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temperature being slightly above freezing. Violent storms occurred at 

 intervals in different parts of the country, and on the 15th a destructive 

 tornado passed a little north of this place. Vegetation, which had at- 

 tained a very fair growth during the warm, moist weather of April, 

 made but little progress, and the spring proved unusually backward. 



June. — Until the loth, the weather was quite cool and changeable, 

 with very light rains. A heavy thunderstorm occurred on the 16th, 

 however, and copious rains on nearly all the succeeding days of the 

 month. The precipitation was very large for this vicinity, and although 

 the weather remained cool for the season until near the close of the 

 month, vegetation was immediately refreshed, and put on a most prom- 

 ising appearance. There was hail of considerable size, though not 

 abundant, on several days, and all the storms were accompanied by a 

 great amount of thunder and lightning. Over 6 inches of rain fell du- 

 ring the last half of the month, and the entire amount was about twice 

 the average for .June. 



July. — The total amount of rain was nearly treble the normal mean 

 of precipitation for this month. The rains were very copious, and dur- 

 ing the last 15 days of the month, almost incessant. During a very 

 powerful thunderstorm on the 29th, over two inches of water fell in a 

 single hour, and half of this quantity fell during the first fifteen min- 

 utes of the shower. Throughout this, as well as the preceding month, 

 the appearance of the sky and the formation and movement of the 

 clouds, indicated the presence in the atmosphere, of very powerful dis- 

 turbing forces. Thunderstorms were very frequent and severe. The 

 excessive and unusual precipitation extended throughout Southern 

 Michigan, and for a considerable distance east and west. The injury 

 done to the wheat harvest by the almost constant rains, was in many 

 localities immense, and the season will long be remembered by farmers 

 as being in this respect the most disastrous ever known. 



August. — The weather of this month was generally cool, and the 

 rains, with the exception of some showers in the early part of the 

 month, quite insignificant. 



September. — Rain was frequent and copious throughout the month. 

 The weather was also quite warm, the mean temperature falling only a 

 trifle below that of August. A heavy rain, accompanied by a strong 



