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January 29. — Waverly, Illinois. — Shower at 8 a. m. from the west, with, 

 heavj' thunder, and vivid zigzag lightning. Four clouds, with heavy thunder 

 and zigzag lightning, came up from the west and southwest at different 

 times, between 1 and 10 p. m. Seven-tenths of an inch of rain fell duiing 

 these showers. 



January 29. — Augusta, Illinois. — Lightning from 1| p. m. to 9 p. m. in 

 the east, with some thunder occasionally. 



January 29. — Laborville, Missouri. — Slight rain from 8.30 a. m. till 10 a. 

 m. At about 5 p. ni. a dark cloud came up, with loud noise from the south, 

 and hail fell for about three minntes. 



January 29 — Canton, Missouri. — Diffuse lightning overhead from 7| to 

 9^ p. m. 



January 29. — St. Louis, Missouri. — Thunder-storm from 8.15 to 10 a. m. 

 from the west and southwest, accompanied by a few hail-stones of small 

 size. 



January 29. — Lyons, Iowa. — Thunder at 11 p. m. 



January 30. — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. — About 4 a. m. a thunder-storm 

 commenced, and continued about an liour. It was accompanied with vivid 

 lightning, hail, and heav}^ rain. 



January 30. — Byberry, Pennsylvania. — This morning about 5 o'clock 

 during the storm a sharp flash of lightning, followed by a heavy clap of 

 thunder. 



January 30. — Kelley's Island, Ohio. — Distant thunder from 6.30 to 7 o'clock 

 this morning. 



January 30. — Urbana, Ohio. — Heavy thunder about five o'clock a. m.; con- 

 tinued half an hour. 



January 30. — Portsmouth, Ohio. — Lightning at the south. 



January 30. — Austinburg, Ohio. — Thundered at 8 a. m; then rain at 8^ a. 

 m.; rain and fog in the evening. 



January 30. — Welshfield, Ohio. — Thunder-storm to the southwest at 6 p.m.; 

 not severe. 



January 30. — Tiskilwa, Illinois. — Thunder and lightning last night about 

 midnight, several times, in the north and east. 



January 31. — Tioga, Pennsylvania. — Thunder-storm at 5^ p. m. 



January 31. — Duquoin, Illinois. — Light thunder. 



January 31. — St. Louis, Missouri. — Light thunder at 3 a. m. 



The thunder-storms in the latter part of January were preceded by a 

 week of very warm weather. At Fort Laramie, Idaho Territory, where the 

 mercury was frozen on the 5tK and 6th of January, the mean temperature 

 of seven successive dqj^s, from the 21st to the 27th of the same month, was 

 44.95°; and at Laborville, Missouri, the mean temperature of the seven days 

 from the 23d to the 29tli was 56°. 



TEMPERATURE OF WELLS, &c. 



January 9. — Lyons, Iowa. — Temperature of water in well, 42°; air zero. 



January 16. — Waverly, Illinois. — Temperature of well-water 44°, taken 

 from bottom of a well eighteen feet deep, covered with plank two inches 

 thick. 



January 18. — Kingston, Ohio. — Temperature of water in well 43.5°; surface 

 of water nine feet four inches below the ground; depth of water five feet four 

 inches. 



FREEZING OF RIVERS, GROUND, &c. 



January 1 to 31. — Oil City, Pennsylvania. — 1st. Mild until 4 a. m.; wind 

 veered suddenly to SW., when it commenced freezing; steamer Ida Rees 

 arrived. 2d. River frozen over at night. 3d. Ice gorge from Oil ci'eek came 



