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Pilafka, Fla. — Cyclone with sheets of rain (11.6 inches in forty hours) 

 16th, 17th, 18th ; another as severe 25th. Damage to shipping, build- 

 ings, &c., cannot be estimated. 



Ponchatoula, La. — Violent thunder every day, but few showers, 1st to 

 15th ; smoky, continued rains 20th to 23d ; violent storm 28th. 



Brookliamn, Miss. — Cotton-picking 28th; whippoorwills silent 31st; 

 summer dry. 



Mizahethton, Tenn. — Month exceedingly dry ; upland crops damaged. 



Trenton^ Tenn. — A dry mouth ; weeds and rust ceased among cotton. 



WasMngton, Arlc. — Very little rain during August ; crops suffering. 



Westerville, Ohio. — First sufficient rain of the season 26th. 



JS^orth Bass Island, Ohio. — Vegetation suffered severely in drought 

 from 5th to 25th. 



Hillsborough, Ohio. — Eaiu on eleven days, with thunder 24th, 25th. 



Kenton, Ohio. — First rain from northeast (all day) in many years 25th. 



Urhana, Ohio. — Warmest day of 1871 15th ; mean of month 3° above 

 average for twenty years ; rain 3 inches above August average. 



Bethel, Ohio. — Great damaging hail three miles south 1st; a good 

 needed rain 25th. 



JacJcsonhurgh, Ohio. — Martins leave 6th ; light frost 31st. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. — Terrific thunder-storms, an inch rain in thirty min- 

 utes, 7th, and 1.5 inches, in an hour 11th ; a heavy one also on the 8th. 



College Hill, Ohio. — Thunder-storm, 3.25 inches rain fell in two hours, 

 11th. 



Detroit, Mich. — Hottest day of season 15th ; hazy and smoky 9th to 

 26th. Drought, on uplands earth dry 3 feet down, many wells dry, up 

 to 25th. 



Alpena^ Mich. — Auroras 11th, 12th, 23d. Many smoky days. 



Litchfield^ Mich. — Auroras 9th to 12th, 17th. Very dry ; no frost yet. 



Northport, Mich. — Dryest season known here ; trees losing folijige. 



Copper Falls. Mich. — Auroras 23d, 24th ; heavy rain (3.3 inches) 28th, 

 29th. 



Rising Sun, Ind. — Slight frost, first this fall, 31st. 



Vevay, Ind. — Except thunder-storm 7th, dry till rains 25th, 28th, 29th. 



Beech Grove, Ind. — Rain scarce since May, 1870, till 28th inst. 



Mattoon, III. — Very dry 1st to 8th, but little rain afterward ; cool 

 nights. 



Louisville, III. — Locusts 2d ; first light frost 31st. 



Hennepin, III. — Month hot, windy, and only slight fain till 28th. 



Belvidere, III. — No rain 10th to 22d ; slight rains to close ; hot to 29th. 



Manchester, 111. — Few rains and slight; drought severe; wells nearly 

 dry. 



Andalusia, III. — Light frost in low jjlaces, no damage, 31st. 



MihcauJcee, Wis. — Almost tornadoes at 12.30 and 9.30 p. m. of 7th. 



Enibarrass, Wis. — Most thunder-storms this summer from northwest, 

 bringing cold weather — almost frosts. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — First frost, flight, 31st. Month 2° above last 

 year's. 



Guttenberg, loica. — Thunder-showers and hail 7th, 22d ; first rain this 

 summer to soak the ground 25tli. Thrashing done, plowing begun. 



Independence, Iowa. — First day hot, (105°,) last day frost; dry month. 



Bockford, loiva. — Thunder-storms 2d, 3d, 13th ; light frost 31st. 



Ames, Iowa. — Tornado 3d ; aurora 16th ; frost in low lands 31st. 



Algotia, loioa. — Warm month, best corn season known here. 



Boonesborough, Iowa. — August average of eighteen vears 67'^ — this 

 71°. Frost 31st. 



