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warm and delightful. Mean was 68.45°; highest, 90°; lowest, 52°. Com- 

 pared with May, 1885, mean 72.15°, was 3.68° the highest. The maximum 

 for both years, May, 1886, 90°; 1885, 96°. Minimum for both Mays was 

 the same, 52°. Clear days, twenty -five; fair, two; cloudy, four. Rainfall, 

 0.65 inches. The same amount of rain fell May, 1885. No frost this month. 



June, 1886 — Shows a mean considerably above the average, 79.12°. Com- 

 pared with June, 1885, mean 73°, would give the former month 6.12° the 

 highest. The maximum for 1886 was 95°, and for 1885, 90°. Minimum 

 for 1886 was 62°, and for 1885, 57°. Number of clear days, thirty. No 

 rainfall or frost this month. 



July, 1886 — The middle portion of this month the weather was warm 

 and oppressive. The nights of the fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, and 

 seventeenth were the warmest I have ever experienced in the State. No 

 time during these nights did the thermometer fall below 82°. Commencing 

 on the thirteenth, 82° was the lowest during the twenty-four hours ; on the 

 fourteenth, 83°; fifteenth, 86°; sixteenth and seventeenth, 83°. The mean 

 for the month was 81.16°; maximum, 102°; minimum, 61°. Compared 

 with July, 1885, mean, 78.78°; maximum, 96°; minimum, 60°. Number 

 of clear days, thirty; cloudy, one. No precipitation this month. 



August, 1886 — The mean for this month was 80.24°, nearly 2° below the 

 average for the past two years. Highest reading for the month was 98°; 

 lowest, 62°. Compared with August, 1885, the mean was 82.11°: highest 

 was 102°; lowest, 63°. Clear days, thirty-one. 



September, 1886 — The mean was a fair average for September, 74.19°; 

 highest, 96°; lowest, 54°. The mean maximum and minimum for Sep- 

 tember, 1886, was slightly above the same month of 1885; mean, 76.12°; 

 maximum, 97°; minimum, 56°. This month passed without the slightest 

 indication of the usual equinoctial storm. At no time during the month, 

 at the hour of recording my observations, was the sky three tenths cloudy. 

 Number of clear days, thirty. 



October, 1886 — This was a pleasant month, although about 4° below 

 the average mean for October. Mean, 62.22°; highest, 87°; lowest, 43°. 

 Number clear days, twenty-five ; fair, one ; cloudy, five ; rained, two. 

 Rainfall, 0.63 of an inch. No frost this month. 



November, 1886 — This was a cold month for November. For fourteen 

 days the thermometer registered from 40° down to 31° at 6:30 a. m. This 

 was unusual for November. The mean temperature for the month was 

 53.08°; the highest was 76°; lowest, 31°; compared with the same month of 

 1885, 57.10°, making a difference of 4° higher in the mean temperature and 

 2° in the maximum, and -9° in the minimum. Number of clear days, 

 twenty-five; fair, one; cloudy, four; rained, two. Rainfall, 0.29 of an inch. 

 Five frosts during the month. 



December, 1886 — This month was nearly an average for December. 

 The mean for 1884 was 53.66°; 1885, 53°; 1886, 52.25°. The maximum 

 for the years in rotation was 74°, 75°, 70°; minimum, 31°, 37°, 37°. High 

 reading of the barometer run nearly entire month. Mean, 30.09°; highest, 

 30.34°; lowest, 29.78°. Prevailing winds, northerly; number days from 

 north, ten; south and southeast, ten; northeast, six; southwest, five. It 

 rained on the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, sixteenth, twenty-ninth, thir- 

 tieth, thirty-first, and sprinkled on the eleventh. Rainfall, 2.75 inches; for 

 the season to date, 3.67 inches; to same date last season, 17 inches; excess, 

 1885, 13.33 inches. Light frost occurred on the mornings of the tenth, 

 thirteenth, fourteenth, and twenty-first. Number clear days, fourteen; fair, 

 six; cloudy, three; rained, eight. 



