METEOROLOGICAL NOTES DURING THE YEAR 1897 



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was the driest montli. There were 205 dry days in the year, 

 whereas in 1896 there were 209. 



The following table shows the rainfall registered in those Parks 

 where gauges are placed, in comparison with that of Queen's 

 Park, on whose records these notes are based. It is necessary to 

 bear in mind that difference in altitude and exposure, and other 

 local conditions, affect the results to a considerable degree : — 



PvAINFALL DUEING 1897 IN THE PUBLIC PARKS. 



Regarding the temperature, there is a similarity in many 

 points with what was recorded in the preceding year. Although 

 six of the months, viz., March, July, August, October, November, 

 and December, had a higher average, the mean temperature (46°) 

 for the year is fully one degree lower. This arises from the frosts 

 in January and the cold winds of the spring months, which 

 tended to keep the temperature low. Frost was registered to the 

 amount of 347° over sixty-one occasions, although the thermometer 

 was at or below the freezing point (32° Fah.) seventy-one times. 

 In 1896 the amount of frost was 331° over sixty-three occasions, 

 and the freezing point was reached seventy-three times. Thei 



