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Lansing, Michigan. — January 8. — At noon tlie barometer was liighcr than 

 evci- known here. 19th, rain, attended with lightning, at 11 o'clock p. m. This 

 rain was attended and followed by a gale aad rapid fall of temperature — falling 

 from 4.T' at 9 p. m. of the 19th to 1° at the same hour on the 20th. 



Detroit, Michigan. — January 20. — During the storm last night sharp flashes 

 of lightning were frequent. The wind suddenly changed to the northwest, and 

 the thermometer fell forty-eight degrees in sis hours. — Newsjyaj^cr. 



Kctv Harmony, Indiana. — January 8. — At 7 a. m., the highest barometer at. 

 this station during the last fourteen years. 19th, thunder-storm during the 

 night, followed by the first snow of the season. The 19th was the warmest day 

 of the month, mean temperature 61°; the next day was the coldest, mean tem- 

 perature 13;^^. 



Balhcc, Indiana. — January 8. — The barometer was several tenths higher this 

 forenoon than it has been at any time during the two years the^-c observations 

 have been taken. 15th, frozen rain and sleet last night; 3 p. m., thunder gust 

 from the southeast, general rain, heavy thunder, forked lightning. 19th, light- 

 ning in the northwest at 9 p. m.; hard thunder gust before midnight; thermom- 

 eter fell from 62° at 9 p. m. to 2" next morning at 7 a. m. The 19th was the 

 warmest day of the month, mean temperature 59|°, and the 20th the coldest,' 

 mean temperature 3-!|°. 



Vcvay, hidiana. — January 20. — Yesterday was mild and spring-like, and the 

 warmest day of the month; thermometer at 9 p. m. 68'^ ; near 11 p. m. a strong 

 gale commenced blowing from the southwest, which was followed by a terrific 

 thunder-storm, with frequent vivid flashes of lightning and sharp thunder; 

 thermometer 70°. The storm moved in a northeast direction, and continued 

 till 12.30 a. m. 20th, when the wind changed to northwest, and the rain to a 

 brisk snow-storm. The thermometer at 5 a. m. indicated 14°, showing a fall 

 of fifty-six degrees in six hours. One inch of snow fell in the night. Fifteen 

 miles north of here a barn was struck by lightning and consumed. 



IndianajmJis, Indiana. — The 19th was the warmest and the 20th the coldest 

 day of the month, the mean temperature falling fiifty and a half degrees. 



Indianapolis, Indiana. — January 21. — Atreniendous thunder-storm prevailed 

 yesterday morning, and suddenly the mercury fell forty degrees, freezing every- 

 thing tight and blockading railroad travel. We are now experiencing the 

 severest weather of the winter thus far. — Newspaper. 



Fort Wayne, Indiana. — January 20 — Yesterday was Avarm and sultry as 

 May. At 10 o'clock p. m. an unusual rain, attended with lightning, thunder, 

 hail and Avind, commenced falling, and soon the street gutters were full, and 

 even the pavements flooded. The thermometer indicated a fall of fifty-two 

 degrees from 9 o'clock last evening to 7 o'clock this morning. 24th, quite a 

 snow fell on Monday night, the 22d, and we have now the best sleighing of the 

 season so far ; snow from four to six inches deep, and still snowing : the roads 

 hard and smooth. — Nexospapcr. 



Albion, Indiana. — There were thunder-storms on the 15th and 19th. The 

 weather did not become much colder after the first thunder, but on the night of 

 Friday, the 19th, there was a very sudden change, the temperature falling from 

 60° that night to 2° next morning. 



Columbia City, Indiana. — January 15. — Thunder in the west with rain ia 

 the afternoon ; at 4 p. m. the lightning struck a large hickory tree three-quar- 

 ters of a mile from the centre of the town. 19th, a warm rain in the afternoon, 

 and more rain after dark; thunder at 9 p. m., and rain from 10 to 12 p. m.; 

 considerable hard thunder and lightning, striking frequently some distance off"; 

 wind high, and much timber blown down in the neighborhood. At 2 p. m. the 

 temperature was 54°; at 9 p. ra. 62°; after midnight it turned cold, and by the 

 morning of the 20th the thermometer had fallen to zero. The 19th was the 

 warmest day of the month — mean temperature 50§°; and the 20th the coldest — 



