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May 11. — Canton, Missouri. — Hard frost, ice formed; 12th, liglit frost. 



May 11. — Manhattan, Kansas. — Fx'ost this morning. 



May 11. — Richland, Nebraska. — A little white frost. 



May 11. — Pleasant Plain, Iowa. — Frost and ice this morning. 



May 11. — Mount Pleasant, Iowa. — Considerable frost in low places; at sun- 

 rise thermometer, one foot from the ground, 30°; seven feet from the ground, 

 32°. 



May 11. — Muscatine, Iowa. — Frost enough to make the grass look white, 

 but no damage done ; thermometer, at 5 a. m., 30° ; ice formed in the water 

 bucket. 



May 11. — Iowa City, Iowa. — Frost, but not severe enough to do damage. 



May 12.— Welshfieid, Ohio.— A sharp frost. 



May 12. — Hillsborough, Ohio. — Some frost. 



May 12. — Kelley's Island, Ohio. — Frost reported on some exposures back 

 from the lake, but no indications of any found at this place of observation. 



May 12. — Spiceland, Indiana. — Some frost; no injury from it. 



May 13. — Winnebago, Illinois. — Heavy frost this morning; thermometer, at 

 sunrise, 19'^ 



May 13. — Iowa Falls, Iowa. — Considerable frost this morning. 



May 23, — Steuben, Maine. — Heavy frost this moi'ning. 



May 23. — Williamsburg, Maine. — White frost this morning. 



May 23. — Stratford, N. H. — Hard frost this morning. 



May 26 and 29. — North Littleton, N. H. — Hoar frost, doing no damage. 



May 28. — Clinton, New York. — Slight frost; vegetation uninjured. 



May 28. — Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania. — Frost at night. 



May 28. — Weyauwega, Wisconsin. — Quite a heavy frost last night ; hurt 

 vegetation somewhat. 



May 28 — Manitowoc, Wisconsin. — Thermometer 34° at 5 a. m. ; some young 

 hoots of grape vines killed. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



May 14. — Wilson, New York. — The excessive rains of late and yesterday 

 produced freshets in all this region, carrying away fences, sluices, culverts, 

 bridges, mills, &c., doing great damage. 



Onama, Iowa. — The unusual prevalence of easterly winds and almost total 

 absence of rain during the month are worthy of note. 



May 22. — Iowa Falls, Iowa. — Saw a small tornado, of a curve shape, pass- 

 ing to the north ; the lower end appeared to be about twenty feet from the 

 ground. 



May 22. — St. Inigoes, Maryland. — About 4 o'clock p. m. occurred a violent 

 tornado from the west, of greater force than I ever perceived in this locality, 

 which, however, exhausted itself in about fifteen minutes. It was accompanied 

 by a few hail stones. From subsequent inquiries I am led to believe that its 

 path was not rectilinear, but that it inclined towards the southeast as it advanced. 



St. John^s, New Brunswick. — The mean temperature of May was 1.16° above 

 the average of fourteen years. The amount of rain was an inch and a third 

 below the average for the same period. Although the I'ain was comparatively 

 light, yet it proved eminently beneficial, as it was Avell distributed over the 

 month, and fell at brief intervals in refreshing and invigorating showers. 



May 28, — Embarrass, Wisconsin. — Hard frost this morning; killed corn to 

 the ground. 



May 29. — Lunenburg, Vermont. — Frost in the morning, very light; not 

 sufficient to injure anything. 



May 29. — JBrandon, Vermont. — Hard frost; water lightly fi'ozen; mercury 

 36° at sunrise; fruit probably much injured. 



