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THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. 



[Vol. 



X. 



was Aucrust 6th, the mean temperature (from max. and min.) 

 being 82. °7 ; the coldest day was January 2J:th, the mean tem- 

 perature being IS*-*.! below zero; highest barometer reading 

 was 30.099 on February 18th ; lowest barometer reading was 

 29 190 on April 28th, giving range of 1.809 inches ; the lowest 

 relative humidity was 18 on May 17th. The szreatest mileage 

 of wind recorded in one hour was 49 on January 22nd; greatest 

 velocity was at the rate of 64 miles per hour, on January 22nd. 

 (This is the greatest velocity recorded here during eight years — 

 the greatest previous velocity, during this period was 60 miles 

 per hour on February 2nd, 1876.) 



Notes. — The sleighing of the winter closed on March 27th. 

 The first snow of the autumn fell on November 14th, but was 

 inappreciable ; the first appreciable snow fell on November 25th. 

 The first river craft arrival in port was on April 11th. Ferries 

 began running on April 13th. Navigation open on April 27th. 

 Auroras were observed on 52 nights. Lunar coronas were 

 observed on 8 nights; solar halos on 18 nights; solar halos on 5 

 days, accompanied by parhelia on 2 days; hoar frost on 21 days; 

 fogs on 20 days; thunder storms on 21 days, and lightning, 

 without thunder, on 9 days. Earthquake tremor on October 

 10th, at 4.50 a.m. The zodiacal light was observed once. 



Rain and Snow Fall during 1882. 



Month. 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November. 

 December 



Totals 



Means tor eight years 

 ending with 1S82. . . 





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 o 



1.18 

 0.58 

 2.46 

 1.58 

 1.50 

 4.7-i 

 6.04 

 2.52 

 3.63 

 1.34 

 1.39 

 0.04 



27.00 



27.04 



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4 

 4 

 8 



11 

 15 

 20 

 17 

 11 

 12 

 14 

 14 

 3 



133 



137.0 



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21 

 17 

 20 

 14 

 16 

 20 

 17 

 11 

 12 

 14 

 14 

 26 



202 



205.5 



Hail fell one day in June, one day in October and two days 

 in November. 



