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2, Temperature at Williams College, during the late excessive~ 
ly hot weather. 
i Veal If. IX: | 
1825. |A.M.| P.M. {P.M. Mean. | Wind.| ‘ 
July 10.! 72.0 92.3) 81.1) 81.80|N. W.; At 34 P. M. temp. 93.3 
11.} 80.0 96.8| 77.0] 84.60]S. , Zanes s 97.0 Sunset 98.5 - 
TPA ine faey/ 93.6! 74.6) 81.30)N. W.! Thunder shower at evening. 
19.; 66.5 91.5| 78.4] 78.80] N. W. 
20.| 75.5 95.1| 76.3) 82.30]S. 
QA 4a 7, 95.3; 75.0] 81.67/S. Some rain at sunset. 
Pel eaters 92.8] 78.2] 83.07|S. 
23110 ,76.5 98.0] 83.6} 86.03]S. Some rain. Temp. 98.5 at 3P. M. 
24.1 74.0 87.4| 74.5) 78.631N. W. 
average | | 
|93.5 nearly. 
The mean temperature of the month is 74.95, which is 
a little less than that of July 1820. ‘The temperature was at 
no time in that year so high as that givenabove. The mean 
temperature of the month of July for the last nine years is 
69.61, and for the last ten years including this July, is only 
70.14. This shows the excessive heat of the late month of 
July. 
There were some hot days in June, but the temperature 
was not above 96° in the hottest part of the day. i 
The thermometer is suspended six feet from the ground on 
the north side of a house, exposed to a free circulation of the | 
air, but protected from all reflected heat. 
_ Aug. 22. Observed three spots upon the sun—two large 
and black. 
3. Notices from the Newspapers. 
Hartford, Connecticut, July 18.—Such excessive hot wea- 
ther as prevailed during the last week, has rarely, if ever been 
experienced by our oldest inhabitants. During Sunday, 
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the thermometer ranged _ 
from 96 to 102 degrees in the shade. On Monday, most of © 
the labouring people were compelled to quit their work, and 
our farmers out of-humanity or self-interest, probably a little 
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