METEOROLOGICAL NOTES DURING THE YEAR 1899, 149 



RAINFALL DURING 1899 IN THE PUBLIC PARKS. 



As regards the temperature of the year, there was a greater 

 range in the thermometer than has been the case for some years. 

 The highest reading of the thermometer was 80° on the 24th 

 August, being 2° higher than that of the previous year, when 78° 

 was registered on 7th September. The maximum thermometer 

 was at or above 70° on 13 days in June, 9 days in July, and 13 

 days in August, or 35 times in all, whereas in 1898 the total was 

 20 times, and occurring in the same months. 



The amount of frost registered was 415°, occurring on 64 

 occasions, against 192* on 42 occasions in 1898. The coldest 

 month of the year was December, when 128" of frost was recorded 

 on 17 mornings, and the coldest day was on the loth of that 

 month, when 17° of frost was registered. In 1898 the coldest 

 month was February, with 67° of frost, and the coldest day 29th 

 November, when the thermometer touched 18°, or 14° of frost. 



Comparison of the records for the different parks, &c, will be 

 found of interest, allowance being made, as before, for difference 

 in situation : — 



