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Winnebago, Illinois. Moderate r<ain set in at 6 a. m. and continued througli 

 the forenoon; heavy interrupted rain through the afternoon and evening, and 

 occasional distant thunder. The wind changed to southwest at 9 p. m. ; to west, 

 (force 6 to 7,) about midnight. 



Pekin, Illinois. 6.40 to 9 p. m., slight fine rain ; 6 to 6J p. m., frequent diffuse 

 lightning, followed by a few rolls of thunder in the west. 



Eockville, Indiana. Distant diffuse lightning at S p. m. at the northwest. 



Canton, Missouri. Thunder storm 5 to 6i p. m., and lOi to 11 p. ra. at the 

 southwest. 



Harrisonville, Missouri. Some distant zigzag lightning west at 2J a. m. 

 Distant thunder southwest about the same time. Distant thunder southwest at 

 3 p. m. Distant diffuse lightning southeast at 7 p. m , and still continued at 9 

 p. m. 



Fort Madison, Iowa. Heavy thunder and vivid zigzag lightning and heaA'y 

 rain at 5^ a. m. Sudden rise of thermometer ten degrees at 5 p. m. 



Manhattan, Kansas. Thunder and diffuse lightning at 9 p. m. in the north, 

 east, south, and west. 



Lyons, Iowa. Rained continuously all day till 4 p. m ; wind south; light- 

 ning in west and northwest, also in southeast. At S p.m. the thermometer went 

 up ten degrees, (to 61,) and there came a warm summer shower, with thunder, 

 passing off to the east, leaving it all clear at 9 p. m. 



Muscatine, Iowa. Thunder shower from 5 to 8 p. m. 



Nov. 5. — Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Gale in the morning, warm and sultry. 

 At 6 p. m. a small shower. Thunder stoi-m in the southwest. 



Manhattan, Kansas. Diffuse lightning in the south from 8J to 9 p. m. 



Welshfield, Ohio. Some thunder and liglitning this night. 



Nov. 13. — Augusta, Illinois. Rain from 5^ to 6 p. m. Lightning at 6^ p. 

 m. from southwest and southeast, but no cloud to be seen. Clouded over soon 

 after 8 p. m. 



Winnebago, Illinois. Occasional sprinkle through the early evening. Mod- 

 erate rain set in at 8 p. m., with frequent lightning and distant thunder at long 

 intervals. The rain continued with occasional interruptions through the night. 



Pekin, Illinois. 9 p. m., frequent diffuse liglitning in north since 7 p. m. 

 There are no clouds visible, but a large quantity of smoke in the atmosphere. 



Lyons, Iowa. Rain, with thunder at 7 a. m. 



Muscatine, Iowa. Thunder shower from 6 to 8 p. m. 



Nov. 14. — Sykesville, Maryland. Gust at 7. J to 8 p. m., with thunder and 

 lightning. 



Nov. 15. — Washington, D. C. Sharp lightning and heavy thunder at 7 J a. m. 



Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Thunder at 7^ p. m. 



Nov. 18. — ^lanhattan, Kansas. Diffuse lightning in the north at 8 p. m. 



Mov. 28. — Beaufort, South Carolina. Thunder storm quite heavy from 3 p. 

 m. till 9 p. m. The morning of the day was so damp that the water trickled 

 down the walls of unoccupied rooms. 



METEORS. 



As mentioned in the last report, extensive arrangements were made by the 

 Connecticut Academy of Sciences to obtain full and accurate records of such 

 meteors as might appear on the nights of the 13th and 14th of November, and 

 their circular and chart were sent to a number of our observers, many of whom 

 were ready to co-operate, but the general cloudiness on that night proved un- 

 favorable for observation. 



Dr. Metcalf, the observer at JMendon, Massachusetts, had arranged with an 

 assistant to observe what might be seen in the constellation Cassiopea, but the 

 night was cloudy and no meteors were seen. Mr. Cutting, at Lunenburg, Ver- 



