METEOROLOGICAL NOTES DURING THE YEAR 1895. 99 



In reference to temperature, the mean is lower than those of 

 the two previous years. The prolonged severe frosts in the early 

 months, and the sunless wet months in the latter part of the year, 

 may account for that. The only months which had high mean 

 average temperatures were May, June, August, and September. 

 The mean for the year was 45°, or 1° less than that for 189-i, 

 which was also 1° lower than its predecessor. The highest 

 readinsf of the thermometer in shade was 78° on the 26tQ June, 

 which was 1° lower than the highest of 1894. The thermometer 

 was at or above 70° four days in May, ten in June, two in July, 

 two in August, and five in September, or twenty-three times in 

 al], as compared with nineteen times in 1894. The lowest read- 

 ing was oil the 10th February, when the minimum thermometer 

 fell to 2' below zero, or 34° of frost. The amount of frost 

 registered throughout the year was 823°, occurring on 99 days, 

 and the coldest month was Februarv. when frost was resristered 

 every morning. In 1894 January was the coldest month, and 

 the total amount of frost registered on 55 mornings was 256°. 

 The following comparative table of records taken at different 

 Parks is of interest, as this is the first occasion on which it has been 

 possible to compare them. As is the case with the preceding table 

 of rainfall, allowance must here also be made for local conditions : — 



