256 J. HOPKINSOX — METEOEOLOGICAL OBSEETATIOiVrS. 



AuGrsT. — Warm, dull, and -with very little rain. The first two 

 days only were cold, their mean being 4''-3 below that of the month. 

 Max. above 72° on 12 days ; min. below 52° on 7. Pressure was 

 unusually high ; never as low as 29^ ins. The wind was northerly 

 from the 8th to the end of the month, and due N. from 12th to 

 20th. On the night of the 7th there was a heavy gale of wind. 



September. — Very wet, but bright, the rain being due more to 

 storms than settled wet weather. The first twelve days were very 

 warm, but a cold period set in on the 13th, lasting to the 25th; 

 the 26th and 27th were warmer (mean 62°-9) ; and the last three 

 days colder (mean 55°'5), with fogs and heavy dews. Max. above 

 72° on 6 days, above 82° on 2 ; min. below 52° on 15. From the 

 11th to the 15th (five days) 4 79 ins. of rain fell. Hail, with 

 heavy rain, fell at 2-30 p.m. on the 18th. 



October. — Cold, very wet, and with a humid atmosphere, not, 

 however, very cold until the 1 5th, when the first frost was recorded, 

 except a ground fi'ost on the 4th. Max. above 62° on 2 days ; 

 min. below 32° on 6. Eain fell every day from 4th to 10th 

 (3-23 ins.), rain or snow every day from 18th to 22nd (O'SO in.), 

 and rain every day from 25th to 29th (1-61 in.). A few fiakes 

 of snow fell as early as the 4th. On the 19th and 20th there was a 

 very heavy fall, almost unprecedented for October. North-easterly 

 (N. to E.) winds prevailed to 24th, and S. or S.W. afterwards. 



November. — Very bright, rather windy, and with very decided 

 alternations of temperatui'e, dividing the month into two cold and 

 two warm periods. 



1st to 11th mean 38°-5 max. 51°- 7 min. 26°-4 



12th to 16th „ 48-'-2 „ 56"-4 „ 38"-2 



17th to 23rd „ 3r-l „ 48°-8 ,, 19'-9 



24th to 30th ,, 44°-9 „ 55^-2 „ 32^-9 



Max. above 52° on 6 days ; min. below 32° on 12. Pressure de- 

 creased to 28-860 ins. on 16th, increasing to 30*472 ins. on 21st.* 

 Pain fell daily from 10th to 16th (1-31 in.) and from 23rd to 27th 

 (0 62 in.). A fine aurora was observed on the evening of the 3rd. 

 December. — Wet, dull, and with a humid atmosphere, and with 

 as decided alternations of temperature as November, but the changes 

 more frequent. 



Mean Temperature. 



1st to 3rd 37°-3 12th to 16th 43°-6 25th to 27th 34°-2 



4th to 10th.. 47°-l 17th to 22nd 36"-2 28th and 29th.. 47°-6 



11th 38°-0 23rd and 24th.. 46°-2 30th and 31st.. 33'-6 



Max. above 52° on 4 days; min. below 32° on 7. Pressure on the 

 7th was as high as 30-650 ins., the highest since January 21st. 

 To the 12th no rain fell (except 0-01 in. on 1st) ; from the 13th 

 rain or snow fell every day except 7th, 24th, and 25th. S.W. 

 winds generally prevailed. 



* At 11 p.m. on 18th the mercury stood at 28'819 ins., and at 11 p.m. on 

 20th it had risen to 30-431 ins. ; 1-612 ins. in 48 hours. 



