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REPORT or THE 



METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, YORK, 1855. 



The Meteorological Register for the year 1855 exhibits a 

 a lower mean temperature than that of any year in the last 

 quarter of a century. Every month except August was below 

 a mean. The average annual temperature for York, for a 

 period of twenty years, is 47°5 ; for the last ten years, 47°2, 

 and for the year 1855, 44°4. The day of lowest temperature 

 was Feb. 16, when the thermometer denoted + 1°5. The day 

 of highest temperature was June the seventh, 78° ; the range 

 for the year being 76°5. 



The mean temperature for February was 25°9, being twelve 

 degrees below a mean, and unprecedented in the registration 

 of the Society. 



The amoimt of rain has again been below a mean. The 

 quantity registered for the year is 19'3 inches. 



