Still sober gentle April rain or moist weather before mid of monthor
overcast April weather
2nd turns to
sleet
Mar 30th
4th
& 1/2 of 5th
night of 1st & am of 2nd
Mar 31st
drizzling after cold & windy Ap 1st10
1st 1/2 day
after very warm & hazy day followed by cold N.W. wind 5 mizzling
rain after haze in the day 14 &
15
with smooth waters – followed by a very warm day
15 &
16
4 - 6 - - 9 10 - 11
25
The same after mid of month
26th
25 - &
26
(followed by cool & windy) & 30th
24-27
22
[gap]
Uncertain or April weather
27
10
April shower before mid of month
6 13th (at
Haverhill) three days
18
April shower after mid of month
21 scarcely
an Ap. shower yet 22 - &
23rd
17th
16
Mar 24 22
1st of yearThunder shower (with or without lightning in Ap. alone)
Some thunder 5th [gap]
Quite heavy thunder showers eve of 26th Mar. 16th
18th with
lightning in the west
16 in night 29th 2nd
thunder
1st thunder shower 9th of
May
Feb. 23rd
6?
1st of yearLightning in April (v. Mar)
1st of year the Sunday before May 19th
1st the 6th5
26 - 2nd(?)
lightning 1st Mar. 8
18th seen in west
13 & 14 at eve17th
May 10 13 & 14 1st lightning of season
1st the13 &
14th at
eve
16 17 15
Rain in pm followed by clear yellow light
11
9th just
before sunset
25th
18
v. below Rain with some sleet or hail before mid month
2
16 rain
& hail in night
20 begins
with hail
The same after mid monthWarm in 1st half of month
14th
9th
3rd
remarkably warm (perch spawn)
6 say earlier
Rain with fog frost coming out.
3 with fog
chiefly, taking off snow also 4 -& 5 Rain none of consequence but
Dec. & Ap. 3
16
Rain
15th
26
22 - 3 (27th in night & 28 by day)
17 -&
20
taking out frost
12 consid.
after w.wind & thick haze by day
10 at
N. Bedford 14th " 17 almost every other day for a fortnight past
9th 20th
3rd11th14 after E wind 23 followed
by cooler & windier26
last of spring rains?
21?
April rainstorm (2 days or more)
5 days incessantlyWith E wind 18 - 22nd
inclusive after E. wind 17th wind keeps water in river
28 - 9 -& 30th Principal rain storm of year 16 & 17
20[gap] raising river 2 days & nights A NE
storm
eve of 12 [gap]13th & 14th
13 &
14th
(?
1st Rainbow v. Mar & May 30 1st of year Mar 4th
9th &
18th
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
2nd
High wind rocking house &c 16-51
100 pines blown down on F.H. hill-
2nd 55
16
Strong winds
28 10th Strong
S.
10th
drying up fields 9th have
had scarce- ly any wind for a month. Strong NW 18th
28
blustering NW & wintry aspect 7
blustering
19th of Mar[gap]9th of Ap. 22 days 1/2 of them remarka bly cold NW & strong
cold & windy 2nd &
3rd strong cold N.W. 14 &
15th
24
Whirl wind taking up leaves
May 1st
Ap. 7th more
NE & 27th more SE
2nd
Horn icicles
2nd
5
Cold weather in 1st half
2nd nearly 1
inch thick of ice 27 & 28 good fires
required
6 meadow
skimmed over in night 13 froze in
the night
2 last
night very cold.
6 &
7 put on
great coats again
31°+ the 2nd (having been 71°+ the 1st) 14th -
44+° 15th
- 37°+ & thin ice on mead. edge
14
Tanned by snow
14th
15 or 16
A whitening of snow
1st
&2nd -28
3rd
11th &
29th
2nd
26th
15th &
13th
15
More than 3 inches or more of snow
6th &
13th
8 inches
15 to 19th inclusive 4 inches kill birds
21st (lasts
till 29th )
3 inches
4th
Frost out of garden Plowing generally
Feb. 5 Out of ground in many places
Ground soaks up rain 3rd 2ndsome plow
16 have none in fieldsMar. 28
Thawed 6 inches out of garden Ap. 4 but not on N. banks 18 out
enough for plowing in most open ground
6 can dig
in garden where the snow is gone 11 one field
plowed & harrowed.
Mar. 28 none
in Monroe's garden Feb. 18 out
in many places
Mar 31st out
of our garden
Mar. 4th out
of upper part of garden. all out of garden 14th & prob 12
20 6
Frost still in ground feel it in meadows
March 30th
at 10 inches deep where I dig parsnips Ap. 2 in
swamps ice-like 1st in RR
Mar. 30 on
upland Ap. 10
meadows stiff still
Ap. 4 not
out of N banks Mar. 18 much
in swamps Mar 2nd
about 6 inch in swamps 7 Ap.
hinders deep plowing even in sandy fields 16th
prevents digging in hollows 20th
cannot set a post for frost
Mar 27 not
out even of upper part of garden but under snow only in warm slopes 16 out of
most soil
Mar. 27 not quite out of upland & garden but plowing
Mar. 20 feel
it in low ground 6 but just
coming out of cold paths N side of hills
Ap. 19 21 prevents digging some pines
up to 12
Still use gloves in morning
10-55
since
Ap.1st only in morning (say to 12th)
16
Heels of snow left
28
snow in hollows 3rd
2 or 3 ft deep on N side hills in woods 25
much in 2nd Div road
9th
13
some icy snow still under N sides of woods in hollows
12.
a little snow still on N side house (since
Dec 25) 17
some snow- banks yet – one the 22
Mar. 27
now visible from window but in swallow hole 29
(some of
27th
