156 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT CLIFTON. 



temperature was 68"3° on the 21st, and the lowest on the 

 ground 25° on the 31st. There was frost on the ground on 

 the mornings of the 30th and 31st. 



!N"ovEMBER. — This month was much colder than usual, in 

 fact it was the coldest month of the year, with the exception 

 of January. The mean temperature was 41 '61°, as com- 

 pared with the normal 44 '23°, thus showing a defect of 

 2'62°. There were warmer periods about the 3rd, the 16th, 

 and at the end of the month. The highest temperature 

 recorded was 56*1° on the 16th, the lowest on the ground 

 24*2° on the 1st. There was frost on the ground on 17 days. 



December. — The mean temperature was 41'88°, being 2'3° 

 above the average. The daily temperature never fell below 

 the average from the 4th till the 28fch, but for the first 

 three and last two days of the month the weather was 

 colder than usual. The highest temperature recorded in the 

 shade was 55'8° on the 13th, and the lowest temperature on 

 the ground 22'4° on the 2nd. There was frost on the 

 ground on nine nights. 



