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similarity is also striking in regard to the lowest reading. On 

 the 18th January it was at 16°, or 16° of frost, whilst 18°, or 14° 

 of frost, w^as the lowest for 1896, occurring on 23rd January and 

 23rd December. There were eight days on which the thermo- 

 meter did not rise above the freezing point. In the previous 

 year this only happened five times. January was the coldest 

 month of the year, there being twenty days on which frost 

 was registered, the amount (143°) being about double that of any 

 other month. The warmest month was August, with a mean 

 temperature of 59°, although July closely approached it with 58°. 

 In 1896 June was the warmest month, with a mean temperature 

 of 57°. The hottest day was the 16th July, when the thermometer 

 rose to 78° in shade. A similar temperature was recorded for 

 1896. In that vear the 16th June was the hottest dav. The 

 maximum thermometer was at or above 70° on five davs in June, 

 twelve days in July, and ten days in August, or twenty-seven 

 times in all ; whereas in 1896 it was only sixteen times, these 

 occurring in May, June, and July. 



Several points of interest for comparison are shown in the 

 table on the next page : — 



