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Jacob Hiltzheimer was the owner of a livery stable in Philadelphia and a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly. He kept a diary which is now at the American Philosophical Society. James Hutson included in his Supplement the daily entries made by Hiltzheimer about the weather.
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14th May: Some Rain in the Morning
15th May: Some Rain in the Morning
16th May: Clear & Pleasant
17th May: Cloudy in forenoon, Clear in the Afternoon
18th May: Clear in forenoon, in the afternoon . . . a gust coming on fast, . . . [later] it began to rain
19th May: Clear Last Night, had a Smart Shower of Rain with Some Thunder
20th May: a Gust in the Afternoon
21st May: Clear & Pleasant
22nd May: Rain, in the Afternoon
23rd May: Cloudy, forenoon . . . afternoon had Several Showers of Rain
24th May: Cloudy, a little Rain
25th May: rain All Day
26th May: Clear
27th May: Cloudy, after Drops of Rain in the Morning
28th May: Clear but not warme
29th May: Clear forenoon
30th May: The Wind South east, Rain All Day
31st May: Cloudy and Cool enough to sit by the Fire
1st June: Cloudy & Cool
2nd June: Cloudy . . . Rain toward evening, and Still Cold enough to Sit by the Fire
3rd June: Cloudy, with some rain
4th June: Clear Cool enough to Sit by the Fire
5th June: Clear & Pleasant in the forenoon
6th June: Rain Most All day
7th June: Rain
8th June: Cloudy
9th June:
10th June: Clear & Pleasant
11th June: Clear & warme
12th June: Clear & warme
13th June: Clear and Pleasant
14th June: Clear & Pleasant
15th June: Pleasant
16th June:
17th June: Cloudy and a Very little rain
18th June: In the afternoon . . . Shower of rain
19th June: Clear & warme
20th June: Clear
21st June: two Small Showers of rain
22nd June: much Thunder & Lightning, last Night with Heavy rain
23rd June: Clear & warme
24th June: little rain
25th June: Rain in the Morning, as well as last Night. Pleasant in the afternoon
26th June: Clear & Pleasant
27th June: Clear & warme
28th June: Clear and Pleasant forenoon
29th June: Cloudy, and a Very little rain in the Morning
30th June: Clear & warme
1st July: Cloudy. Rain several times, but Very little
2nd July: Cloudy Close & Very warme
3rd July:
4th July: Clear & warme
5th July: Clear & warme forenoon
6th July: Very warme
7th July: Very warme
8th July: Very warme, a Small Springle of rain in the afternoon
9th July: Warme . . . after Night had Much Thunder, but Little rain
10th July: Very warme
11th July: Cloudy
12th July: Clear & warme
13th July: Clear and Cool, but Very Dusty
14th July: Windy & Very Dusty
15th July:
16th July: had a Smart Shower of rain Last Night, and an other to day at Noon
17th July: Clear & Pleasant
18th July: Clear & Pleasant
19th July: In the Afternoon had a Small Shower of rain
20th July: Clear
21st July: Clear & Pleasant
22nd July: Warme
23rd July: Very warme
24th July: Very warme
25th July: had Several Showers of rain fore & afternoon
26th July: Had a Smart Shower of rain in the Morning
27th July: Clear, Cool & Very Pleasant
28th July: Cloudy
29th July: Rain Last Night, and some this Morning
30th July: Cloudy and uncommonly Cool
31st July: Cloudy & Some rain, and Quite Cool at the time
1st August: Cloudy, Cool, & some Rain
2nd August: Clear, and Much Warmer
3rd August: Clear warme & Pleasant
4th August: Clear & warme
5th August: Very warme
6th August: Rain in the Morning, afternoon Very warme
7th August: Very Close & warme with a few Drops of rain at times
8th August: Very Foggy and Close in the Morning. afterward, exceeding warme
9th August: Very close & warme, Several Showers of rain
10th August: Much lightning last Night and heavy Rain, to Day Cloudy and Close with Several Showers of rain in the evening
11th August: Clear & warme
12th August: Clear & Pleasant
13th August: Clear & warme
14th August: Very warme
15th August: Warme forenoon
16th August: Clear Cool & Pleasant
17th August: Cloudy & Some rain
18th August: Clear and Pleasant
19th August: Clear & Pleasant
20th August: Rain . . . Very hard Shower of rain at Night
21st August: Cloudy Close & warme . . a Smart Shower of rain at Night
22nd August: Clear & Pleasant
23rd August: Clear & warme
24th August: Clear and Very Warme
25th August: Clear & Very warme
26th August: Cool & Pleasant
27th August: Rain
28th August: Rain
29th August: Clear
30th August: Little rain early in the Morning
31st August: Clear & Pleasant
1st September: Rain Most all Day
2nd September: Clear & Pleasant
3rd September: Clear & Pleasant
4th September: Clear
5th September: Clear in the Afternoon
6th September:
7th September: Clear & Pleasant
8th September: Clear & Pleasant
9th September: Clear & Pleasant
10th September: in the afternoon . . . it was exceeding warme at the Same time, the wind being from the West, which was no Benefit to the room up Stairs
11th September: Exceeding warme
12th September: Very warme
13th September: Exceeding close & warme Last Night—this Morning had a little rain
14th September: Rain Last Night, Close & Very warme today at Night had Some thunder, with Much Lightning, and heavy rain
15th September: Cool and Pleasant
16th September: Cool & Pleasant
17th September: Clear & Quite Cool