Thank you for your submission and your replies to the reviewers. I would like to invite you to complete the changes indicated in your replies and to submit a revised manuscript for review to ensure that all necessary changes have been incorporated.

As special issue editor, I would also request the following minor corrections:

-on page 3, line 68: It is not clear what is meant by “encompasses an area of 3.6 x 104 km2.” I would expect area to be measured either in two dimensions (i.e., Y x Z km) or in km2. I also thought that Lake Tai was itself about 2000 km2, so the basin would be larger.

-on page 4, line 94 and in sections 3.3.1 and 3.3.2: Please find clearer and more distinct terms for “weather records” and “perception records”. Based on the explanations in the text, I would suggest “daily weather descriptions” and “personal experiences of meteorological conditions”.

-The citation on page 18, line 547 should be: "Pfister, C., Brázdil, R., Glaser, R., Bokwa, A., ...." That is, the third author’s family name is Glaser and his first initial is R.

-p22: “graupel” is a very rare word in English, but it is used appropriately here. The journal editor may mark this word as a mistake, but you may keep it.

The writing in the manuscript is clear, but I would recommend a final reading by a fluent English speaker before submission in order to catch any remaining issues in grammar or style.

I’ll look forward to seeing your revised manuscript.

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