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APPENDIX X. 
Date. 
Hour of 
Day. 
Degrees in 
scale of 
Fahrenheit. 
Remarks. 
Date. 
Hour of 
Day. 
Degrees in 
scale of 
Fahrenheit. 
Remarks. 
1853. 
1853. 
July 
the W. ; first mo- 
derate rain, after- 
wards very heavy, 
but not accom- 
panied by wind, 
continuing till 1 1 
o'clock at night. 
p.m. were fol- 
lowed by a very 
heavy shower, 
lasting about \ 
hour with the ut- 
most violence, 
after which it be- 
24 
- 
Fine sunny day ; 
no rain. 
came more mo- 
derate, lasting till 
25 
- 
Clear. 
long after mid- 
26 
About 2 a.m. heavy 
thunder - storm, 
followed by rain 
lasting till 7 
o'clock. 
Aug. 
1 
night. 
In the afternoon 
cloudy, but no 
rain. 
27 
- 
Late in the even- 
ing thunder- 
storm followed 
after midnight 
by moderate rain, 
at times inter- 
rupted. 
2 
- 
Very fine day, but 
the heat gradu- 
ally oppressive ; 
clouds gathering 
in the afternoon. 
At 9 o'clock p.m. 
heavy gusts of 
28 
At 6.30 a.m. a 
heavy thunder- 
storm gathering 
from E., followed 
by heavy rain, 
lasting till noon. 
Sky did not clear 
up till near sun- 
set. 
3 
- 
- 
wind and mode- 
rate rain till 
morning. 
At 2 p.m. thunder- 
storm in S.W. ; 
about 9 p. m. 
violent thunder- 
storm with heavy 
rain,lasting about 
29 
- 
Clear. 
^ hour, followed 
30 
Heavy dew at 
night, fine morn- 
ing, scarcely a 
cloud to be seen. 
At 9 o'clock p.m. 
a violent thunder- 
storm with heavy 
rain. 
4 
5 
by a second rain 
very slight, but 
lasting till morn- 
ing. 
At 4.40 p.m. a 
heavy shower 
lasting till 4.55. 
Clear. 
31 
The sun broke 
through the 
clouds about 7 
a.m., and the day 
remained fine till 
3 o'clock p.m., 
when the clouds 
gathered, and at 4 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
In the evening- 
thunder - storm 
with heavy rain. 
No rain. 
Clear. 
Sky overcast. 
7 p.m. a very vio- 
lent thunder- 
