Extract from C. Pierce's Meteorological Observations made at Portsmouth, (N. H.) several times every day.
Thursday Jan. 16, 1812.--Fahrenheit's Thermometer at sunrise; 4 above 0. Through the remainder of the day from 6 to 10 above 0.
Friday Jan. 17.--Sunrise, 4 below 0. Through the remainder of the day from 0 to 10 above.
Saturday, Jan. 18.--Sunrise, 7 below 0. In no part of the day did it, rise above 0 in the open air.-The cold continued to increase Saturday P. M. until eleven o'clock. At 8 o'clock Saturday ev'g it was 8 below 0; and at 9 o'clock, it was 10 below. This we believe to be the greatest extreme; after which it rose gradually until sunrise on Sabbath morning, when it stood at 5 below 0; but through the remainder of the day, it varied from two below to two above 0.”
(New Madrid id: 18120125_nmad_14_156) from the Boston Independent Chronicle, January 25, 1812, Page 3, Column 1.
Many newspapers carried weather news from other localities or a synopsis of the weather conditions over the week the paper was published. For the researcher they are a data treasure trove on weather and the occurrence of earthquakes. The New Madrid Compendium contains numerous weather reports containing earthquake accounts.