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Middle Atlantic Rtate8.-Freehold7 New Jersey, 14th ; Wythe- ville, Virginia, 12t11, 14th, 1 7 t h , 23d; Johnstown, Virginia, 15th; Rnrnegat City, New Jersey, 17th; Albany, New York,
16th ; Delaware Bre&watcr, Del;iware, 17th ; PhiI:idelphia,
Pennsyl\Fani:L, 17th, 20th, 21&, 32~1; West Washiiigtoii, n i s - trict of ColIimbi;\, 17th ; Woo(lito&, MarylaIi(1, 17t,h, 19t11;
Lynchburg, Virginia, 20th. South Atlantic etates.--Hatter;ts, North CaroIin:i, 4th ; ,Jack-
sonville, Florida, 20th. pbrida peni~u~a.-S>inford, IltIl, 12tl1, 13th ; Lilnona, 14th,
15th; Key West, lFith.
Eastern CfuZf.-New Orleans, Louisiana, lOtli, 1lt.h. Western (Ju~.-GalvestoIl, Texas, 8tll to 11th ; Lc,a(l Ilill,
Ar]<a,nsas, 10th ; Fort Slnith, Al*k;tnsas, l(jtll ; I~i(]i:lnola., Texas, 15th to 18ti1, !&til ; I,it,tle Bock, .Arkansas, 1it]1, 25th ; Poilit Pleasant, Louisiana, 18th. ~e'en?~essee.-Mnrfrec?;boroii~ii, 14t.h ; Memphis, 25th.
Ohio vaZky.-Ve\-ny, Iii(li;in;t, loth, l%h, 20t.h. L~~~~ lakes.-fiuffjlo, ~e \v York, 10th ; Nortll Volney, New York, 21st. Upper lakes.-Grand H:b\rell, Michigan, 12th, 13th; Port
Huron, Michign11, 13th; J,:lnsing, Michigall, 12t11, 20th ; fi1a.n- itowoc, Wiscousin, 14th ; Srvarfz Creek, Michigan, 16th ; North- ijort, Michigan; 15th; Chicago, Illinois, 16th ; Milwaukee, WiH-
musin, 18th ;. Marquette, Michigan, 20tli. E,ztreme iaortlLzoeRt.--BiHmarck, Dakota., 15th. Upper Jfi8sis~ippi vaZky.-Anna, Illinois, lot11 ; Ca,iro, Illi- nois, loth, 11th ; Dulluque, Iowa, 13th, 14t11, 15th ; I)a,renport,
Iow;~, 14th; Madisorl, wjsconsin, 14tIl; Keokuk, Iowa., 15t,h;
Saint Louis, Missoiiri, 13th, 24th. ~i e s o u r i valky.-vort Scott, Knnsas, 15th ; ~e Soto, Ne- brrtrska, 15th.
&f&jk &p.--L)o(]ge City, &llSaS, 12th ; Fort S11pply, Indian Territory, 17th.
Texas, 15th, 18th, 19th, 20t11, 21st. Southern sbpe.--Fort Couclio, Texas, 14th ; Fort Stocktoll,
Northern plateau.-Lewiston, Idaho, 14th.
MIRAGE.
Nortlwort, Michigan.--Prom 3 to 4:30 1). m., of the 234 a :Sorest twelve miles uorthoast of this place appeared to be about one hundred feet above the horizon. Mirage was also observed at Indianola, Texss, on tlie 2d, l8th, 20t11, and 28th.
MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA.
SUN SPOTS.
Sui1 spots were observed by Mr. William Damson at Spice- land, Tudiaua, as follows :
1st.-Three groups; one hundred spots ; two large spots close together near tlie centre of' the sun were easily seeu with-
out telescope.
3d.-Four groups; sovo~~ty spots; the large spots still seen .without telescope.
