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and Milwaukee. At all these stations the niaxnnuin of the month was on the 

 15th; the 16th Avas the Avannest day, the Ibith the coldest day, and tin* minimum 

 was in the morninii of the 19th; except that at Madison the temperatnre rose to 

 the same heii^ht on the Kith as on the 15th, at Manitowoc the mean of the 15tli 

 Avas one-third of a deg'ree hig-hcr than on the 16th, and at Heloit the temperature 

 on the morninsi- of the 25th Avas tAvo degrees loAver than on the 19th. Rain is 

 recorded at MdAvaukee and Beloit on the 17th, and at ManitoAVOC on every day 

 from the night of the Icith to the morning of the 21st, Avith a thunder-storm in 

 the afternoon and night of the 16th, and snoAA'On the 18th. No frost is recorded, 

 but it probably appeared, as the minimum at all the stations Avas near or beloAV 

 the freezing point. The general remark may be made here for all the States, 

 that a southerly AA^nd prevailed during the Avarm days, and that the fall of 

 temperature came Avith a change of the Aviud to the uortliAvest or some northerly 

 quarter. 



K(t7isas. — Two registers have been receiA^ed from Kansas. At LaAvrence, 

 Douglas county, the highest temperatirre of the month at 9 p. m. was on the 

 14th, and the same day Avas the Avarmest near the middle of the month; but on 

 the 7th the temperatnre at 2 p. m. AA'as three degrees higher, and the day Avas 

 tAvo-thirds of a degree Avariner. The lowest daily mean Avas on the 17th and 

 the ISth, Avhicli Avere the same, and the minimum of the month Avas on the 

 morning of the 18th. A sixteenth of an inch of rain fell from 7 p. m. of the 

 16tli to 3 a. m. of the 17th. 



At Manhattan. Riley county, the highest temperature near the middle of the 

 month Avas (m the 14th, but it Avas one degree higher on the 10th and tAvo de- 

 grees higher on the 7tli. The Avarmest day of the same period was the 15th, 

 but one ilay of the mouth (the 7th) Avas Avarmer. The highest temperature of 

 the month at 7 a. m. Avas on the loth. The coldest day of the month Avas the 

 ISth, and the minimum Avas on the morning of the same day. Ou the loth, at 

 7}j p. m., diffused lightning Avas visible in the southAvest, and on the 16th a 

 quarter of an inch of rain fell from 5A to 9 p. m., accompanied by thunder and 

 lightning. 



Missouri. — At Harrisonville, Cass county, the maximum (98) occurred on 

 the 14th and also on the 4th and 7th. The 14tli Avas the Avarmest day ex- 

 cept the 7th. The coldest day A\^as the ISth, and the minimum temperature 

 (48) Avas on the same day, except the 20tli. Avhen it Avas doAvn to 46 degrees. 

 Rain fell from 9 to 10| p. m. on the 16th. There Avas diffuse lightning on the 

 evening of the 15th, and also AA'ith thunder on the evening of the 16th. 



At Canton, Lewis county, the temperature of the 15th Avas 92 degrees, and 

 the mean of the day Avas 80^ degrees. But there Avere higher temperatures and 

 Avarmer days early in the month. The coldest day Avas the 19th, and the mini- 

 mum (38) occurred on the same day. Rain to the depth of 1.38 inches fell from 

 2 a. m. to 5 a. m. of the 17th. 



Illinois. — Registers have been received from eight different counties. The 

 highest temperature and Avarmest day, during the period of high temperature in 

 the middle of the month, Avas ou the 16th at nearly all the stations, but at a feAV on 

 the 15th. Xx four of the stations higher temperatures are recorded in the early 

 part of the month. At three the 18th Avas the coldest day. and at five the 19th. 

 The miuinuim also occurred on the days of lowest mean temperature, except at 

 Upper Alton, where the lowest temperature at 7 a. m. on the 14th Avas 41 degrees, 

 and on the 19th it rose to 45 degrees, and on the 20tli fell again to 40 degrees, 

 the minimum of the month. 



Klin is recorded at nearly all the stations ou the 16th, and at all on the 17th, 

 except at Upper Alton, Avhere there Avas " only a few drops" on the 16tli. The 

 fall of temperature at the different stations from 2 p. m. of the 16th to 2 p.m. of 

 the 17tli A\-as from 24 to 33 degrees. 



Michigan. — The registers are from Clifton, Lansing, YpsUanti, and Monroe. 



