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it "was ju'^t the reverse, the throe summer months and tlic first 

 autuiuiial month being colder than usual. There was a thunder- 

 storm on 9th with 0-50 in. of rain, and on 26th with 0-80 in. 



July. — Cokl, cloudy, with a humid atmosphere, average strength 

 of wind, and low barometric pressure. The month is remarkable 

 for the large number of rainy days (23) in comparison with the 

 amount of rain falling, which was only slightly above the average. 

 To 26th the only days without rain were 1st, 2nd, 19th, and 20th. 

 Max. temp, above 72° on 4 days; min. below 52° on 15. The 

 exti'erae range of temperature, 3P'l, shows a great contrast to 

 that in the previous July, 52°"5, and indeed both the mean and 

 extreme range in the three summer months in this year were much 

 less than in the corresponding period in 1881. 



August. — Cold, cloudy, with a humid atmosphere as in July, 

 and with a small amount of rainfall. Strength of wind and baro- 

 metric pressui'e about the average. Max. temp, above 72^ on 5 

 days; min. below 52° on 17. The earlier part of the month was 

 finer and warmer than the latter part. 



1st to loth 9 a.m. 62°-0 Mean Min. 53°-4 Mean Max. 69°-9 Mean Grs 

 lethtoSlst ,, 57-7 ,, 49-5 ,, 64-1 ,, 57-1 



Difference ,, 4-3 ,, 3 -9 ,, 5-8 ,, 4 -7 



From 1st to 15th 0-2 lin. of rain fell, and from 16th to 31st, TSSin. 

 Septeiiber. — Rather cold and bright, with a humid atmosphere 

 of low pressure, and an average amount of rain. Max. temp, 

 above 62° on 17 days; min. below 42° on 10. Although the lowest 

 temperature recorded was above 32°, there was a ground-frost on 

 the morning of the 15th. The first 3 days were much warmer 

 than any other part of the month. 



1st to 3r(i 9 a.m. 62-5 Mean Min. 55-3 Mean Max. 66-6 Mean 61-5 

 4th to 30th ,, 53-1 ,, 43-6 ,, 62-5 ,, 53-1 



Difference ,, 9-4 ,, 117 „ 4-1 „ 8-4 



There was a slight thunderstorm on the 14th. 



October. — Of average temperature, with a cloudy and very humid 

 atmosphere of low pressure, and with an excessive amount of rain. 

 Until after the 9th there was no heavy fall of rain, though rain fell 

 on 4 of the first 9 days; from the lOth to the end of the month 

 there were only two days without rain, 14th and 29th, and during 

 this period more than half an inch fell on 5 days, with a total of 

 3'34 ins., and more than a quarter of an inch on 6 other days, with 

 a total of 2-07 ins., making 11 days of heavy rainfall with an 

 aggregate of 5-41 ins. (an average of nearly half an inch each day) 

 out of the 24 on which rain fell. The first part of the month, to 

 about the 14th, was warmer than the second, but there was no 

 decided change in temperature. Max. above 52° on 23 days, above 

 62° on 6 (before 10th) ; min. below 42° on 8 (after 22nd), below 

 32° on 3 (26th, 27th, and 30th). There was a fine display of the 

 aurora borealis on the 2nd ; lightning was seen on the evening of 



