METEOROLOGICAL NOTES DURING THE YEAR 1898. 331 



RAINFALL DURING 1898 IN THE PUBLIC PARKS. 



With reference to the temperature, the mean, 48°, is the highest 

 for the past ten years, and may be accounted for by the mildness 

 of the winter and the absence of any continued spell of frost. 

 The highest reading of the day thermometer was 78° in the 

 shade on 7th September, while in 1897 the highest reading was 

 likewise 78°, on the 16th Julv. The thermometer was at or 

 above 70° two days in June, seven in July, four in August, 

 and seven in September, twenty times in all, as compared with 

 twenty-seven times in 1897. The lowest reading was on 29th 

 November, when the minimum thermometer fell to 18°, or 14° 

 of frost. The amount of frost throughout the year was 190°, 

 occurring on 42 days, though the thermometer was at the freez- 

 ing point on other five days, and the coldest month was 

 February, when frost to the extent of 67° was recorded on 

 13 days. In 1897, frost occurred on 61 occasions, the amount 

 registered being 347°, and January was the coldest month, when 

 the total amount of frost registered on 20 days was 143°. 



The following comparative table of records taken at the different 

 parks is of interest. As in the case of the preceding table of 

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