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6th.-Two groups; forty.upots; same number of groups and dpots were also seen on tlie 7th and 9th, but on the latter date
one large group had disappeared by rotation and a new and
very prominent group :tppeared at the edge of' the sun. 13th.-Sevon groups; sixty spots; mostly in the emtsfern hemisphere, power 50 (generally lis0 power of' 100). 16th.-Eight groups; ninety spots; large group near the
17th.-Eightgroups; onehundredand ten (!)spots; somecloud;
east edge.
a nehrly straight row of groups extends across the sun's disc. 19th.-Ten groups ; one hulldred and sixty-five spots ; very large group slightly onst of the centre.
2lst.-Seven groups; one hundred and eighty-five spots ; O I I ~
group of fifty spoh near the east edge, and mother g~oup southwest of the centre with nearly :is many spots. 24th.-Eight groups ; two hundred and thirty spots (largwt
number observed for about qight years) ; one group in south- east quadrant had oue hundred aud thirty spots ; three or four of them near together in one peuumbra about 60,000 miles
WEATHER REVIEW. JULP, 1883.
diameter, and plainly visible to the unassisted eye. This would seenl to be t.he cukrent lnaxinluln, although i t was tliorlght to hare occurred i n APriI, 1882.
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25th.-~'he hirge spot has Cll;l,ngCd Collsiderably. a'ith.-six groUl)S ; Olle hlllldl'ed :Ind ten (' 9 ) Spots. 28t,li.-Six groups ; fifty-six SpotJs. The gre:tt 1)enurnbr.a and
spots were mucli broken on this (late, although they were plainly seen with 8 shade g1:1ss only.
The Imge spot mas nc:I,r the west edge, :wd scnr(?ely visible to the 11:iketl eye.
On t,liis date the large group h:itl dis;ippe;iretl bx rotation and n new group of twenty-
f0lW S1)OtS a])peill'etl i U the So11tlle:lst quadfilnt. llC~~c?blWg, Oregon .-A Slr1:\11 blRck Sl)ot WRS Visible 011 the sun's disc on t,he 2!)th. I t was Still Visible On tho 30th, but. had
diminislied i n size. Fort Wayne, Iiidian:i.-Siin spots were seen :it this 1)lace on the lst, with the unissisted eye. Carson City, Nevatla.-T\vo hrge sp0t.S were observed uear the centre of the sun's disc a t 110011 of the l a t . The 8. S. " D~Ilnll," near N. 43' 141, UT. 5'i0 39/, 011 the 27th,
SRW da,rk Spot Ilear theceUtr0 Of the SU11; i t mored westward, aud 011 the 28th w~LS See11 near the \vest edge of' the sun.
The s. S. " IJ1Nld8w City,'' from New YOrk t0 Bristol, ob-
served, oil the l i t l i , a very large spot on the sun; i t was,also seeu on several (lays :Lf'terwartls, altering its position each day. Albany, Oregon, 3lst.-Tlie srnoky state of the atmosphere, caused by the coritinued forest fires, ,?ffordCtl favorable oppor-
tunity for observing the SUI1 spots with the 11:l.kCd eye.. The spots were very distinct, as rnucli so :ts t81ilt recent 6' t ~a n s i t of
Ve~ius,'~ which they rery much resernbletl. The following record of sun spots for t,he month of July 1883, has bee11 forwardecl by Professor D. P. Todd, Director of the Lawrence Observatory, Amherst, Massachusetts :
29th.-Threc grou1)s ; thirty-live spot,s.
3lst.-Fire groups; fifty-two sllots.
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j so. ofIre\v -y
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I)iwppeared I,? noltkr , I Iterqq~erired bx molar ~u t n l Nu.
Du I c- I rotation. : rutatic111. 1 v'Hiblp. I
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20, 10 11. 111. ..! I
, faculn~.
I o .' 5 1 0 ; o (
Bwoln- \r w e nuen ~i t the time of every ol~aorrntio~i.
SUNSETS.
The characteristics of the sky, as indicative of fair or foul weather for. the succeeding twenty-four hours, hare been ob- served at all Signal-Service stations. lteportv from one hun- dred and forty-four stations ahom 4,382 observations to have
been made, of which eight were reported doubtful; of the
remainder, 4,374, there were 3,607, or 82.2 per cent,, followed by the expected weather.
