REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



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SESSIONAL PAFER No. 16 



January was a very fine winter month. The ground was bare until the 27th, when 

 two inches of snow fell, followed by six inches more on the 28th, making sleighing. 

 Rain fell on the 3rd, 9th, and 30th, the heaviest being 1-64 inches on the 3rd. 



February was one of the finest winter months ever experienced here. A slight 

 thaw on the 4th of the month brought the mercury from 13° below zero to 43° above, 

 but did not spoil sleighing. No great amount of snow fell (eight inches), but the 

 steady cold weather held what did fall, and sleighing was fairly good all through the 

 month. The thermometer registered below zero on the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 12th, 

 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 20th and 26th, the lowest being 19° below on the 13th. Eain 

 fell on one day only (4th), when "78 inches was recorded. 



March opened with a light snow storm, followed by two fine days, then another 

 light snow. From then until the 15th, the weather was bright and fine with a good 

 amount of sunshine, taking all the snow off and breaking up sleighing. From the 

 15th on, the weather was broken with rain and snow storms nearly every day. A total 

 of twelve inches of snow fell during this month. 



METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS. 



