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locality. Before morning 1 inch ^^ had fallen. The 29th was 

 showery, with hail between 1 and 3 p.m. On the 30th the tem- 

 perature at night fell to 35°, and the radiating thermometer 

 indicated as low as the freezing point. 



September. — The weather througiiout the iBonth was almost 

 uninterruptedly fine. Kain fell during the day on the 25th and 

 30th only ; and altogether the quantity was very limited, scarcely 

 amounting to half an inch. The barometer stood remarkably 

 hio-h ; the height of the mercurial columu was never under 

 30 inches from the beginning of the month up to the 20th. The 

 mean temperature was 2° below the average, owing solely to the 

 coldness of the nights, for the mean temperature of the days was 

 not lower than usual. Frost occurred as early as the 9tli, and 

 some leaves of scarlet-runners and gourds were then blackened. 

 On the 28th the common thermometer indicated 2° below freez- 

 ing, and the radiating one 4° below that point. North-east winds 

 were remarkably prevalent. 



October. — The mean temperature of the month was about | of 

 a degree above the average. The depth of rain was about 2 

 inches, fully half an inch less than the average. The ground 

 was previously verj^ dry, and planting out was retarded in con- 

 sequence. The quantity of rain in this month was sufficient to 

 moisten the soil for this purpose ; but it did not penetrate to the 

 lower roots of trees and shrubs ; for it was found that the soil 

 under these still remained very dry. 



November. — This was the coldest November that has been 

 experienced for the last 26 years at least. The mean tem- 

 perature was upwards of 7° below the average. 23 nights were 

 more or less frosty. On the night of the 18th the common 

 thermometer indicated 16° below freezing, and the radiating 

 one as many as 21° below that point. The wind came chiefly 

 from cold quarters — from north 10 days, north-east 4 days, and 

 north-west 6 days. The amount of rain was very limited, being 

 little more than half an inch. "With the exception of that on 

 the 23rd, none fell after the 12th. 



December. — The mean temperature of this month was nearly 

 equal to that of December deduced from the average of 26 

 years' observations, and it was 3° above that of the preceding 

 month. The amount of rain was much below the usual quantity. 

 With the exception of a very little on the 5th and 16th, none 

 fell from the beginning of the month till the 19th. Reckoning 

 from this date, and as far back as the 9th of the preceding 

 month, there is a period of 40 days almost without rain. The 

 barometer was unusually high. 



