METEOROLOGICAL NOTES DURING THE YEAR 1895. 93 



Only a limited amount of rain fell (0-20 inch), there being 

 26 dry days. Slight thunderstorms occurred on the 23rd and 

 24th. " • 



The leafing of trees developed rapidly during the first fortnight, 

 and there was a fine display of bloom on most of the deciduous 

 trees and shrubs, but the hard drying winds during the latter 

 part of the month somewhat checked the growth for a time. The 

 Oak leafed on the 6th, and the Ash on the 13th; the former being 

 on the same date, and the latter four days earlier than in 1894. 

 The note of the Cuckoo was heard on the 19th. 



June. — For the first ten days the weather was warm and pleasant, 

 with light easterly winds. The wind having thereafter changed 

 both in direction and character, the weather became colder, and 

 for about a week it was chilly in the mornings, when the 

 thermometer registered below 40°. The latter part of the month 

 was verv warm and sultrv, with occasional rains and thunder- 

 storms. A thunderstorm of considerable severity was experienced 

 on the 26th, but very little rain fell in and around the City during 

 its occurrence. These conditions were reversed on the 28th and 

 29th. when the rainfall was heavy and the thunder more distant. 

 The rainfall, 1'68 inches, was below the average — in fact before 

 the 19th, when over half an inch fell, the amount recorded was 

 but trifling. The wettest day of the month was the 28th, when 

 0'70 inch was registered. 



The increase in the temperature noted for May was maintained, 

 the average maximum being Q6°, and the minimum 46° — in both 

 cases higher than in the corresponding month of 1894, The 26th 

 proved to be the hottest day of the year, when the thermometer, 

 in shade, reached 78° — 1° lower than the highest reading of 1894. 



On ten occasions, chiefly during the latter part of the month, 

 the thermometer, in shade, was at or above 70°. 



AVith the hard dry winds and cold nights in the first half of the 

 month no marked progress was made by vegetation, and tender 

 subjects were much checked in growth ; but with the rains and 

 increased warmth after the 19th there was a decided improvement, 

 and grass pastures, which were brown and bare for want of rain, 

 rapidly assumed a verdant appearance. 



July. — After a sharp thunderstorm on the 1st, the atmosphere 

 became much cooler, and though several days were soft and balmy, 



