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The Ottawa Naturalist. 



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Rainfall, Snowfall, and Total Precipation from 1890 to 1905, 

 also, the Total and the Yearly Average Precipitation for the 

 17 years. 



1S90. 



891 



1892. 



1893. 



.894. 



1895. 



1896. 



.897. 



1898. 



1899. 



1900. 



1 90 1 . 



1902 . 

 1903. 

 1904. 

 1905. 

 1906. 



Years. 



Total for 17 years 



Yearly average for 17 years. 



RECORD OF SUNSHINE FOR THE YEAR 1906. 



Month. 



January . . 

 February 

 March . . 



April 



May 



June . . . . 



July 



August . . , 

 September 

 October. . 

 November 

 December 



Number of 

 days with 

 Sunshine. 



20 

 21 

 22 



27 

 26 

 28 

 3' 

 3' 

 29 



25 

 9 

 20 



Number of 



days without 



Sunshine. 



7 

 9 

 3 



5 

 2 

 o 

 o 

 1 



6 

 1 1 

 1 1 



Total 



hours 



Sunshine. 



87.5 

 132.3 



!63-7 

 200.8 



201.8 



224.0 

 272.4 



273-7 

 215.8 



138.0 



95-8 

 72.6 



Average 

 Sunshine 

 per day. 



2.82 



4 72 

 5.28 

 6.89 

 6.50 

 7.46 

 8.80 

 8.82 

 7.19 

 4-47 

 3- '9 

 2-34 



WILLIAM I. ELLIS, Observer. 



