METEOROLOGICAL KOTES DURING THE YEAR 1896. Ill 



the middle of the month, the leaves of the Alder. Hawthorn, Oak, 

 Pvrus, Willow, ike, falling quickly. 



October. — During the first ten days there was a continuance of 

 wet, stormy weather, with a severe gale accompanied by heavy 

 rain on the 8th. After the first frost of the season, on the 11th, 

 when 3° of frost were re2:istered. the weather became somewhat 

 settled but verv cold, with a considerable amount of frost for 

 October. Snow and sleet fell on the 2-lth. 



The rainfall was rather above the averasje, the amount registered 

 being 3-70 inches. There were seventeen dry days. The winds, 

 which were westerly and strong for the first ten days, were lighter 

 and northerlv afterwards. 



Throuo-hout the month the readinsfs of the barometer show a 

 series of erratic cliano'es with a ^rreater rancje than usual. From 

 30*12 inches on the 1st the pressure fell to 28"60 on the 8th, 

 risinof a^-ain to 30 '25 inches on the 14th. Then it fell to 29*98 on 

 the 18th, till on the 31st it stood, with several sharp intervening 

 changes, at 29 -Gl: inches, thus showing a range of nearly 1^ inches 

 during the inonth. 



The average day temperature was 48° and the minimum of 

 night temperature 34°, the former being 1° less than and the 

 latter the same as in the corresponding month of 1895. Frost 

 to the amount of 56° was re^i^istered on thirteen inorninc^s. 

 With the frost of the month, vegetation rapidly assumed a wintry 

 appearance ; most of the deciduous trees and shrubs being divested 

 of the bulk of their leaves by the end of the month. 



November. — Throughout the month the weather was open and 

 mild on the whole, and remarkably fine for the season. An 

 absence of sunshine, a prevalence of fogs with little frost, and a 

 rainfall of limited amount beins: its chief characteristics. The 

 winds were generally of a light description, W. and S.W. in the 

 early part, and IST.E. during the last week. The amount of rain 

 registered was only 1 "07 inches, and there were twenty dry days. 

 Frost occurred on ten mornings, but the total amount registered 

 was only 50°, the only severe occasion being the 30th, when 12° 

 were recorded. The average maximum temperature was 46° and 

 the minimum 35°, or 1° higher and 1° lower respectively than in 

 November, 1895-. 

 " The records of barometric pressure show a varied course 



