NIPHER WINTER TEMPERATURES. 



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bers, the character of "that month affords no criterion of the cha- 

 racter of the rest of the winter. 



Coming now to cold and very cold Decembers, it appears that 

 they have also usually been followed by winter months of normal 

 temperature or above. This is shown in the table below. 



This state of affairs does not seem to rest on any rational basis, 

 and is well calculated to make us look with some distrust on the 

 prediction based upon warm Decembers. 



