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:N^0TES of the weather, juke, 1870. 



0)'0)io, Me. — Aurora 18th; damaging thunder-storm 20tb. 



Surrey, Me. — Two thunder-storms, one with hail, 20th. 



West Watcrville, 3Ie.— Buying 26th— in 1869, July 6. Mean heat 

 3.79° higher than the June average of six years ; moisture 2.03 inches 

 less. 



Gardiner; Me. — Aiu-oras 16th, 18th ; severe hail 20th. Month dry, and 

 mean heat 2.04^ above Jane average of thirty-four years; moisture 1.5 

 inch less. 



Lisbon, Me. — Refreshing rains 7th to 12fch ; strawberries loth: haying 

 28th ; raiu needed 30th. 



Vorway, Me. — Hottest and driest June I ever knew. 



Cornish, Me. — Fireflies 1st: strawberries 3d; raspberries 22d. 



CornishviUe, Me. — Showers, much thunder, 20th. June average of 

 f»rty years, 61° : warmest, 1831, 69° ; this, 71°. 



Wliitefield, K. H. — Rain on eighteen days, but ground dry till 30th. 



Tamicortli, is. H. — Fireflies 2d; aurora 3d; rijie strawberries 14th; 

 drought 301h. 



Goffstown, X. H. — A moist, hot month ; raiu on twelve days. 



Lunenhurf), Yt. — Ripe strawberries 15th ; raspberries 28th ; hail 18th, 

 20th. June dry, but crops forward and looking well. 



Strafford, Vt. — June dry, and warmest in twelve years. 



North Craftsbury, Vf. — Severe thunder-storm, hail ten jmles south, 

 20th ; slight frost in places 21st. Warmest June in many years. 



Newport, Vt. — ^\uroras 3d, 14th, 24th ; thunder-showers on ten days. 



East Bethel, Vt. — Fireflies 4th; refreshing rains 0th, 7th ; corn tassels 

 20th, Thermometer above 80<^ on tvrenty-one days, and 90° and above 

 on ten days. 



WoodMock, Vt. — Thunder-storms 20th, 27th. June warm, but not dry. 



West Charlotte, Vt. — Auroras 3d, 19th, 26th ; first thunder-shower of 

 the season (and first rain since May 17) 6th. Season two weeks early. 



Panton, Vf. — Ripe strawberries 11th: raspberries 29th; thunder-show- 

 ers, hail, 20th. 



Castleton, Vt. — Ripe strawberries 5th ; showers, with hail, 20th. 



Milton, Mass. — Thunder-storm of twelve hours, extending over New 

 England, 20th. Last quarter of June very warm. 



Cambridge, 3Iass. — Severe thunder-storm, with torrents of rain, 20th. 

 (It was severer, and with hail, in Boston and vicinity.) 



North Billerica, Mass. — Ripe strawberries 18th. Much lightning and 

 thunder in June : vegetation rank ; streams full. 



Neic Bedford, Mass. — iVlthea blossoms 6th, locust 16th, tulip poplar 

 18th, chestnut 30th ; severe and protracted thunder-storm 20th. 



Lunenhnrq, Mass. — Warmest June on record ; mean 71.01° : in 1865, 

 70.290 5 in 1809, 65.71°. Average for thirty-one years, 66.24°. ' 



Amherst, 21ass. — Warmest June on college record — thirty-five years. 



Richmond, Mass. — Violent thunder-storms, with hail, 17th, 20th, and 

 JOth. Month hot, sultry, with frequent thunder-showers. 



Hinsdale, Mass. — Heavy thunder storm, large damaging hail, 20th. 



Newport, 7?. J. — Dense fogs till 20th, Season two weeks earlier than 

 last yeai'. 



Columbia, Cmm. — Terrific thunder and hail storm 20th ; fearful and 

 damaging gale 27th. 



BrooT^ field. Conn. — Severe storm (hail) 20th ; fn.rther north hail very 

 severe. Last of June was hot and very dry. 