I{ruud arcnn of facula.. I
i?; gi: :::::i A :"5f ! I I 2 j j I~~~~~~~ (li,itu IIIIIIIuI'ou~.
.- I ~Approrl~nuted.
JULY, 1883. MONTHLY WEATHER ltEVIEW. 169
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METEORS. EARTEQTJAKES. z
A brilliant meteor fell at Lwliiue, Province of Quebec, o n , Carson City, Nevada.-A sliglit sliock of earthquake occur- July 7th, tlaririg a rain shower in tho forenoon. to have reseiribled a huge mass of fire t~escending toiwrds the I Cairo. Illiiiois.-A light earthqii:ilic shock was felt Ilero a t
earth in a diagonal direction. 0 1 1 the 14th, about fbnr fixt square, ancl its fliglit tlirougli the air caused :i
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:it 1.30 a. m., ;t liglit s11oc1c occurre(1, lasting eiglit secontls. strange iiiclescri1)ablc noise. ~c f o r e iiud during tlie sliomcr I ~l i e wave was froin west to mist there \vas nothing to indicate that tlie air was unusiially ' Los Angeles, Califoriiia.-At 10.50 p. ni., of tlie 7th, ail enrth- charged with electricity. I t is thought that this aerolite fell 1 quake shock was felt ;it this p1:icu. Tlie timnor of the build- into :L streaiii near StoJIy Point. I ing in whicli the signal ofiice is located was very pcrcoptible.
Sloop Point,Xortli Caro1in:i.-A brilliantmeteor, surrouuded I Owiiig to the \-cry sliort (1nr;ition of tlie shock, tho direction by il yellowish halo, niitl passing in 8 northeast direction w:w of its vibration was not tleteririiiietl. seen a t this place a t 9:10 1 ). ru. of' tlie 7th. I The town of Casainicciola, 011 the ishntl of Iscliia, mar
Portland, 1Maine.-At 11.50 11, in. of tho l l t h , a irictcor, appar- Naples, Italy, wm almost ciitiroly destroyed by an oartliynake eutly about the size of an ordinary foot-bdl, appeared above I on the night of duly 28th. Tlie shocks begtin :it 9.30 1). m. . tlie north uort11n.cster11 horizou, :tiid followed the COII~SO of' a I Tlie first iiidicatioii of' the clisturbancc? W:IS ;L low rnmbling,
band of auroral light wbicli extended from tho horizoll to tlie I which Iweseiit1.y burst iuto a deafening roar, :is tliougli lieitv~ ./,enitli. lie ineteor passed with rernark:ible slowness, aid was 1 artillery wore being coiitiiiuouvly fired in the immedi:ttc T-icin- of an ilitelisely wliitislt color, tlirowing off 8 traiu of' light briglit, ity. 1 %~ :t second or two tlie liouses rocked to :and fro, and red sparks. I t passed directly overhead, ;tiid scented to bo not then were sliatteroil into fr;iginents. A few of tlie inmates inore than three hundred feet a b o ~e the earth. M'lien about reached tlic open air heforc tlie crash came, but tlie vast
200 above sonth-soutIic;isterii horizon i t disappeared, leaving ii 1 majority were buried in the falling ruins. For fif'teeii seconds
I t is reported ret1 zit tliis p1:ice a t 3 a. in. of the 1st.
It hat1 a ~i ~c l e u s t h t appeared ' 11.16 a. ~n ., of the 6th, hstiug NbOUt Are seconds.
