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Nebraska City, Nehr. — High wiuds 2d, 10th, 18th ; hard frosts 11th, 

 22d. 



Dalcota City, Nehr. — Dry, windy 1st to 9th, 12th to IGth ; snow 6 inches, 

 10th to 16th. 



Santee Agency, Nehr. — More rain fell on 10th and 14tli than in a year 

 before. 



Harrishurg, Utah. — Cold mouth ; grasshoppers at work in places. 



Taylorsville, Cal. — Snow 6 inches 7th, snow, rain, hail; sunshine 14th 

 to 17th. 



Monterey, Cal. — Earthquakes, two shocks at 8 p. m. 2d, one at 2.30 

 p. m. 4th. 



Virginia City, Mont. Ter. — Auroras 9th, 10th, 13th, 15th, 17th, 18th. 



Deer Lodge City, Mont. Ter, — Month cold as winter, season backward. 



Missoula, Mont. Ter. — Coldest April known, six heavy frosts, some ice. 



Denver, Col. — Thunder snow storm 8th ; severe winds 2d, 8th ; aurora 

 17th. 



Port Angelas, Wy. T. — Cloudy month, no gales, aurora 24th. 



Laramie, Wy. Ter. — Severest wind known here 18th, 19th. A bois- 

 terous, rough month. 



MAY, 1871. 



St. John, N. B. — Coldest May in eleven years. Mean temperature 

 440.8. • Faint auroras 8th, 13th, 18th. Swallows, 12th. 



West Waterville, Me. — Swallows and bobolinks 16th. First blossoms 

 of plum and cherry 20th ; of apple, 25th. 



Gardiner, Jfe.— Auroras 8th, 10th, 11th, 14th, 18th, 19th, 21st, 26th. 



Stratford, N. H. — Barn swallows 2d ; hard freeze 11th. 



Whitejield, N. H. — Strawberry blossoms 9th ; aurora 12th, 



Contocoolcville, N. H. — Sugar maples in blossom 3d; auroras 13th, 

 14th. 



Craftshury, Ft— Swallows 6th ; auroras 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th. 

 Mean temperature of the month .08° above that of the last five Mays. 



Castleton, Tl.— Dandelion blossoms 1st, strawberry 2d, apple 20th. 



Kingston, 3Iass. — May has been very hot and dry, closing with a 

 severe drought. Not moisture enough to make seeds vegetate. Pastures 

 very dry and bare. 



New Bedford, Mass. — Pear blossoms 9th ; hoar frost 11th. 



Lunenburg, Mass. — Cherry blossoms 1st, pear 15th, apple 20th ; the 

 average time of the latter for seventy-four years being May 21st. 



Wiiliams College, Mass. — Apples in full bloom 24th. 



Middletoicn, Ct. — Faint auroras 8th, 9th, 19th. Ice formed 9th, 11th. 

 Thunder-storm 22d. Mean temperature of first ten days of May lower 

 than for ten years past ; of the last eleven days the highest for thirteen 

 years. 



South Hartford, N. Y. — Chimney swallows 11th. Thunder 22d and 

 30th. 



Garrison's, N. Y. — Ice 9th, 10th, 11th. Heavy thunder-storm, from 

 southwest, 16th. 



Glasco, N. Y. — Auroras 8th, 10th. Heavy shower, with hail of size 

 of robins' eggs, doing much damage to grain, fruit, &c., 28th. Heavy 

 wind from south, tearing up trees, with heavy showers, 30th. 



Cooperstoivn, N. Y. — First part of the month cool and wet, the latter 

 part hot and dry. 



DepauviUe, N. Y. — Wild plum blossoms 10th. Auroras 10th, 12th, 

 13th, 17th, 19th. 



