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SontJi Hartford, New York. — May 13. — At 4 p. m. a heavy and dark cloud 

 formed in the south and west, accompanied with thunder. At 4.45 it was almost 

 impossible to stand against the wind. At 5.20 the tornado came on, and for 

 about five minutes unroofed houses, uprooted trees, scattered fences over large 

 areas, and levelled forests by the acre, while the rain drenched the ground. No 

 such hurricane is recollected here. 



Garrisoiis, Nnv York. — May 13. — A heavy thunder storm came from the 

 west, accompanied with high wind and hail, and followed by frost the next 

 morning. 



South Trenton, New York. — May 2. — Two-tenths of an inch of snow fell. 

 10th, locust trees in bloom. 13th, cherry trees in bloom. 31st, grass is very 

 backward for the time of year. 



Germantoicn, New York. — On the 2d of May the Oatskill mountains were 

 covered with snow nearly to their base. On the afternoon of the 12th (13th ?) 

 a severe hail-storm from the southwest passed over, accompanied with strong 

 wind, but doing no damage to buildings. Tender plants and grapevines were 

 considerably injured. 



Theresa, New York. — May 13. — Distant thunder southwest from 2 to 3 p. m. 

 17th, water froze a sixteenth of an inch; cherry trees in bloom. 20Lh, a thimder- 

 storm passed over at 7 p. ni. from the west ; high wind from the west for fifteen 

 or twenty minutes ; thunder distant ; lightning zig-zag. 22d, occasional flakes 

 of snow in the morning ; apple trees in bloom. 31st, forest trees in leaf. 



Depauvillc, New York. — The weather through the month of May was un- 

 usually cool owing to the hard winter frosts and their mellowing effects on the 

 soil, and also to the dry weather during the first half of May. Farmers had a 

 favorable time for ploughing and sowing, and never before got through their 

 spring work so early or with more ease. 



Nichols, New York. — May 13. — Shower at 2 p. m., with violent wind ; a short 

 distance from here, north-northwest and northeast, a number of houses were un- 

 roofed, and trees blown doAvn, The storm came from the west; the clouds were 

 of a dark purple color, and appeared to roll over and over very fast in the form 

 of a whirlwind. 31st. — This has been the coldest May in some years; the mer- 

 cury was b(4low 32° at 5 a. m. on a number of mornings. 



Palermo, New York. — This has been the coldest May in thirteen years. 



Burlington, New Jersey. — May 13. — At half past four o'clock a thunder- 

 shower passed over from northwest to southeast; the wind blew quite hard; 

 rained about half an hour. 23d, heavy frost. 



Newark, Neio Jersey. — The mean temperature of May was more than two 

 degrees below the average of the last twenty-two years. There was no violent 

 storm or tornado during the month. Lilacs put forth on the 10th, and the 

 pyramidal clusters of the horse chestnuts opened about the 14th, a week later 

 than last year. The mean temperature of the spring now closed was about the 

 average of that season here. 



Mount Holly, New Jersey. — May 13. — Thunder-storm from 4.45 p. m. to 5.30 

 p. m. ; wind from the northwest. 23d, frost this morning. 27tli, thunder-storm 

 came up from northwest, (wind southwest ;) about 9 p. m. began to rain ; at 9^ 

 p. m. rained very heavily; lightning diffuse, very brilliant, and almost constant. 



Fallsington, IPcnnsylvania. — May 13. — Gale in the afternoon ; light thunder- 

 showers. 23d, frost. 31st. — The month has been cold and backward, and dur- 

 ing the last three months, taken together, much less water fallen than is usual for 

 the spring months. 



Horsham, Pennsylvania. — May 9. — The weather for the past week has been 

 mostly cool, with a great deal of wind. It is quite dry; apple, trees are in full 

 bloom, and there is a very fair promise of fruit. 23d, white frost last night. 



Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. — May 13. — At 1 J p. m. a sudden and violent storm 

 of wind came on, lasting half an hour, wind west; high wind all the afternoon. 



