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this, 73c>.12=2'3 above average of twenty-eight Augusts. Average rain 

 6.11 inches, this month 5.31. 



New Germantown, K.J. — Lightning on seven days; a very wet month. 



Greemcich, 2f. J. — Warmest clay of 1871, 16th ; first rain in four weeks 

 23d. Summer mean 2o.33 below 1870, and l^.O! below seven summers 

 past. 



ViiieUnd, F. J. — A good season ; warm month ; farmers pleased. 



Dyherry, Pa. — The last part of the month ^as very wet. 



Horsham, Pa. — A heavy thunder-storm 30th ; for ten days sultry and 

 damp. 



Plymouth Meeting, Pa. — Thermometer 80° and above, twenty-two 

 days; rain every day 23d to 30th, eight days. Summer mean 72^.2 ; 

 rain-fall 17.06 inches. 



Factoryville, Pa. — A hazy month, 2^.5 warmer than average of seven 

 years. 



Carlisle, Pa. — Thunder-storm, 4 inches rain in two hours, 7th ; many 

 meteors 11th ; hottest day 16th. Too much rain for farmers. 



Yorlc Sulphur Springs, Pa. — Ground dry for three months 8th ; streams 

 very low 20th. 



Tioga, Pa. — Month favorable for farmers ; the late rains seasonable. 



Grampian Hills, Pa. — Severe drought 10th to 24th, then copious rains. 



Greensburgh, Pa. — Severe thunder-storm, almost a tornado, 16th. 

 Atmosphere very hazy all summer. 



Fallston, Md. — Eain-fall in the year ending with this month, 41.49 

 inches. 



Saints Creel; Md. — Severe drought ended 25th — welk were drying up. 



Capeville, Va. — Heaviest thunder-storm this season 8th ; copious 

 rains. 



Hampton, Va. — Thunder-storms on seven days, violent 1st; no day 

 entirely clear. 



Surry Court-House, Va. — Warm and showery till 29th — very favorable 

 for crops. 



Mount Solon, Va. — Fruit trees lost much foliage during drought this 

 month. 



Accotinlc, Va. — Little thunder or rain, except in lower Maryland. 



Piedmont, Va. — Eun at Somerset dry 19th to 25th — first time in thirty 

 years. 



Wytheville, Va. — Eain 26th, 27th, the first of note since July 12th. 



Alhemarle, N. C. — Long drought to 18th; more rain 27th, 28th. 



Goivdeysville, S. C. — ^o general rain from July 2d to 26th instant. 



Berne, Ga. — Violent gale, with hard rain, 17th, 18th, and with showers 

 25th, doing much damage by wind and floods. 



St. Mary''s, Ga. — Qales, from southeast 18th, from northeast 25th, 

 with much rain. 



Huntsville, Ala. — Crops dried up to 24th, then gusts of wind and 

 rain. 



Moulton, Ala. — Warm; dry till 24th, then sufiicient rain; cool' 31st. 



Ocala, Fla. — Tornado and pouring rains 16th, 17th, and again and 

 worse 25th ; immense destruction by wind and flood. 



New Smyrna, Fla. — Most violent gale since October 23, 1865, with 

 thunder and deluging showers, 16th, 17th, 18th, and again, and as hard, 

 24th, 25th. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — Gales and rains of 17th, 18th, and 25th very 

 destructive here ; worse south of this ; scarcely felt on Gulf coast. 



Picolata, Fla. — Storms of 16th to 19th came in puifs, destroying trees, 

 buildings, &c. 



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