METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT CLIFTON. 75 



during the greater part of the month, especially so on the 

 28th and 29th. 



November. — The mean temperature of the month was 

 43'83 degrees, the average of the last ten years being 44*13 

 degrees. The month was therefore slightly colder than 

 usual. The highest temperature recorded in the screen was 

 57*3 degrees on the 14th, and the lowest 31*7 degrees on the 

 8th. There was frost on the ground on five nights. 



December. — The mean temperature of this month was 

 36"69 degrees as compared with a normal value of 39*5 1 

 degrees. The month was therefore much colder than usual. 

 This defect was mainly due to the weather of the last week 

 of the month, which was extremely cold. 



Up to the 22nd the mean temperature was above 40 

 degrees, but from the 23rd till the end of the month the 

 mean daily temperature was below freezing point. On seven 

 out of the eight last days of the month, even the maximum 

 temperature never reached as high as freezing point, while 

 on the 27th the thermometer on the ground . fell to 14-9 

 degrees. This is the lowest temperature recorded since 1887. 

 There were 21 nights of frost. 



