7-8 EDWARD VII. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



A. 1908 



Meteorological Obsekvations in 1906 at the Central Experimental Farm, 



Ottawa. 



Table of Meteorological Observations taken at tlie Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 

 1906 ; maximum, minimum, and mean temperature for each month, with date of 

 occurrence, also, rainfall, snowfall, and total precipitation. 



Rain or snow fell on 145 days during the 12 months. 

 Heaviest rainfall in 24 hours, 156 inches on September 29th. 

 Heaviest snowfall in 24 hours, 5 50 inches on December 6th. 

 The highest temperature during the 12 months, was 96''6 on August 19th. 

 The lowest temperature during the 12 months, was— 25°2 on December 8th. 



During the growing season rain fell on 12 days in April, 15 days in May, 18 days in June, 8 days in 

 July, 9 days in August, and 7 days in September. 



September shows the lowest number of days on which rain fell, viz : 7. 



Total precipitation during the 12 months, 26 "90 inches, as compared with 32 42 inches during 1905. 



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