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NOTES ON THE WEATHER, CROPS, &c., FOR AUGUST, 1868. 
Steuben, Maine—August 15th—In three weeks had only six hay days, and 
two of these were Sundays—and yet it is dry weather; 28th, light frost. 
West Waterville, Maine—Swallows left on 29th; springs and wells getting 
low. 
Gardiner, Maine—The dryest August on record; the nearest to it (1841) 
had 1.08 inch rain. 
Norway, Maine —Slight frost on 13th. 
Cornish, Maine —Temperature 4.95° higher than the average of August in 
13 years. 
Stratford, New Hampshire—August warm and dry. 
’ Goffstown Centre, New Hampshire.—Little lightning and thunder; drought; 
pastures suffering. 
Shelburne, New Hampshire.—Haying commenced July 6th, and ended 
August 29th. 
Lunenburg, Vermont.—Pleasant month; latter part dry; much of it smoky ; 
sometimes almost dark with smoke. 
Craftsbury, Vermont.—A cool, dry month; severe drought; many wells and 
springs have failed. 
Woodstock, Vermont.—A slight frost on 17th. 
Topsfield, Massachusetis—Earth very dry ; wells failing; slight frost on 28th. 
Georgetown, Massachusetts—Ponds, &c., almost as low as in 1864~-'65; in 
many cases trees set out last spring killed by drought. Many sultry days, much 
damp weather, heavy dews and low-lying fogs, but little rain. 
Billerica, Massachusetts —Rains early in the month saved the crops, but now 
dry again; two thunder-showers this season. 
Lunenburg, Massachusetts—Thunder-showers on’six days. Average mean 
temperature of August for 30 years, 68.6°—of 1867, 69.23°—this year, 69.6°. 
Newport, Rhode Island.—Frequent showers on 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 16th, 
20th, and 30th. 
Troy, New York.—Not a day in August free from clouds, and five fully 
clouded. 
Garrisons, New York—A warm, wet month. 
North Hammond, New York.—Great drought. 
Nichols, New York.—Last of month very dry. 
Rochester, New York:.—The average temperature a little higher than the 
August average for 30 years. 
Little Genessee, New York—Month unusually warm and dry. 
Buffalo, New York.—Month 1.5° warmer than the August mean for 10 years; 
pastures and gardens suffered for want of rain. 
Newark, New Jersey—The maximum temperature of this August was 
exceeded in 18 of the 25 preceding Augusts, but all save three had lower mini- 
mums, so that the mean temperature was 14° above their average. ‘The summer 
mean temperature was nearly half a degree above the 25 summers preceding, 
and the rain-fall nearly 6.75 inches more than those 25 summers. Katydids 
about the 7th. 
Newfield, New Jersey—aA flock of Yankee mocking birds (bob-’o-links) in 
their autumn dress (as reed birds) passed south on the 28th. August has been 
very changeable ; numerous showers but not much rain. ' 
Nyces, Pennsylvania —Thunder storms on 3d, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 16th, 19th, 
30th, and 31st. 
Fallsington, Pennsylvania—Rain on 11 days, but a month of very fine 
weather. ; 
Dyberry, Pennsylvania —On 7th, p.m., coarse hail and rain in torrents, with 
erashes of thundex, came from the north ; then moved slowly four of five miles 
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