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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Reports from across the continent describe an unusually mild present winter, with December and January feeling like early autumn. This climate reversal is attributed to rapid settlements on northern and western frontiers clearing forests, potentially aligning American climate with Europe's at similar latitudes, showing contrasts between old and new areas.
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From all parts of the continent, we learn, that the present winter has been more mild, than any one within the remembrance of the oldest man: December and January have felt more like the first months of autumn, than those of winter.--By some, this singular reverse in our climate is attributed to the rapid settlements on our northern and western frontiers. In proportion as our immense forests are subdued from a state of nature into open fields and high cultivation, we may expect our climate will approximate the same parallel of latitude as Europe. Even in America, a striking contrast in climate is observable in the same latitude, between the old and new settlements.
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December And January
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From all parts of the continent, the present winter has been more mild than any within the remembrance of the oldest man, with December and January feeling like the first months of autumn rather than winter. This singular reverse in climate is attributed by some to rapid settlements on northern and western frontiers. As forests are subdued into open fields and cultivation, the climate may approximate that of Europe at the same latitude. A striking contrast in climate is observable in America between old and new settlements at the same latitude.