258 EEV. C. W, HARVEY — METEOKOLOGICAL OBSEEVATIONS 



summer months ; rainfall, which for the year was slightly helow 

 the mean for the county, was ahove that for the district; in six 

 out of the twelve months the fall was above the monthly average, 

 April and October showing the greatest excess, January and May 

 the greatest deficiency. 



Peesstjee. — The only occasion upon which the barometer fell 

 below 29'0 ins. was on March 1st; on the other hand the high 

 pressure of January and February calls for more than a passing 

 remark; on the 17th and 18th, finding pressure unusually high, 

 I took observations at intervals of three hours during the daytime 

 with the following results : — 



From these values it seems that during the two days of highest 

 pressure the barometer stood higher at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. than 

 during the intervening hours of the day. Pressure also exceeded 

 30-7 ins. on Feb. 19th and 20th, the barometer at 9 p.m. on 19th 

 standing at 30-74 and at 9 a.m. on the following day at 30-79 ins. 

 Tejipeeatuee. — The mean temperature of the year, 46°-4, was 

 0°-2 above that of 1881, but 0°-7 below that of 1880; the mean 

 temperature of the three years is therefore about 46°-5. The 

 following are the four highest maxima and lowest minima during 

 the year : — 



Highest Maxima. Lowest Minima. 



(a) Aug. 6th and 12th 77°-6 (a) Dec. 11th 19°-1 



(b) July 3rd 75 -2 {b) „ 12th 19 -7 



(c) „ 30th 74 -1 (c) „ 2nd 22 -1 



(d) ,, 27th 73-1 {d) „ 10th 22-5 



The thermometer neither rose so high nor fell so low as in either 

 of the two preceding years ; the range, which was 58°-5, was 20°-4 

 less than in 1881 and ll°-2 less than in 1880. The warmest and 

 coldest periods of 14 days occurred on the first 14 days of August 

 and the first 14 days of December respectively ; of these two periods 

 the mean daily temperatures were : — 



The warmest period was about 2° below the mean for the 



