METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT CLIFTON. id 



In two days, from the 11th to the 13th, the maximum read- 

 ings fell from 66"3 degrees to 41*5 degrees, or a drop of 

 nearly 25 degrees. The first 12 days were much hotter 

 than usual, and the next 9 days almost as much colder. 



Another remarkable feature of this month's temperature 

 was the very great difference between the highest and 

 lowest temperatures recorded on the same day. On the 10th 

 the difference was 32 degrees ! 



May. — This month again was warmer than usual, the 

 mean temperature being 54*29 degrees, or 2*4 degrees higher 

 than usual. This excess was most noticeable towards the 

 end of the month, the mean daily temperature of the last 

 week being about 7 degrees higher than usual. The highest 

 temperature recorded in the screen was 75*3 degrees on the 

 last day of the month, and the lowest 35*2 degrees on the first. 



June. — The mean temperature was 58-09 degrees, as com- 

 pared with an average of 58'62 degrees. This month was 

 therefore an average one as regarded temperature. There 

 were some very hot days about the beginning of the month, 

 the highest temperature recorded by the sheltered ther- 

 mometer being 79*4 degrees on the 9th. 



July. — The mean temperature for this month was 59*55 

 degrees, as against the mean for the preceding ten years of 

 60*52 degrees, thus showing a deficiency of nearly a degree. 

 The highest temperature recorded in the shade was 79*5 

 degrees on the 3rd, while the highest mean temperature 

 was 68*1 degrees on the same day. The lowest temperature 

 in the screen was 47*5 degrees on the 21st. The maximum 

 shade temperature fell below the average daily temperature 

 on four days. 



The barometer was very variable and generally low 

 during the first half of the month, but on the last ten days 

 it was high and fairly steady. 



