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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



The following table gives the average annual barometer, thermometer, 

 and hygrometer, the maximum and minimum temperature. The hygro- 

 metrical observations is the amount of moisture or relative humidity con- 

 tained in the atmosphere; also the mean average for eight years: 



Year. 



Mean Annual 

 Barometer. 



Mean Annual ,,. , 



Relative Mean Annual 



Humidity. Temperature. 



Max. Yearly 

 Temperature. 



Min. Yearly 

 Temperature. 



1878 



1879 



1880 



1881 



1882 



1883 



1884 



1885 



Totals... 



Averages 



29.946 

 29.998 

 30.025 

 30.026 

 30.030 



30.034 



29.985 



2!).!>S2 



2 4< i.i 120 



30.003 



62.2 

 65.7 

 64.6 

 66.7 

 66.0 



69.0 



70.7 

 67.8 



532.7 



66.6 



61.3 

 60.3 

 57.7 



59.2 

 58.2 



58.8 



58.8 

 61.2 



475.5 



59.5 



100.5— Aug. 

 103.0— Aug. 

 98.0— July. 



98.6— J ulv. 

 99.8— Aug. 



403.5— July. 



100.0- 



105.0- 



-Aug. 

 -Aug. 



23.5— Dec. 

 25.0— Dec. 

 25.0— Jan. 

 31.9— Dec. 

 27.0— Dec. 



— " \ Feb. 

 21.0— Feb. 

 34.2— Jan. 



Higbest, 



105.0—1885. 



August. 



Lowest, 

 21.0—1884. 

 February. 



The Winter tables following this statement show the average Winter 

 pressure, temperature, and relative humidity, the highest and lowest tem- 

 perature for the Winter seasons of 1877-8 to 1884-5, and the mean average 

 for nine years: 



Winter of- 



Mean Winter 

 Barometer. 



Mean Winter 



Relative 



Humidity. 



Mean Winter 

 Temperature. 



Max. Winter 

 Temperature. 



Min. Winter 

 Temperature. 



1877-78 .... 

 1878-79.... 



1879-80 ..-- 



1880-81 



1881-82 .... 



1882-83 



1883-84 .... 

 1884-85 .... 

 1885-86 .... 



Totals... 



Averages 



30.004 

 30.120 



30.163 



30.116 

 30.1(49 



30.189 



30.120 

 30.094 

 30.104 



77.1 

 68.3 



77.2 



84.0 

 76.4 



77.9 



83.0 



77.7 

 87.1 



271.079 



708.7 



30.120 



7s,s 



49.9 

 49.2 



44.5 



51.0 

 45.9 



45.4 



45.9' 

 50.0 

 49.4 



67.0- Dec. 

 73.5— Feb. 



64.0— Feb. 



67.0— Feb. 

 (i2.8— Feb. 



71.7-Feb. 



71.0— Feb. 

 70.0— Feb. 

 72.7— Feb. 



431.2 



47.£ 



Highest, 

 73.5—1879. 

 February. 



27.0— Jan. 

 23.5— Dec. 



25.0 1 Vfn' 

 ( Jan. 



35.0— Jan. 



29.0— Dec. 



900 j Jan. 



— - u \ Feb. 



21.0— Feb. 



27.0— Dec. 



27.5— Jan. 



Lowest, 

 21.0—1884. 

 February. 



