406 



violeut ram. 20tii, sudden showers during the day, thunder, violent rain from 

 5 to 6 p. m. 



ChUeshurg, Kentucky. — September 30. — Light frost has* appeared several 

 times in low situations, but it is not seen that any damage has been done to the 

 tenderest vegetation. A hard frost would do great damage now. Corn is un- 

 commorily green for the season ; grape-vines are also green, having matured 

 badly. 



Norwalk, Ohio. — Corn injured in some localities by frost on the 20th and 

 21=t 



College Hill, Ohio. — One-fourth of the annual amount of rain fell during the 

 first nineteen days of September. 



Bethel, Ohio. — The amount of rain (eight inches) which fell during the past 

 month exceeds that of any September for twenty-five or thirty years ; it is 

 more th.-m tln^ observer has ever known. 



Urbaii'i. Ohio. — The storm which commenced at 10| a. m. of the 17th was 

 remarkable for the great quantity of rain. The rain on the 17th was moderate, 

 but between o and 8 o'clock on the I8th the quantity was 4.10 inches, and the 

 whole quantity for that day was 6.20 inches, Avhich was greater than the ob- 

 server ever before knew in the same period. The rain ceased on the 20th at 6^ 

 p. m.; the whole quantity of water being 7.43 inches. The rain began again 

 on the 24t]i at night, and stopped the next night, the quantity of water being 

 2.59 inches. Great damage was done to crops in low grounds along water- 

 courses, to bridges, railroads, &c. There is no known record of so great a 

 quantity of water falling in so short a time. The whole quantity for the month 

 (15.88 inches) is only 1.76 inch less than that for the first six months of the 

 year, and is over one-third of the average annual quantity for Urbaua. 



(Other registers contain notices of this unusuall}^ large rain in Ohio, and the 

 newspapers abound with full and detailed accounts of the extensive damage 

 caused by the overflow of streams.) 



Monroe, Michigan. — Slighr frost on the night of the 14th; few things were 

 hurt in this vicinity, but some injury was done in the country, back from the 

 lake. There was a heavier frost on the night of the 21st, doing much injury 

 in the country. 



Litchfield, Michigan. — September 15. — Grass entirely white with frost at 6 

 o'clock this morning, injuring the crops in many places very much ; skim ice 

 formed in dishes. 22d. — A general frost this morning ; ice a sixteenth of an 

 inch thick formed in out-door dishes. 



Holland, Michigan. — September 15. — Thermometer 32*^ at 6 a. rn. 



Muncie, Indiana — September 15. — Light frost last night, but not suflicient 

 to do any damage. 18th and 19th. — It rained almost constantly during these 

 two days : the White river at this place was greatl}' swollen, the water being 

 higher in it than it has been since the year 1848. 22d. — A heavy white frost 

 last night, but no damage to the corn nor any other vegetable. 



Columbia City, Indiana. — September 15. — First frost of the season. 29th. — 

 Eel river higher than for some years past. 



Vevay, Indiana. — September 14. — A most terrific thunder-storm occurred last 

 night, commencing at 10 p. m., and continuing until 2.30 this morning. The 

 rain fell in torrents ; all the creeks and streams are overflowing. 19th and 

 20th. — Five inches and seven-tenths of rain fell on these two days. 



Peoria, Illinois. — September 21. — One mile out of the city water froze in 

 exposed places. 



Winnebago, Illinois. — September 22. — Severe frost; temperature 32° at sun- 

 rise. In some localities on the 21st, the thermometer stood at 28° and in one 

 at 26°. The frosts of the 21st and 22d were very injuiious to the corn crop, 

 it being very backward on account of long continued cool and wet weather. 

 Aurora, Illinois. — The first frost occurred on the 21st, materially injuring the 