fbw sparks which slorrly h;ited away, S o cloud was observed, nor was any ex1)losioii huaril. This meteor mas also observed at Bath, Maine; Montreal, Canada; and a t many other points
east and north of Portlaiitl. Bath, I\laine.-Just before inidnight Of the llth, a meteor cloud of dust, bl iiiding and RuSocating tlie survivors, hung was seeu moving over this place from iiortliwest to soutlicast, over the rains, and tottering liouscs continued to fiill on the
sheddiug :I pale yellowish light, but leavin6' 110 trail. The disappearing, a faint rumbling sound \Vas lleard rcscmbling ibii I situ of tlie town is hilly, nnil the liouses hare beeii thrown 011
explosion. ono anotlier; :it sliort dist:iiices apart iiro deep cracks in the Indi:mapolis, Inrliaua.-A brilliant meteor was SCCII i u this 1 ground. Tlicre is riot :L singlo building left standing a t Cam- city, just bofore midliiglit of the l l t h , 1)roducing ii liglit suHi- micciola, except three cottages and n little church, tho latter
cient to cast sliado\~s. At I ~c c o Ameno, the condition of Quebec, Province of' Quebec.-A brilliaiit meteor of immense
size wns yeon to fall slowly over tlie southeastem sky shortly
dfter midnight of ll-12t11, leaving behind it R train of bluish
After people wlio IV(W seeliillg slieltcr from tho goiieral ruin.
I Iiilviiig been unroofed.
- light. Cairo, Illinois.-At 750 1). m., of' the 20tl1, .z briglit meteor of light blue color was seen to pass froni a point 20 aouth of the zenith toward the uorthern horizon, disapImtring when a t an altitude of' about 15O. Its apparent size mas about one-lialf of that of the full moon; it loft a train of light 1 5 O in length. Nashville, Tonnessee.-A bright meteor was observed a t 10.35 1). m. of' tlio 26th. I t started from a point 16O east of "Polaris'T and disappeared when nbout IOo above the horizon,
leaving a track of bright rod. Menaiid &ation, (near Albany) New York.--At 9:30 p. In., of' the 29t11, a meteor miis observed at a11 81 titude of' about 460,
and before disappearing in burst into many brilliant fragments. Meteors of less brilliancy are reported to liar0 been seen during the niontli, as follows :
2d.-Daveiiport, Iowa. 8th.-Nebraslra City, Nebraska. 9th.-Saint Vincent, Minnesota. 22d.-Lei~d Hill, Arkansau ; Davenport, 1 0 ~1 .
23d.-Memphie, Tennessee. 24th.-Little Rock, Arkitnsas ; Indiallola, Iowa; Woodstock, Marylaud ; Memphis,. Tennessee. 25th.-West Wtishington, District of Columbia; Griftin Sta- tion, Indiana j Woodstock, Vermont; Wythevillo, Virginia ;
Davenport, Iowa ; Memphis, Tenuessee ; Rowe, Mmsachu- setts.
2Gth.--Marion, Virginia; Bristol, New Hampshire ; Little Rock, Arkansus. 27th .-Davenport, Iowa. 28th.-Morrison, Illinois ; Fort Scott, Kanms. 29th.-Woodstock, Maryland ; Chambersburg, Pennsylvania;
30th.-MoorcetomIi, Now Jerser ; Woodstock, Maryland ;
Slst.-Mooreutown, ~e w Jersey.
Davenport, Iowa.
Davenport, Iowa.
aeairti-was, if anything, worse tlian at Casamicciola. Not H
singlc building can be traced out of the mass of' timber and stones which now inarks where the village once stood. The inhabitants of tlie village numbered 1,593, but of'tlint number only five persons aro known to have escaped destruction. Some of the houses have disiippearod bodily, apparently falling into the fissures when tho earth opened. At Fttrio, tlie damage, tliough riot so extensive, is very great. The earthquake ap- peers to have run across tlie island from west to eaat and, besides the above-mentioned towns, all the adjacent viilages
and hamlets have suRered more or less. Tlic Arst arid most fatal shock was nccompaniod by a noise resembling loud-thun- der ; the ~ucceeciing diocks were less cloarly marked, hit they served to extend the tlevastation and to complete the panio that had sot in throughout the island. The previous westher hat1 been splendid, but a violent storm occurred on the day followiug the disaster, nnd this, accomptmied by an almost total
rIarkness, ad(1ed greatly to the horror of the scene, aud ren- dered transit froin the islaiid to the maiii land very dif3cult. It is pointed out i i S significant that Vesuvius had been uliusu-
ully :ictive just before the shock. The following notes, relating to earthquakes occurriiig in America, have been collected and forwardud b3- Professor
C. G . Rockwood, jr., of Princeton, New Jersey :
Panama, United States of Co1unibia.-On July 7th, at mid- uight, aud tit 2 a. ni., of the !Mi, sharp slioclrs of earthquake wore felt a t Smi Salvador. At; 4.48 11. in., of' July 20th, a severe earthquake shock was felt at Pnnaina. I t s direction was from west to east.
