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7,780 miles, the movement being in excess of the average for 

 April at all stations excepting Rochester. The maximum ve- 

 locity recorded was 54 miles per hour at Buffalo on the 2d. 



Thunder storms were reported for the following dates: 12th 

 at Jamestown, 17th general over the State, 18th at a few iso- 

 lated and widely separated stations, 19th general, 20th at sta- 

 tions in the Western Plateau, 21st general, 22d at New Lisbon 

 and Brooklyn, 25th at Bloomville, 28th southeast of Bloomville. 



Light frost was general over the State on the 23d and in the 

 northern regions on the 30th. Bedford and Binghamton reported 

 killing frost on the 23d. 



Hail fell on the 2d, 17th, 20th and 25th, and sleet occurred on 

 the 2d, 4th and 6th. 



Solar halos were observed on the 14th, 20th, 24th, 25th, 26th 

 and 27th. Lunar halos were observed on the 23d and 26th. 

 Auroras were observed on the 4th, 22d and 24th. 



But three well defined cyclonic storms passed in the vicinity 

 of New York, the number being considerably less than the aver- 

 age frequency for April. The general action of the cyclonic 

 movements was to diminish in energy, spread and dissipate in 

 their progress eastward, accompanied by very moderate pre- 

 cipitation in New York. The first storm occurred on the lst-2d, 

 passing north of New York and developing considerable energy 

 over the New England coast and causing heavy rainfall in that 

 region. On the 14th a storm passed centrally well north of New 

 York, accompanied by general but moderate rain in the St. Law- 

 rence valley. The third storm passed centrally over northern 

 New York on the 21st, bringing general and the heaviest rainfall 

 of the month in this State on the 21st-22d. 



