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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...September 15th, 27th. Solar Halos, September 8th. Lunar Halo, September 14th. September, mean temperature 3.6 higher than usual. Amount of rain, 4 35 inches less than usual, and smallest amount recorded here for this month. First irost, September 18th. Period without frost, 114 days. Como.--Dates of rainfall, September 9th and 15th. Dates of thunder storms, September 15th. The high temperature for the last ten days of the month is unprecedented. The general average for the month is higher than any year since 1865. Rockford.--Datesof rainfall, September 15th, 16th. Lunar Halo, September 14. White frost, night of September 17th and 18th. Elmiri.--Datesof rainfall, September 9th, 10th, 15th and 16th. Peoria.--Dates of rainfall, September 10th, 15th, 17th and 26th Havana.--Datesof rainfall. September4th, 5th, 9th, 15th, 16th. 17lhand 26th. Mt. Sterling.--Dates of rainfall, 9th, 13th, 14th, 16th. Datesof thunder storms, September 15th. Decatur--Dates of rainfall, September 5th, 9th. 10th. 15th, 16th, 17th, 26th, 27th. Datesof thunder storms, September 16th and 26th. Lunar Halo. September 14th. Augusta.--Dates of rainfall, September5th, 9th, 10th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th. Dates of thunder btorms, September 13th, 14th. Carbondale--Dates of rainfall, 1st, 5th, 9th, 26th. Anna--Dates of rainfall, September 1st, 5th, 9th, 17th, 26th. Datesof thunderstorms, September 1st, 9th, 16th, 25th. Lunar Halo. September 19th. Meteorological Report--Continued. SUMMARY of Meteorological Observations for the Month of November, 1877, made to the Illinois Department of Agriculture, Springfield, December 1st, 1877. Hours for taking observations--7 A. M., 2 P. M.,9 P. M. KEMARKS. Geneseo.--Dates of rainfall, November 1st, 4th, 7th, 8th, 14th, 20th, 21st, 25th. 26th. Sandwich.--Dates of...