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Columbia, Conn.—Rain from 9 p. m. of the 13 to 3 a. m. of the 14. 
Pomfret, Conn.—TVhe temperature of the month was 1°.6 below the average 
of fifteen years. In 1853, 1856, 1858, 1861, and 1865 May was colder. 
Troy, N. Y—Vhe mean temperature of the mouth was lower than that of any 
May during the last eleven years, the period covered by this register. 
New York. N. ¥+-May 13.—Thunder shower from 10.15 p.m. to 12.30 
p-m. The lightning struck a gate post and two porters’ lodges, one on each 
side of the gate and about fifty feet from it, shattering them and setting fire to 
the post. 
Buffalo, N. Y—The temperature of May was 83° lower than the mean 
of the month for the nine years during which these observations have been 
taken. 
Rochester, N. Y—The past May was the coldest recorded at this. station, 
the record extending back to 1837. More rain also fell than in any May, 
except in 1864. 
Morestown, N. J—On the night of the 13th-14th a hurricane passed 
through Everham township, five miles from this place. A barn and several 
orchards were destroyed ; path narrow, direction very nearly northeast. 
Trenton, N. J—May 13.—Hail and thunder storm from south at 9 p. m., 
continued about an hour; a brick house struck by lightning. 14th.—Hail and 
thunder storm from the southwest at 1.30 p.m., continued about half an hour ; 
a tree struck by lightning. 
Mount Holly, N. J—May 13.—At 11 p. m. a hurricane passed over the cen- 
tre of the town, from west to east, breaking down a number of large trees, and 
followed by some hail and very heavy rain. 
Newark, N. J—The mean temperature of the month was 3°.47 below the 
average of the preceding twenty-four Mays, those of 1858 and 1861 only hav- 
ing mean temperatures lower. The quantity of rain was nearly two anda 
quarter inches in excess of the average of May for the same period, being ex- 
ceeded only in 1846 and 1850. ; 
Reading, Pa-—May 13.—Thunder and lightning in the southwest; vivid 
and violent between 9 and 10 p. m. 
Fallsington, Pa.—More rain fell during this month than in any May since 
the observer has kept a record—nine years. 
Philadelphia, Pa-—May 8.—At 10 a. m. the barometer stood at 28.778, re- 
duced to the freezing point, the lowest observed in the last sixteen years. 
13th.—From 10 to 10$ p.m. very heavy rain mingled with hail and accom- 
panied by thunder and lightning. 31st—The mean temperature for the month 
was about 44° below the average, and lower than any May in the last sixteen 
years. ‘The nearest approach to it was in 1858 and 1861. ‘The rain was more 
than two inches above the average amount, and was surpassed during the last 
sixteen years only in 1854, 1864, and 1865. 
Canonsburg, Pa—May 13.—Shower at 44 p. m. 
Emmittsburg, Md.—May 13.—At 10 a. m. thunder gust; in the afternoon 
two showers. At 7 p.m. heavy rain, heavy thunder with vivid lightning con- 
tinuing until 10 p. m. 
Raleigh, N. C—May 13.—Four thunder showers with hail about 4 p. m., 
one hail stone as large as a robin’s egg; many larger than peas. 
Oxford, N. C—The month too wet for corn and cotton. 
Grenada, Miss—Slight frost on the 7th and 8th of May. 
Vidalia Plantation, La—There were nine thunder storms in May, several 
of them very severe; four occurred in the morning, and in Frese cases the 
thunder continued the most of the day. ‘he month was excessively wet. On 
the 25th, at 3 p. m., a tornado came suddenly with great fury bearing all before 
it. It extended from Tensas river to Lake Pontchartrain. The wind was from 
northwest to southeast. 
