REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



METEOEOLOGICAL OBSERVATION'S. 



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Table of Meteorological Observations taken at the Central Experimental Farm, 

 Ottawa, 1900 ; maximum, minimum and mean temperature for each month, with 

 date of occurrence, also Rainfall and Snowfall. 



Months. 



Jan . . . 

 Feb.. 

 March 

 April . 

 M.ay . . 

 June .. 

 July . . 

 August 

 Sept 

 Oct.. 

 Nov., 

 Dec, 



1) 



22- 11 

 17.91 



20 

 21 

 25 

 23 

 20 

 21 

 19 

 21 

 13 

 16 



10 

 23 

 32 

 04 

 32 

 84 

 55 

 41 

 73 

 41 





14-95 

 16-96 



17-47 

 44-74 

 53-38 

 66-67 

 68-52 

 68-74 

 60-87 

 53-70 

 33 11 

 16-53 



be 



39 

 41 

 42 

 75 

 86 

 86 

 88 

 91 

 93 

 79 

 63 

 38 



0) 



is 



o 



23rd 



9th 



19th 



21.st 



14th 



27th 



7th 



25th 



2nd 



4th 



1st 



20th 



-11 

 -21 

 -14 



20 

 26 

 46 

 48 

 48 

 36 

 24 

 4 

 -15 



c3 



24th 



2nd 



18th 



9th 



nth 



4th 

 1st 

 4th 

 19th 

 20th 

 17th 

 10th 



In. 



•54 

 •95 



-08 

 12 

 -70 

 •83 

 -45 

 •84 

 -15 

 •61 

 •00 

 •21 



o 



In. 



ir. 00 



14 75 

 40 00 



17-00 

 21-25 



29-48108-00 



a; 





In. 



2 04 

 3-42 

 408 

 112 

 370 



3 83 

 645 

 2^84 



4 15 

 16i 

 470 

 2 33 



40 2; 



O 0) c 

 a; .- ts 



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15 

 11 

 13 

 7 

 14 

 13 

 16 

 12 

 14 

 11 

 22 

 19 



16/ 



> 



In. 



5-00 

 4-50 

 12 00 

 0^48 

 r.50 

 173 

 2 34 

 9!) 

 0-77 

 046 

 GOO 

 6-00 



12th 

 5th 

 •2nd 



18th 

 8th 

 2nd 



17th 

 7 th 



16th 

 8th 



19th 

 5th & 



13th 



Rain or snow fell on 167 days duiing the 12 months. 

 Heaviest rainfall in 24 hours, 2 SI inches on July 17. 

 Heaviest snowfall in 24 hours, 12 • 00 on March 2. 



It will be seen the highest temperature during the 12 moxiths was 93 -°8 on September 2, 

 The lowest temperature during the 12 months was — 21 -°5 on February 2. 



During the growing season rain fell on 7 days in April, 14 days in May, 13 days in June, 16 days in 

 July, 12 days in August and 14 days in September. 



April shows the lowest number of diiys on which rain fell, viz., 7. 

 . Rain or snow fell on 22 days in November. 

 Total precipitation during the 12 months, 40-27 inches, as compared with 41-63 inches during 1890. 



Rainfall, Snowfall and total Precipitation from 1890 to 1900, also the average annual 



amount that has fallen. 



Year. 



1890.. 

 1891.. 

 1892.. 

 1893.. 

 1894.. 

 1895.. 

 1896.. 

 1897.. 

 1898.. 

 1899.. 

 1900.. 



Total 



Yearly average for 11 yeai.- 



Rainfall. 



Inches. 



24 

 30 

 23 

 31 

 23 

 27 

 21 

 24 

 24 

 33 

 29 



294 



26 



73 

 19 

 78 

 79 

 05 

 01 

 53 

 18 

 75 

 86 

 48 



35 



75 



Snowfall. 



Inches. 



64 

 73 



105 

 72 

 71 

 87 

 99 

 89 



112 

 77 



108 



961 



85 

 50 

 00 

 50 

 50 

 .50 

 75 

 00 

 25 

 25 

 00 



10 



87-37 



Total 

 Precipitation. 



Inches. 



31 

 37 

 34 

 39 

 30 

 35 

 31 

 33 

 36 

 41 

 40 



•22 

 -54 

 -28 

 •04 

 •20 

 •76 

 •50 

 •08 

 •02 

 •63 

 •27 



390 .54 

 35-50 



