ork | 6.82 | 7.24 | 10.45 | 12.04 | 36.55
Utica, " " | 8.72 | 9.26 | 12.83 | 9.76 | 40.57
Albany, " " | 8.30 | 9.79 | 12.31 | 10.27 | 40.67
Brooklyn, " " | 9.83 | 11.75 | 11.43 | 10.35 | 43.36
Providence, R.I. | 9.44 | 10.45 | 9.66 | 10.50 | 40.05
New Bedford, Mass. | 10.42 | 10.67 | 9.18 | 10.76 | 41.03
Worcester, " | 11.85 | 10.89 | 10.71 | 13.51 | 46.96
Cambridge, " | 9.89 | 10.85 | 11.17 | 12.57 | 44.48
Hanover, N.H. | 9.10 | 9.90 | 11.40 | 10.50 | 41.00
Portland, Maine | 10.93 | 12.11 | 10.28 | 11.93 | 45.25
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The fall of snow has been in this statement reduced to a water basis,
allowing, as is the usual custom, ten inches of snow for one of water.
This calculation is not entirely reliable for all points; as, at the
extreme southern snow-line, a less, while a larger amount is required
for a more northerly district--say about eleven inches to make one of
water in Minnesota. This would give a depth of about two and a half
feet (snow) over the surface of the State for the entire winter months,
while in Central New York--to which in mean annual temperature Minnesota
parallels--the depth of all water falling, for the same season, would
(in snow) amount to full five feet, or double that of the State under
consideration.

FOOTNOTES:

[B] For further particulars of Florida climate, see _A Winter in
Florida_, by the author of this volume, published by Messrs. Wood &
Holbrook.

CHAPTER VI.

CLIMATE.--CONTINUED.

The atmosphere of Minnesota.--Its dryness.--Falling snow.--Equability of
temperature.--Rain-fall for spring.--The constitutional character of the
climate.--The lakes and rivers of the State.--The northeast
winds.--Where the northeasters begin.--Their general direction and
limit.--The atmospheric basin of Iowa.--Neglect of meteorology.--Its
importance to the country.

The atmosphere in Minnesota in the winter is like a wine, so
exhilarating is its effects on the system; while its extreme dryness and
elasticity prevents any discomfort from the cold which is such a bugbear
to many. The extreme cold does not last but for a few days, and should
the invalid choose to be domiciled during this brief interval, no great
harm would come; but we apprehend that, once there, they could not be
kept in-doors in consequence of it