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was about 2^ milcj.s long liy a mile in width, the hail being- eight to nine ijiches 

 deep at the maximum. Sheep v.-ere killed, grain crops destroyed, glass broken. 

 &c. The observer has been here over eleven years, and has known uo hail- 

 storm properly so called. This July was remarkable for the great heat of the 

 11 th, 17th, and for the niunerous thunder-showers of the Litter part. 



Palermo, Xeir Yorlc. — July IS. — The last three days Avere the three hottest 

 days known in this region in one season for many years. This July has been 

 the Vv^armest in twelve years except 1854. 



Depauville, New Yorl. — July 25. — At 6.-30 a. m. a thunder-storm, with zig- 

 zag lightning, moved from northwest to southeast. Along the centre of thir- 

 storm there was a fall of hail enough to whiten the ground ; some of the stones 

 W( re as large as walnuts, with a few pieces of ice over an inch thick. At S.IO 

 a. m. another hail-storm passed six miles south from here, much more severe. 



North Ha7nmo7id, Neic Yorh. — July 25. — Rain from 7.50 to 0.45 a. m. Thun- 

 der at intervals through the day. 



Shaneatelcfi, Ncu- York. — Seldom has such a July been known ; all crops, 

 except fruit, are prosperous. 



Rochester, New York. — The first half of this July was the hottest in thirty 

 years, and the month has only one hotter, viz, in 1855. The temperature at 2 

 p. m. on the 15th was 93^ ; on the IGth, 95^, and on the 17th 93". Not more 

 than three successive days, with the maximum temperature of each above 90-. 

 have occurred in thirty years past. 



Geneva, New York. — The average temperature of July was more than three 

 degrees and a half above the- general average for the last fifteen years. The 

 16th was the hottest day recorded during that period, the time for which these 

 records have been kept. 



Newark, New Jersey. — The mean temperature of the month was higher thaii 

 that of any July during the last twenty-three years, the period for which these 

 records have been kept; but its maximum temperature was exceeded in 1843 

 and 1849. Only one July, that of 1843, exceeded it in the number of days o-a 

 whicb the mercury rose above 90^, in which month there were nine, while thi- 

 ■year there were only eight. In 1845 there were seven days in succession on 

 which the mercury rose above 90^, and in both 1854 and 1856 there were five 

 such days, but this year there were only four. There was no rain-storm during 

 the month, and only one entirely cloudy day. 



Horsham, Pennsylrania. — July 25. — IIea%'y thunder-storm, with consider- 

 able hail, about 5 p. m. ; some of the hailstones measured over four inches in 

 circumference. 



Harrishurg, Pennsylraytu/. — July 25. — Heavy storm of wind with hail at 

 7 p. m. 



Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. — July 17. — The warmest day since the observer 

 has been keeping a record, now sixteen years. The mean temperature was 

 92.33*^. The nearest approach to this was the 21st of July, 1854, of which the 

 mean temperature was 91.30^. The highest temperature on this day was 101- 

 at 3 p. ra. ; on the 21st of July, 1854, it was 100.^^. 25th, a very slight rain 

 from 7 to 7} p. m. The mean temperature of the month was 2^^ above the 

 average for July. 



Pennsville, Pennsylvania. — July has been mostly a pleasant mouth, favorable 

 to harvesting, and also for the growing crops. 



hcicishurg, Pennsylvania. — July 17. — The mean temperature of July is the 

 highest since 1856. * 



Byberry, Pennsylvania. — July 25. — Heavy shower in the evening from west 

 and northwest, with some hail, thunder and li2:htninor. 



Nazareth, Pennsylvania. — July 25. — Thimder-gust northwest at 5 p. m. 



Ephrata, Pennsylvania. — July 25. — A thunder-storm passed over this place 

 at 5.25 p. m. A hail-storm set in at 5.35. Hail covered the ground in most 



