EXTREMES OF HEAT AND COLD.

The following table, taken from the Report of the Chief Signal Officer, shows the highest and lowest temperatures recorded since the opening of stations of the Signal Service at the points named, for the number of years indicated. An asterisk (*) denotes below zero:

a = Maximum
b = Minimum
c = Number of Years of Observation.

		Jan.		Feb.		March.		April.		May.		June.
Locality of Station	c	a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b
Charleston, S. C.	12	80	23	78	26	85	28	87	32	94	47	94	65
Denver, Col.	12	67	*29	72	*22	81	*10	83	4	92	27	89	50
Jacksonville, Fla.	12	80	24	83	32	88	31	91	37	99	48	101	62
L'S ANG'LES, CAL.	6	82	30	86	28	99	34	94	39	100	40	104	47
New Orleans, La.	13	78	20	80	33	84	37	86	38	92	56	97	65
Newport, R. I.	2	48	2	50	4	60	4	62	26	75	33	91	41
New York	13	64	*6	69	*4	72	*3	81	20	94	34	95	47
Pensacola, Fla.	4	74	29	78	31	79	36	87	34	93	47	97	64
SAN DIEGO, CAL.	12	78	32	83	35	99	38	87	39	94	45	94	51
San Francisco, Cal.	12	69	36	71	35	77	39	81	40	86	45	95	48