METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL. 199 



July. — This was the hottest mouth in the present century. The 

 ujean maxinium was upwards of ^h° above the average maximum 

 of the mouth. The mean minimum was "2° above the average. 

 On the 5th the thermometer in the shade stood as high as 97° 

 and on the following day at 95°. No raiu fell till the 14th. The 

 total quantity was oue-tenth of an inch below the average and fell 

 mostly on the 14th, 10th, aud 25th ; only a very little falling on 

 three other days. Upwards of an inch aud a half fell on the 10th 

 alone. Thunder and lightuiug were of frequent occurrence 

 throughout the month. 



AiKjust. — This was also a hot month, the mean temperature 

 being nearly two degrees above the average. Tlie quantity of 

 rain was upwards of an inch above the usual quantity for the 

 month; but it fell in large quantities on six days, so that it was 

 but slight on the eight others on which there was rain after dry 

 intervals ; seventeen days were dry, and on the whole remarkably 

 line. There was a very heavy thunderstorm on the 17th; the 

 lightning was chiefly sheet-lightuing till 1 1 p.m.; there was then much 

 forked lightuiug, with loud thunder, followed by raiu in torrents. 



Septeuther. — The temperature was above the average in the 

 first half of the month ; but it afterwards fell considerably, so 

 that the mean v.-as below the average nearly a degree. It was 

 within two degrees of freezing on tl)e night of the 10th, and it 

 was also low on that of the 17th; This sudden fall of tempera- 

 ture was followed by heavy rain on the 18th. The total amount 

 of rain was fully an inch above the average for the month. It 

 fell in large quantities on the 7th, 18th, and ■27th. It was 

 heavy on the morning of the 8th, accompanied with thunder and 

 lightning. Fogs were of frequent occurrence throughout the 

 month. The 21st and 30th were boisterous. 



October. — This mouth was wet and cold. The mean tempera- 

 ture was nearly 4° below the average. On eight nights it was 

 below freezing. It was 4° below this point so early in the 

 mouth as the 8th. The amount of rain was nearly an inch and 

 a quarter above the average. Upwards of an inch fell on the 4th. 

 There was a dry period favourable for many operations between 

 the 9th and 20th. Much rain fell between the 21st and 30th 

 inclusive, more especially on the 24th and 25th. The barometer 

 on those days was not remarkably low, but with less rain aud a 

 strong south wind it became much depressed on the 20th. With 

 north and easterly winds it was steadily high during the dry 

 period of the month. 



