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highest temperature recorded was SG'l'^ on the 18th. The 

 lowest ground temperatui-e was 41*2° on the 1st. 



JuLT. — The temperature this month was again above the 

 average, though not to the same extent as in the preceding- 

 months. The mean temperature was 62"82°, being I'TB*^ 

 above the normal. This excess was due mainlj to the first 

 nine days, the rest of the month being about the same as 

 usual. With the rainy period, beginning on the 9th, the 

 temperature became nearly normal, and at the same time 

 the great difference between night and day temperatures 

 disappeared, and from the 9th onwards the temperature was 

 remarkably steady. The air temperature was highest on 

 the 1st— 83 1°— and lowest on the 2nd— 47-8°. 



August. — This month again showed a much higher tem- 

 perature than usual — 64'78'^, as compared with 60*24°, the 

 normal August temperature. For the first week the con- 

 ditions were the same as for the latter part of July; but a 

 period of very hot weather began on the 8th and lasted till 

 the 20th. During the last week the temperature was nearly 

 normal. The highest temperature was 86*5° on the 15tb, 

 and the lowest air temperature 47'3° on the 28th. 



September. — The temperature during this month presented 

 few features of interest. The mean temperature for the 

 month was only a third of a degree higher than the normal. 

 The highest temperature was 73"8° on the 6th, and the 

 lowest temperature of air 42'2° on the 21st, and on the 

 ground 367° on the 24th. 



October. — The mean temperature was 5069°, being 184'^ 

 above the average. It was about normal for the first 12 

 days, then there was a period of warm weather from the 

 13th till the 22nd. The variations from day to day in the 

 latter part of the month were considerable, but, on the 

 whole, this period was also warmer than usual. The highest 



