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NOTES ON THE WEATHER, CROPS, ETC., FOR JULY, 1868. 
[To save room we omit many notices of the ‘‘ heated term,” so severe, long, and general’ 
as the tables show. The fires in the Canadian woods, destroying several million dollars 
worth of timber, during the latter part of July, filled the air with smoke all over the northern 
and middle States, from Minnesota and Jowa to the Atlantic—notices of which we also omit, 
except in a few southern States. ] 
Steuben, Maine—On the 15th, heaviest thunder-storm ever known here, 
with a deluge of rain; barns and houses struck, and bridges and crops swept 
away. 
West Waterville, Maine-—Much thunder in July ; temperature 2.20° above 
the average of the month for four years. 
Gardiner, Maine-—This July is 0.6° above the July average of 32 years; 
the rain-fall is 1.5 inch less than the average of same period. 
Standish, Maine.—Haying began on the 6th. On 15th thermometer 101° at 
noon; farmers had to seek shelter from the sun; very little wind in July. 
Lisbon, Maine.—But two clear days after the 18th. 
Norway, Maine—The hottest July remembered here, and more damage 
from lightning than for ten years previous. 
Cornishville, Maine—Average July temperature for 35 years, 67°; in 1844, 
72°; in 1854 and 1855, 70°; this year, 74°. 
Stratford, New Hampshire-—The warmest July on my record by some 5°. 
Goffstown Centre, New Hampshire.—Unexampled heat; thermometer above 
100° on three days, and above 90° on ten; but little thunder in July. 
Lunenburg, Vermont.—A hot month; but little wind; partial showers, so 
that some sections are very dry ; much thunder and lightning, but little damage. 
Randolph, Vermont.—Up to the 15th hotter than ever known; people suf- 
fered severely. 
West Charlotte, Vermont.—Early Harvest apple ripe, 28th. 
Middlebury, Vermont.—Very hot and dry ; many crops suffering; streams 
low and mills stopped. 
Kingston, Massachusetts —July 4th, thermometer 104° from 2.30 till 4 p. m.; 
the hottest day on record; average temperature of the month 5° above that of 
July, 1867. 
Topsfield, Massachusetts—July closes warm and dry, with suffering crops, 
though rivers and springs are full as usual. 
Georgetown, Massachusetts—Rains few and light ; no heavy winds. 
Newbury, Massachusetls—Very dry; showers pass around, but so much 
cloudy weather protects vegetation from drought. 
Billerica, Massachusetts —Very dry month; dry, dry, dry. 
West Newton, Massachusetts —Thermometer 100° and upward on six days in 
July. 
New Bedford, Massachusetts —Locust trees blossomed on 14th; catalpa, on 
23d. 
Lunenburg, Massachusetts —Warmest July since 1847, when average was 
75.63°; average for 30 years, 70.86°; for 1867, 69.24°; this July, 73.10°. 
Richmond, Massachusetts —July 2d to 19th, the earliest and longest heated 
term ever known here. 
Newport, Rhode Island.—TVhunder on Sth, 7th, 13th; rain on 7th and 20th. 
Pomfret, Connecticut.—A few days of extreme heat, but the July average is 
below that of several years. 
Columbia, Connecticut——A month of unusually severe and steady heat. 
Waterbury, Connecticut——Thunder, 3d and 19th; rain, 3d, 19th, 20th, 24th, 
25th ; after 25th sun seldom seen ; sky, very seldom, so smoky. 
Moriches, New York.—Tremendous rain on 24th and 25th, from 12.30 a. m. 
till sunrise; 5 inches fell. 
