Show wo we aro arc indebted to walter B webster eig observer and big its as el e Lant cochran Coch rn of the war department signal service united stites states army in this thia city a branch of the division f tole telegrams grams anil and lepor reports to for r tho the benefit of commerce lor for the iho following anoop ia of meteorological observations during tho the year 1871 1 from careful taken at the united states signal office in thia city it hu baa been accor bained lla bat the mean loean temperature of the you IM WM vim 52 3 the high pt temperature attained during the year WM was 96 degrees three degaeta below zero lero tho the highest vo TO 1 loosly ay of the wind attai attained nod litany at aay time 1 im was 25 28 mura miles per hour boar the amount of rain and melted snow for or tho the cuir at wasi 1718 inches sall and the humr number or of days daya ou on which snow enow or ria rain fell was |