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violent part of the storm waa confined to a space not exceeding one mile. 22d, 

 spots on the Green mountains white with snow. 



Bandolph, Vermont. — May 8. — White frost ; thermometer 29° at 5 J a. ra.r, 

 smoky or dry mists in the valleys ; earth dry for the season ; streams low ; land 

 in good condition for planting; grass backward; sheep and young cattle out to 

 pasture. 11th, white frost; plum trees in blossom. ]2tli and 13th, at 5|-p. m., 

 dark clouds gathered in the west ; wind southwest ; in five minutes increased to 

 a terrible gale ; hailstones a quarter of an inch in diameter fell, covering the earth ; 

 rain followed, continuing moderately till 9 p. m. ; trees were broken by ihe wind. 



Richmond, Massachusetts. — May 2. — Snow on the mountain. 13th, heavy 

 wind from the southwest through the day ; thunder shower set in with hail and 

 rain at 5.45 p. m. The hailstones were as large as buckshot, and covered the 

 ground. 15th, plum trees in bloom. 21st, apple trees in bloom. Slst. The 

 month was cool, and vegetation is late. 



Worcester, Massachusetts. — May 10. — Apple trees in blossom. 16th, horse 

 chestnut in blossom. 24th, white frost. 



North Billerica, Massachusetts — May 14. — Apple trees in blossom abund- 

 antly ; streams low. 15th. Severe frost last night. 



New Bedford, Massachusetts. — May 2. — Cherry trees begin to bloom. 20th, 

 horse chestnut in warm exposure in bloom. Slst, forest trees generally in leaf. 



Groton, Connecticut. — May 15. — Light frost this morning. 25th. Frost last 

 night. 



Little Genesee, New York. — Frost on eighteen mornings during the month ; 

 ice over an eighth of an inch thick on the 24th. 



Rochester, New York. — May 20. — At 4 p. m. a thunder-storm came on from 

 south and west, with violent wind ; much rain, and most destructive hail over a 

 narrow range of the city. It was the most severe hail-storm that has occurred 

 here in many years. 



Gouverneur, New York. — May 31. — The month has been cold and backward, 

 and vegetation is some three weeks later than last season ; garden vegetables 

 are just coming up. 



Netv York, N. Y. — May 13. — A violent storm came up suddenly at 5 p. m., 

 accompanied with vivid lightning, but not much thunder. Hailstones fell thickly 

 at first. The wind which preceded the storm did much damage. 



Geneva, New York. — The weather was warmer on the 20th (85° at noon) 

 than on any other day in May during the last fifteen years. But the average 

 for the month has been 4.64° lower than the general average for May, and only 

 six days, viz., the 10th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, and 20th, have risen to the tem- 

 perature due to the general average for the corresponding days. 



Buffalo, New York. — The temperature of May was six degrees below the 

 average of the eight years during which these observations have been taken. A 

 part of the ice which was driven up the lake in the storm of April 23d, and re- 

 turned three days later, lingered in the bay and across the entrance of the harbor 

 until the 1 3th, offering, however, no serious impediment to navigation. There 

 was frost on six mornings, the last of which was on the 17th, all harmless. 

 The growth of every species of vegetation except grass has been slow, yet the 

 opening of leaves and flowers is not much behind former years. Strawberries 

 and cherries in blossom on the 1 1th ; sugar maple and horse chestnut in leaf on 

 the 18th, and forest trees generally on the 21st. Apple trees in blossom on the 

 22d. The temperature of the three spring months was 2^° colder than the mean 

 for eight years, and the precipitation of rain one inch more. 



Moriches, New York. — May 13. — .At a few minutes before 7 p. m. a dense 

 black cloud foi-med along the western horizon and soon came up, the blackness 

 measurably disappearing ; some lightning and thunder accompanied it in its pro- 

 gress ; rain began at 7; less than three-tenths of an inch fell ; by 11 J p. m. the 

 sky was entii-ely clear. 



