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companied in all the States by rain, constituting what is popularly known as "the 

 equinoctial storm." The compressed statements here given can present only 

 some of the more })rominent features, and those only to a very limited degree. 



Nebraska. — The only register received from Nebraska is from Bellevue in 

 Sarpy county. The rise of temperature began in the forenoon of the 13th. At 

 7 a. m. the thermometer [55) was below the average of the month, but at 2 p. m. it 

 had reached 83 degrees, which was higher than it had been before during the 

 month, and at 2 p. m. the next day was 93 degrees, which was the maximum. 

 The mean of the 14th was 81 degrees, and of the 15th, (the warmest day,) 81^- 

 degrees. In the forenoon of the 16th the temperature fell rapidly, descending 

 from 72 degrees at 7 a. m. to Q5 degrees at 2 p. m., and it continued to fall until 

 it reached the minimum of the month, 37 degrees, at 7 a. m. of the 18th. 



The mean temperature of the 18th, the coldest day, Avas 46 degrees. The wind 

 on the 14th, 15th, and 16th was from the south, and changed on the 17th to the 

 north by way of the west. Eight-tenths of an inch of rain fell on the 16th, 

 Although the fall of temperature on the 16th was so decided, no change of wind 

 is recorded until the next day. 



Iowa. — At Algona, Kossuth county, the maximum of the month (95^) was on 

 the 14th ; on the 15th the temperature M^as higher at 7 a. in. and at 9 p. m. 

 than on the 1 4th, but lower at 2 p. m., and the mean of each of these days (the 

 two warmest of the month) was 77 degrees. The 18th was the coldest day, and the 

 minimum was on the morning of the 19th, when ice was observed a quarter 

 of an inch thick. On the night of the 15th sheet lightning was seen to the 

 north, and on the 16th rain fell from 1 to 10 p. m. to the amount of three-eighths 

 of an inch. 



At Independence, Buchanan county, the maximum temperature and the warm- 

 est day were both on the 15th ; the coldest day was the 18th, and the lowest 

 temperature was on the morning of the 19th. Ice a tenth of an inch thick was 

 seen on both the 18th and the 19th. H;i1f an inch of rain fell on the 16th from 

 6 to 9 p. m. 



At Dubuque the highest temperature at 7 a. m. and 2 p. m. was on the 16th 

 and at 9 p.,m. on the 15th. The 15th was the warmest day. On the 17th the 

 temperature was lower at 2 p. m. than at 7 a. m. The coldest day was the 18th, 

 nnd the lowest temperature was on the 19tli. An inch and a half of rain 

 fell on the 16th from 8.20 p. m. to 11 p. m. 



At Lyons, Clinton county, the warmest day was the 16th, and the maximum 

 temperature at 9 p. m. was on the 15th, but at 2 p. m. it was a little higlicr on 

 the 27th and 28th. The coldest day was the 18th, and the lowest temperature 

 was in the morning of the 19th. Two-tenths of an inch of rain fell on the 17th 

 from 2 to 6 a. m. The observer remarks : " The thermometer went down very 

 suddenly at 4 p. m. of the 17th." At 7 a. m. it stood at 62 degrees; at 2 p. m., 

 60 degrees ; at 4 p. m., 48 degrees. 



At Iowa City, Johnson county, and at Madison, Lee county, the highest tem- 

 perature was on the 15th, which was also the warmest day; the coldest day 

 was the 19th, and on the same day the lowest temperature also occurred, but 

 not at the same hour; for it was at 7 a. m. at Iowa City, and at 9 p. m. at Madi- 

 son. At Iowa City three-quarters of an inch of rain fell from 9 p. m. of the 

 16th to 7 a. m. of the 17th, and tAvo inches at Madison from 9J p. m. of the 16th 

 to 2 a. m. of the 17th. 



Throughout the State generally, so far as the registers show, the wind was 

 from the south or a southerly dii-ection on the 14th, 15th, and 16th, and on the 

 17th changed to the north or northwest. The fall of the thermometer from 9 

 p. m. of the 16th to 9 p. m. of the 17th was from 21 to 27 degrees, and there 

 was severe frost on the 18th and 19th. 



Wisconsin. — Registers have been received from Manitowoc, Madison, Beloit 



