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the gardener and husbandman with anxious hopes, 

 turned out to be one of the worst harvest months 

 Qn record. The thermometer fell to the freezing 

 I3oint on the 1st of the month, and 9° of frost were 

 registered on 3 mornings towards the end of the 

 month. The average temperature was also low — 

 52*1. Rain fell on 20 days, giving a total rainfall of 

 5*01 inches — the highest rainfall of the year, and con- 

 siderably more than double the total in September, 

 1884. The prevailing winds were from the west by 

 south. 



October was a fairly good month. The rainfall 

 was only 2*79 ; and the last 15 days of the month 

 were dry, with the prevailing winds from the east 

 by north, which enabled the farmers to harvest the 

 remainder of their crops — unfortunately, however, 

 in many cases worthless. The thermometer was at 

 or below the freezing point on 5 mornings, register- 

 ing 23° of frost, and the temperature averaged 43*1. 



November proved to be a good dry month for the 

 time of year, with a comparatively low average 

 temperature of 40°. The total rainfall was 2*49 inches, 

 and the dry days 14. The thermometer was at or 

 below the freezing point on 6 mornings, registering 

 58° of frost. The Christmas Rose was in flower at 

 the Kelvingrove and the Alexandra Parks during 

 the flrst week of the month. 



December was the most variable month of the 

 year, extremes of heat and cold succeeding one 

 another at very short intervals. 100' of frost were 

 registered on 10 mornings, the average temperature 

 being 37*1. The dry days Tvere 17, the total rainfall 

 being 2'19 inches. There was a slight fall of snow 

 on the 9th, and about 4 inches fell on the 28th and 

 29th, but as it was accompanied with high winds it 

 did not lie long on the ground. 



The following summary and comparison with the 

 previous year may be of interest: — 



The highest day temperature in the shade during 

 1885 was upon the 24th and 30th July, when the 



