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NOTES OF THE WEATHER 



yROM THK S!\HTHSl>MAN IXSTITITIOX. 



JULY, 1866. 



Curninh, Maine. — July 2-). — Several small tAiuuder-^liOM'ers north, in tlie 

 aftei'noon. 



Steuhcn, Maine. — July 25. — -Thunder to the north at 2 p. in. 



Lee, Maijie. — July 25. — Thunder at 1 p. m. northeast, and at 5 p. m. east 

 rain from 6.30 p. m. to 10 p. m. 



WiUiamshurg, Maine. — July 25. — Hard thunder-shoAvcr from 1.30 to 2 p. 

 ra., from 3 to 5 p. m., and in the night. 



Gardiner, Maine. — The mean temperature of the month is three-tenths of a 

 degree above the average of thirty years ; rain three-tenths of an inch less than 

 the average. 



North Barnstead, New HamjJsliirc. — July 25. — Thunder from 11 a. m. to 1 

 p. m. 



Chiremont, Xav Hamiislirc. — July 25. — Thunder and lightning at 9 a. m., 

 and soon afterwards a heavy shower, lasting three-quarters of an hour ; several 

 trees struck by lightning ; it continued showery during the day. 



Strafford, New Hamjyshire. — The month of July has been warm and wet, 

 with more lightning and thunder than Ave generally have in a whole summer. 



Claremnnt, Nciv Hamps/tire. — From about the 10th to the 16th the dew was 

 almost imperceptible. Thunder-showers were nnnsually frequent during the 

 month. 



Barnct, Vermont. — The rain in July has been from shoAvcrs, and none from 

 a rain-storm. The wind was in the northwest the most of the time, and there 

 has been more thunder and lightning than usual. 



Randolph, Vermont. — July 25. — Thunder-showers commenced, at 9 a. m ; 

 distant thunder at intervals all day. There has been an unusual amount of 

 thunder during the month. 



New Bedford, Massachusetts. — July 25. — Shower from 7.30 to 9 a. m. A 

 thunder squall and heavy rain at 4. p. m. ; showers of hail, damaging crops a 

 icw miles north and east of this place. 



Mendon, Massachusetts. — July 25. — Thunder-shower at 5 p. m. 



Williamstoicn, Massachusetts. — July 25. — Tornado a few miles south ; rain, 

 wind and hail. 



Kingstofi, Massachusetts. — July 25. — Thunder-shower at 1 p. m., moving 

 from west ; another at 2^ p. m., very heavy. Two inches of rain fell to-day. 

 A few hailstones as large as peas fell at 3 p. m. 



Middletoicn, Connecticut. — July 25. — Thunder-shower beginning at 12 m., 

 with some hail. A few rods only east of this observatory much more hail fell, 

 and at a distance of half a mile the quantity was very great, and much damage 

 was done to tender vegetables, especially tobacco. 



Pomfret, Connecticut. — This July has been the warmest in fourteen years, 

 except 1854, which was only two-thirds of a degree warmer. Nearly all the 

 rain of the month was accompanied with thunder, and considerable damage Avas 

 done by lightning. 



Moriches, New York. — July 25. — Thunder-showers through the afternoon ; 

 at 8.1 p. m. it seemed to settle down to a steady rain. At " Baiting Hollow," 

 about twelve miles northeast of here, near the Sound, a remarkable hail-storm 

 occurred amons: some of the numerous showers of the 25th or 28th. The area 