The Oruetpe ~olcano, in h'icaragua, continues in oruption and all the inhabitants of the town of that name have emigrated
to the mainland. Wickliflc, Ballard county, Kentucky.-The earthquake shock which occurred a t Cairo, Illinois, on the 14th, was also felt at
this pl;ice, breaking sonie of tho window-glass in the court house. San Prauciso, California.-Reports from Gilroy , California,
state that two sliocks of earthquake mere felt a t that place on the evening ofthe 30th.
170 MONTHLY WEATHEIt REVIEW. JULY, 1883.
Valparaiso, Chili .-.A sharp shock of earthquake VAS felt
here at 2.55 a. m., of June 23d; ant1 on June 21st and 23d. Several shocks were experienced at Los Andes, Chili.
Arkansad.-Fort Smith, 4th : cotton ana corn are suffering
from drought in this part ofthe stat.e. Little Rock, 23d: the weather continues very hot arid dry, and crops are srrflering in consequence, especially in the west- ern part of this state. Dakota.-J;mestown, Stutsman county : t.here was a fine rain througlioot the Ja,mes river valley on the 13th. Tho crops were injured by the previous drought, but the rain of this date will insure a fa,ir yield of wheat. Bismarck, 11th : but little rain had fdlen in this irninediate vicinity since June 23d, and the crops were suffering seriously for rain. On this date a slight shower of rain fell at this place. Heavy ra.in fell ;L few miles north, and refreshing
showers are reported from points southwsrrl. Beorgia.-The following extract is takeli from the July crop report for the state of Georgia :
DROUGHT.
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In the southern hnlf of the stnte thc seasons were fnir during the month
of June, even too much rnin i n some plrrces, but generally flufficierit to maintniri H hcnlthygrowth and development up to the 1st of *July. In north-
ern and middle Georgin, however, the drought ha6 been ulmost continuow
since April 23d,-the dnte of the last genernl rain in the stntc-hroken only
by light nnd ineffective showers at consideruble intervnls. A few poilib rc-
-ported sufficient rain; but the northern hnlf of the etnte, with t.hese excep-
tions, has suffcred n most prolonged drought, which is yet unrelieved. t a f E
Iiunsa8.-Yates Centre, Woodson county : the first three week8 of July were very drx, and the crops in this locality suffered .from the eff'ects of drought. Manhatta.11, Riley county : from the 19th to the 22d very
warm and dry south-southwest wilds prevailed, which proved wry injurious to crops; but fine rains fell on the 26th.
~~isaiucrippi.-Vicksbwrg, 31st : corn and vegetables suflered serious injury during the latter part of the month, in conse- quence of drought. dlinnecrota.-~loorhead, 9th: the crops in this part of the state are suffering for rain. Montana.-Fort Assinniboine, 11th : the weather in this part of' the territory is very dry, aid crops are suffering from the
eKects of drought. Orej/on.-ltoseburg, 3d : crops in this locality are suffering
South Carol.ina.-Dnrlington, Darlington county, 27th : the drought bcgaii in this part of the state about the 2d or 3d of July, but up to this date tho crops have not suffered to a great
extent. In 'some sections of Darlington county the drought
has already been ended by t h e recent ra.iiis. It is estimated that the crops have not been damaged to a greater extent than
twenty-five per ceut.
~e n n e s s e e .-~~~a t t ~I I O O g ~, 5th : the crop8 in this locality are
sufferirig from drought. 30th : drought continues. The following extract is taken from the July report of the Conimissioner of Agricult,ure for the state of Tennessee :
CI u 0 * * *.
, from drought.
