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Thermometer.—Maximum, 73° on 18th; minimum, 31° on 
night of the 12th; average, 52°16. 
On 12th and 13th it fell to the freezing-point. The mini- 
mum of the day temperature was 49°. For the most part the 
day temperature of the month was without great fluctuations ; 
70° was reached or exceeded on 3 days, 
Rain fell on 12 days to the depth of 1:45 inches, the average 
of this district for month of May being 1:81 inches. The 
month on the whole was drier than the average, the bulk of 
the fall occurring from the 28th to 31st, the fall in that period 
being ‘98 of an inch. The difference between the average 
temperature of the day and the average temperature of the 
night was 17°34 degrees. 
Lightning was seen and thunder heard in the early morning 
of the 17th, again between 7 and 8 P.M. on the 30th, and in 
the early morning of 1st June. The thunder-shower of the 
30th was very heavy, the rain falling in torrents for about 
20 minutes and yielding °45 of an inch. 
JUNE. 
Barometer—Maximum, 30°39 inches on 12th; minimum, 
29-65 inches on 18th; average, 30-09 inches. 
Considerable fluctuation occurred on several days ; from the 
8th to the 9th it fell ‘36 of an inch, and rose from the 9th to 
the 11th °64 of an inch; from the 15th to the 16th it fell -40 
of an inch. Thunderstorms, unless accompanied by strong 
wind, do not affect the barometer greatly. On 23 days the 
barometer rose to 30 inches and upwards; on 7 days it fell 
to below 30 inches. 
Thermometer.—Maximum, 84° on 24th; minimum, 44° on 
9th, 16th, and 18th; average, 60°-81. 
Reached over 80° on one day only. On 15 days it reached 
_ 70° and upwards. The average temperature for June, as 
_ recorded at this place, is 58°95. This month consequently has 
been somewhat warmer than the average. 
Rain.—The total fall in the month was 2°36 inches on 
ll days. The average fall for June is 2:14 inches. The excess 
