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Fanton, Vt. — Brilliant aurora 19tb; very heavy dew 31.st. 



Kingston, Mass. — First rain iu tweuty-eight days lOtb; red aurora, 

 arch, 19th. 



Georqetoiim, Mass. — Heavy rain, ended severe drought, 11th; shooting 

 stars 16th, 18th, 19th ; bright auroras 19th, 28th ; frost reported 27th. 



North Billerica, Mass. — Grass dead, trees dying, 9th; rain 10th, 14th; 

 bright aurora 19tb. Springs low. A dry, hot summer. 



Lunenburg, 3[ass. — Brilliant aurora 19tb; white frost 27th. Warmest 

 August on my record, mean 73.03°; in 1869, 67.13°; average thirty-one 

 years 68.55°: this summer mean 72.81°; warmest in ninety-two years. 



Amherst, 3Iass. — Auroral arch, then flashing streamers, 19th. 



Middletoum, Conn. — Brilliant aurora 19tli ; frost on low ground 27tb. 



Southington, Conn. — Bright aurora 19th. Summer mean temperature, 

 73.5°. 



Moriches, N. Y. — Auroras, bright 19tb, dull 20th ; thunder-storm, with 

 wonderful displays of lightning, 25th. 



South Hartford, JSf. Y. — Tremendous rain, and hail two inches deep, 

 doing much injury, 6th ; brilliant auroras 19th, 21st ; light frost 27th. 



Caldwell, iV. Y. — Heavy rain, more than in all July, 3d ; auroras 4th, 

 30th, brilliant 19th ; splendid meteor in east 11th. 



Garrison'' s, N. Y. — Month dry ; streams low, some dried up. 



Neiv Yorlc City. — Auroras 19th, 28th, 29th, 31st. June not as warm 

 as in 1860 and 1865 ; nor Jidy as in 1864, 1865, 1866 ; nor August as in 

 1863, 1864. Summer mean, 1870, (76.434°,) is 1.502° below 1864, 0.962° 

 below 1865, and 3.905° above average of ten last summers, and 3.782° 

 above average of twenty-five last summers, of which twenty-five 1805 

 was the warmest, and 1849 the coldest. — (Prof. 0. W. Morris.) 



Brooldyn, N. Y. — Beautiful white, jiale blue, and amber aurora 19tli. 



Olasco, N. Y. — Aurora 19th ; heavy thunder-storm 25th ; lightning 

 killed several persons in Kingston. 



Cooperstoicn, N. Y. — Light frost 27tli ; springs low. Month favorable 

 for crops. 



North Hammond, Y. Y. — Terrible drought; fires in wood and field; 

 stock suffering for food and drink. Hottest season ever known here. 



Housemlle, N. Y. — Auroras 18th, 19th, 30th. Streams lo.w or dry. 



Utica, N. Y. — Heavy rain, wind, and severest lightning and thunder 

 known here 8th ; much damage by flood and lightning ; auroras 18th, 

 25th. 



South Trenton, N. Y. — Terrific storm, pouring rain, sharp lightning, 

 floods 8tli ; slight frost 27th. Hottest August in sixteen years. 



Oneida, N. Y. — Severe thunder-storm 8tli ; another 9th — 10 inches 

 rain. 



Depauville, N. Y. — Auroras 4th, 18th ; shooting stars 4tli ; corn rli)e 

 20th. Spring and summer rain-fall in 1869 20.34 inches ; in 1870, 12.39 

 inches. 



North Volney, N. Y. — Aurora 30th. Summer mean, 1870, 72.75°. 



Neicarli Valley, N. Y. — Frost 27th. Ground very dry — crops sufter- 

 ing. 



Himrods, N. Y. — Auroras, brilliant 19th, like fire-waves passing over 

 the whole sky 20th. Severest drought since 1854. 



Buffalo, N. Y. — Bright aurora 20th ; terrific thunder-storm and tor- 

 nado 29th. Month 2° and summer 2.5° above their averages of twelve 

 years. 



NewarTc, N. J. — Auroras, beautiful 19th, bright 20th; thunder-storm 

 with heavy rain ; many persons killed by lightning 25th. This summer 

 1.25° above any since 1843, and nearly 3° above the average of the tw en- 