The rninfnll during the past month has been rnther unevenly distriboted.
I n some localities the cxterisive rains have greatly injured the crops of
wheat, oats, and hay that hnd been cut, cnusing the former to sprout, nnd
renderin much of it unmnrketnble, while in other localities B continuous
drought f n s mnterially lessened the chance8 for thdgrowing crops, which
were full of snp, nnd it will require very fnvornble conditions during the
coming month to even partinlly restore them.
!Z'macr.-DaIlas, Dallas county, 2d : the crops in the surround- ing country are suffering from the effect8 of drought, no rain having fallen since June 11th.
Palestine, Anderson county, 28th: the rain of this date proved a great benefit to the crops in t,his part of the state. No rain had fallen since July loth, and the crops were suffer- ing wrioutdy. Virginia.-Lynchburg 31st : the protracted drought has
0 * 0 * *
proved very in-jurions to the corn crop in this vicinity. Dur-
ing the month of July ouly 0.19 inch of raiu fell, which is 2.74 inches below the July average, and only about one-fifteenth of the average July rainfall for the last eleven years a t this place.
Portland, Oregon, 9th : extensive forest fires are reported from the Tillamook country and along the lower Columbia river, while, in this locality, the fires have been in ijrogress for two weeks. It is not possible to estimate the damage of these con- tl:igrations, but it is considered that it will exceed one million
dollars. Much of the timber destroyed was on Government lands. Unusually the frequent summer rains keep the forests in this state coiiiparatively damp, but the recent long-continued dry weather him so dried the evergreen fir trees that they burn like tiiider. Large quantities of r;tluable cedar lumber have been destroyetl. An extensive logging camp near Oak Point has sustaiued damage estimated a t 8100,000. I n that locality
the fire r:aged to such an extent that i t could not be approached and, therefore, no estim;tte of the total dainage could be made. Z'hese ffres were the most destructive ever known to have pro-
wiled in Oregon or Washington Territory. No lives were re-
FOREST AND PRAIRIE FIRES.
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ported lost. Albwny, Oregon, 31st: forest fires in both the Coast and Cascade- rnouniaiu ranges have made the atmosphere very
smoky tlirougliout the month, with the exception of a few day8
while the wind was from the west. Prairie and forest fires h:tve also been reported from the fol- lowing stations :
Fort Buford, Dakota : 24th and 29th. Fort Supply, Indian Territory : 20th and 21st. Coeur d'Aleiie, Washiiigton Territory : l5th, 19th, and 31st. Spokane, Washington Territory : 28th and 31st. Ik~yton, Washington Tcrritory : 9th and 18th.
Roseburg, Oregon : 2d to lOtli, and lGth to 22d.
Polar bsiicls hare benn obsorved on the various dibtes as follows: lst.--Leacl Hill, Arlransas. 2d.-Los ~n g e l e s , California.
5th.--dalina, K ~I I s :~~.
8th.--Nebra~ka City, Nebraslta. 10th.-Los Augeles, California. 15th.--Mernpliis, Tennessee. l(ith.-Lentl Hill, Arkansas.
18th.-Augusta, Georgia. 20th.--Marion, Virginia.
Blst.-Lead Hill, Arkansas.
22tl.-I'eusacola, Florida; Lead Hill, Arkai~sas.
23d.-Yates Centre, Kansas. 24th.--I,ead Hill, Arkansas.
26th .-Toledo, Ohio ; Los Augeles, California. 28th .-Leer1 Hill, Arkansas. 29tii.--Nashville, Terincssee. 30th.-Wytheville, Virginia. 31Rt.--Morrison, Illinois.
Portland, Maine, lOth.-Reports from Lewiston state that a ipecies of wingless grass-hopper has appeared in that locality
ind has done a large aniouiit of damage to the crops. Erie, Pennsylvania, 13th .-A siwrm of locusts appeared in
?hautauqna county, New York, 2nd is moving westward along
,he shore, destroying all vegetation before i t .
