CLIMATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.    559

snow, when melted, on an average, produces one inch of water.

In 1872, rain fell on 88 days, and snow 32 days. In this state-
ment it must be considered that many days were fair with the ex-
ception of a pleasant shower, while on the other hand, there have
been cloudy days but no rain. Over two thirds of the days in the
year the sun can be seen some part of the day. There are, frequent-
ly, heavy fogs on the streams in August and September, in the
morning, which are followed by a fair day, the fog being dispersed
by the sun by nine or ten o’clock in the forenoon.

Our most pleasant months are June, September and October.
Often the first two, and not unfrequently the first three weeks in
September, are, however, very warm. From the 20th of Septem-
ber to the 20th of October, the weather is delightful. The temper-
ature is mild, the air is sweet, and the ^y singularly bright and
beautiful. This is the period denominated the Indian summer.
Some persons think J une to be a more pleasant mouth than either
September or October. In June, there are usually a few days of
iutense heat. In all other respects, except the brilliancy and beau-
ty of the heavens, this month must be confessed to have the superi-
ority over all others. The progress of vegetation is wonderful; and
it seems as if the creative hand was, in a literal sense, renewing
its original plastic efforts, to adorn the world with richness and
splendor. All things are alive and gay. “ The little hills rejoice
on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks. The valleys
are also covered with corn, and shout for joy.” Health at the
same time prevails in a peculiar degree. The spring is often
chilled by easterly winds, and rendered uncomfortable by rains.
The winter months, when the earth is clad with its mantle of snow,
is the season for relaxation and pleasure. Then come the even-
ing partiegffer-the.. old, the dance for the young, and the merry
sleigh rides for all, which no one knows how to appreciate unless
he has lived mid the saow-capt hills of New-England.

We are indebted to the Hon. William L. Foster of Concord for
the following meteorological observations for the year 1872, and
statements relative thereto.

THE WEATHER OF THE YEAR 1872

has been, upon the whole, considerably warmer than the average
temperature of the last 17 years.

The mercury rose above 90° sixteen times, four times in June,