92 DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 



Des Moines, 2. 00 inches ; Homestead, 1.70; Monona, 1.50. Gener- 

 ally, the wind was high. Davenport (see extract below) ; Oskaloosa, 

 "4;" Amana, "5;" Homestead, "5;" Brush Creek, "4;" Monticello, 

 "5;" Ml. Pleasant, "3;" Cresco, "4;" Garnavillo, "4;" Denmark, "3." 

 This storm was a local heat-storm. For several days the heat had been 

 intense. Moravia reports "104', 105°, 106°, 99 , 98° for two-o'clock 

 observations, for several days." McGregor — "98° at noon of 16th, 84 

 at noon of 17th." The heat at Davenport had been so great as to lead 

 to prayer for rain and cooler weather, in the Episcopal Cathedral. A 

 little hail is reported at Amana and Homestead; small fall at Des 

 Moines, 7:40 to 7:45 p. m. ; considerable in vicinity of Davenport. 

 Garnavillo reports : "Barometer fell on 16th 0.12 inch, on 17th none. 

 Clouds came from southwest up against and over the lower wind cur- 

 rent." Monona — "Brilliant display of lightning from 9:00 p. m. till 

 after midnight; clouds appeared to gather from all directions; heavy 

 thunder during night." Dysart — "Most brilliant lightning display in 

 the south, extending one-third around horizon, seen here since the 

 Grinnell storm ; rain, only a sprinkle." Amana- — "Four foals killed by 

 lightning at High Amana, four miles west; found dead at barb-wire 

 fence." 



Davenport Democrat- Gazette: "The rain of yesterday and last night 

 extended this time over the whole of Scott County. The storm of 

 yesterday was accompanied by a wind that played havoc with grain- 

 stacks, trees, and stock-sheds in various parts of the county. Barley 

 and wheat stacks were tossed upon each other in places, and straw was 

 scattered evervwhere. Cherry and apple trees along Duck Creek 

 were taken up by the wind and carried fifteen rods, some farther. 

 Nor did wind alone do damage. Out in the direction of Mt. Joy, hail 

 played a prominent part in the storm. The hail that fell ranged in 

 size from a hazel-nut to a hickory-nut, and there were exceptional 

 cases where they were as large as eggs. Mr. Fritz Rohlf, a farmer 

 near Mt. Joy, stated this morning that he had ninety acres of oats 

 which he intended to begin harvesting to-day, and the hail of yester- 

 day stripped his oat-field most effectually. Such was the case wher- 

 ever it hailed. There was but little hail in the direction of Muscatine 

 County, but in portions of the northern part of this county a great deal 

 of hail fell. The wind blew down fields of corn and leveled grain in 

 the field very much. Hilly farm land was badly washed by the driving 

 rain." 



July 19th. A few reports show storms in the western part of the 



