temperature of this month was 29, and there was a good deal of mild, thawy, wet weather, but the month did not pass without several very cold days, in this vicinity, and a week of good sleighing. While in Philadelphia the weather was mild and rain was descending copiously, it was snowing in the northern and eastern States.

1810. The medium temperature of this month was 36, and a very mild month it was, until the 19th. On several days the mercury ran up to 64 in the shade. It commenced in the fog, and continued in the fog, until many timorous persons were fearful that she would never get out of it. After being thus enshrouded in fog and mist, old Sol increased his heat to such intensity, as to devour the whole of it in one day, to the great joy of millions, but to none more than to the poor mariners, who had been for more than two weeks on the coast, without being able to find a port, into which to steer their vessels with safety. After the 16th, the weather was clear, mild and pleasant until the 19th, when it became intensely cold, and the atmosphere was soon congealed into snow, which descended copiously on the 19th and 20th, after which, there was good sleighing for several weeks. The Delaware closed on the night of the 21st, and remained so until the 1st of March. The weather became simultaneously cold from North Carolina to the extreme west, and through all the middle, northern, and eastern States, and continued cold until March. During a part of this month, the cold was so intense at Moscow, that the mercury sunk to 40 below zero and froze.

1811. The medium temperature of this month was 32, during which, the weather was very variable. But there was no remarkably

cold or mild weather. There were several very foggy mornings, and damp; and sometimes rainy days, until after the middle of the month, when there was a pretty furious snow storm, which continued part of two days during which about twelve inches of snow fell, but it blew very much into banks, therefore it did not produce good sleighing. After the snow storm, it cleared cold, but not severe. Upon the whole, the month past off pleasantly in this vicinity.

1812. The medium temperature of this month was 28, and there was some pretty sharp weather, and there were snow storms and rain storms. From the 1st to the 13th it was mild, and considerable rain fell. But after the first two weeks it was much colder, and some snow fell occasionally on different days, which produced good sleighing, and caused the month to pass away merrily with the young folks.

1813. The medium temperature of this month was 29, and during the first two weeks, the weather was mild, foggy and wet, but from the 15th it was cold, and considerable snow fell on several days, which produced sleighing, and the jingling of bells were heard night and day until the month closed.

1814. The medium temperature of this month was 28. The weather was exceedingly variable during the whole month. Sometimes intensely cold, with the mercury down to zero at sunrise, and on other mornings ranging

from 20 to 30 above. There was one week of very thawy, wet weather, after which it cleared very cold, and a north-east snow storm soon followed. The month closed with a cold northwester.

1815. The medium temperature of this month was 26, and there was much severely cold weather. At sunrise on one morning the mercury was 7 below zero; on another 5; and on two others, 3 below zero. On four other mornings it ranged from 6 to 10 above; and on eleven mornings it varied from 14 to 20. On the remaining mornings at sunrise, it ranged from 24 to 34. There were several snow storms, some of which were followed by rain, which made horrible traveling. Both in this month, and the subsequent one, there was a great deal of suffering among the poor, for fuel and the common necessaries of life. The Schuylkill and Delaware were firmly icebound. There were several marine disasters, and much suffering on the sea and land.

1816. The medium temperature of this month was 32, and from the 1st to the 16th, the weather was mild, foggy and wet. On the evening of the 16th a re-action took place, and there was a deep snow, and the bridge at the falls of the Schuylkill fell. The weather afterwards cleared mild, and the remainder of the month was pleasant winter weather, neither severely cold, or so mild as not to need a good fire. On two or three days some light snow fell.