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, l(ith.-Tlie army worm has made tu appearance i n large nurnbors i n the northern part of this Lancaster) county, and irj doing miich damage to the tobacco
ields. Montgomery, Alabama, 20th.-The cotton worm is reported ~e r y generally in this section.
Fort Concho, Texas, 2d, 3d.
Coleman City, Texw, 2d.
POLAR DANDS.
INSECTS.
SAND STORYS. '
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Nashville, Tennessee, 2%1, 23~1, 2Gt11, 29th.
Northport, Michigan, 31st.
NOTES AND EXTRACTS.
hlchlinnville. Mean depth of rnin, 9.88 inches. Greatest depth of ruiri, 6.99 inclies nt Gndsden. Lenst depth of rnin, 1.20 inches nt Grundriew.
0-.I 0
74 74
70 , 70 74 79 og 73 74 77 79 ' 82
77 78
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72 I 7 5
75 79
74 76
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70 ' 74
75 : 77 73 j 70
79
80 77
69 ' 74
73 I 77
72 / 73
77 1 79
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73 I 78
70 ' 75
77 ' 84
73 76
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72 1 74
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The (( Iowa Weather Service," under direction of Dr. GUS- taws Hinrichs, has forwarded the following advnnco proof of tho July report of that service :
The weather of .July, 1883, wns very fnvornble to the crops, being fair, nearly norm!l in tempernture, with un e x c e s ~ of rainfall, and southerly winds prevailing. Tlic nieun tempcrnt.ure of tlie air wns but n little over olie de rce below
normal; ltrst jenr July was newly five degrees below normal. d i e number
of hot dnys has becn high, especially during the first nnd lnst decrrde, while
the middle dectide was cool. lnaolntion hns been high, bectruse, even during the stormy period, cloudy
days were rare, nnd during the nionth clear days wore numerous. The aun thermometer exceeded one hundred and forty degrcos on twentpone dags;
its highest rending wns one hundred and sixt~-one degrees on the 23d. The total rninfnll was below normal in southern central Iown, from Union to Jas er counties; in the bnlnncc of the State i t wns coneidcrnbly nbove norma& nrernging nbout six inches in the northwest nnd in tho southenst,
.and nine ihches in the northeast. The highest rainfall, of fourteen inches,
8
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6
6
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12
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8
9
11
9 I1
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9 6
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5
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8
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3 .6
2.95
1.81
4.20
1.42
6.35 4.77 5. I O
4.21
3.35
2.10
6.99 2.60
5.80
6.45
......a
6.56
2.30
3.15
6.44 4.31
4.80
4.90
5.08
1.73 4.25 2.M
3.63
5 0
2.84
2.58
1.20
3.65
4.59 3.34 3 .s 3.85
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for the month, wns inensi1rt.d a t Decorah. The number of ruin days nver-
aged ten for the eust rind northwest, nnd about six for the balance of the State. As usunl dririitg July, very henvy rains hnve occnrred, but only in the north. l'lie highest rainfall nieusured on one dav wns nearly six inches, a t
Ilomedtrle, houth of Sibley, in Osceoln county, on t h 23d; uext to thls stnnds Algona, Kosvouth count , with over five inches on the siimc date. But the
most notable rnin pcrioiof the nionth occurred in northeastern Iown, from
the 20th to the 23d inclusive, giving \cry nearly ten inches of rnin in Howard tind Winnesheili counties.
S o tornadoes hnve occurred in Iowa, but severnl squalls hnve visited pnrta
p! Iowa; et tlie most destructive of these storms hnvc but touched lows. l h e squnh of the 4th started &bout 5 p. m. in central Iown, nnd renched southeustern Iowit nbout 9 p. in.; it was not very severc. The squall of the
12th stnrted &out (i p. m. in Blnck Hawk county, renched the Mississi pi in Scott iind Clinton counties about 9 p. ni., doing much dnninge by win1 and l i d , it continued to sprend over central Illinois till nbout 11 p. m. About
noon on the 13th nnotlier very severe squall started from southwestern Iowa, where considernble dnmnge wns done in Frcmont and Page counties; the
atorm inereused in fury while sprending over northwestcrn Xssouri till tiboub