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Columbu.'i, Miss. — Violent tliuuder-storiu, with hail nearly an inch in 

 diameter, 23d. 



Marion, Miss. — Warm May, two slight rains. 



Philadelphia, Miss. — Thunder shower 6th, 24:th, with hail 23d. 



Natchez, Miss. — Xot one wholly clear day, twenty-seven cloudy, and 

 four rainy. 



EUzabethton, Tenn. — Three thunder storms on 23d, with hail. 



Austin, Tenn. — Heavy thunder 2d ; slight fall of snow 12th. 



Clarlcsville, Tenn. — Drought ended by heavy thunder showers 23d. 



Trenton, Tenn. — May showery, some hail 2d, 31st ; plowing hindered 

 only three or four days. 



Fine Grove, Ky. — Month showery, some thmider, little rain at any 

 time, except on the 12th and 27th ; violent wind on 23d. 



Shelby City, Ky. — Aurora 9th; hot loth to 23d, ending in thunder- 

 storm, high wind, followed by showers, timely but needed. 



Salem, Ohio. — First thunder 5th ; rain, hail 9th ; thunder-storm, snow, 

 heavy hail 10th. 



Steubenville, Ohio. — Thunder-showers, with hail, 10th, llth, and high 

 wind 23d. The last frost 25th. 



Gilmore, Ohio. — First thunder-storm 5th, with hail 10th, with dam- 

 aging lightning 23d — horses killed and barns burned. 



Cleveland, Ohio. — May averages, heat, 1870, GO°.ll — for 16 years, 

 57°.35 ; rain, 1870, 1.85 inch — for 16 years, 3.57 inches. Spring averages, 

 heat, 1870, 46o.81— for 15 years, 40^.34 ; snoiv, 1870, 20.3 inches— for 15 

 years, 11.81 inches; rain, (and melted snow,) 1870, 8.33 inches — for 15 

 years, 9.33 inches. 



Oberlin, Ohio. — Thunder-storm, gale, hail 23d. Crops need more rain. 



Kelley^s Island, Ohio. — Cherries blossom 6th, i)ears 9th, apples 14th, 

 quinces 21st; thunder-shower, gale 23d; auroras 27th, 30th. Month 

 6^.40 above Mav average of 11 vears, and 2^.45 above the warmest May, 

 (1860.) 



Sandushy, Ohio. — Aurora 1st ; wrens 6th ; wheat heading 30th. 



North Fairfield, Ohio. — Heavy hail-storm 23d, had to light lamps. 



Westerville, Ohio. — High winds 23d ; frost nipped potato tops 28th. 



North Bass Islarid, Ohio. — Little rain, ground too dry and hard for 

 plowing. 



Bowling Green, Ohio. — Aurora 27th. Dry and warm May. 



Kenton, Ohio. — Damaging thunder hail-storm, covering the ground, 

 23d. 



Urbana, Ohio. — Aurora 1st. Month 4°.5 above May average of 19 

 years, and nearly 12° above May, 1869. Crops suffering from drought. 



Springfield Ohio. — Drought. 



Bethel, Ohio. — Thunder-shower, hail 8th ; great wind, little rain 23d. 

 Three-fourths of corn on sod destroyed by cut- worms. 



Detroit, Mich. — Auroras 1st, 19th, 27th ; high frost 25th. 



Ann Arbor, Mich. — Orchards in full bloom 6th. Season two weeks 

 early. 



Litchfield, Midi. — Colorado i^otato bug 15th, (numerous, but not inju- 

 rious yet;) slight frosts 28th to 31st. Very dry. 



Northport, Mich. — Plum blossoms 12tb, cherry 14th; aurora 17th. 

 Finest May known. 



Otsego, Mich. — Great drought. 



Copper Falls, Mich. — A warm and dry May. 



Vevay, Lid. — Gale, copious rain, hail, ending drought, 23d. 



Muncie, Ind. — Bright aurora 20th ; hail 22d. Drought. 



Spiceland, Ind. — Ground dry 1st; very dry 31st. 



