202 METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL. 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



Jaiiuari/. — This was the mildest January since I^lU. The 

 uights were warmer on the average than thej generally are in 

 March, and this is doubtless attributable to the prevalence of 

 south-west winds, for these blew from that quarter in the course 

 of the month during fourteen days, and sometimes very strongly. 

 The quantity of rain was nearly an inch and a half above the 

 average. The 4th, Otli, 7th, l^th, lyth, and 2Uth were boiste- 

 rous, with rain. A hurricane from north on the night of the il;lnd 

 was not accompanied, with rain. Lightning was seen on the 

 evening of the 11th. 



February. — This was a cold month, the mean temperature 

 being upwards of 0° below the average, or y° colder than in the 

 preceding month. The temperature was not in any instance 

 remarkably low ; but on the average it was lower than in 

 any corresponding month for twenty-seven previous years at 

 least. The wind was chiefly from north and north-east. Tlie 

 quantity of rain was nearly an inch below the average ; yet it is 

 remarkable that the barometer averaged lower than in the 

 preceding month, when the quantity of rain was much in excess. 

 Snow fell in small quantities on the nights of the 10th, 11th, 

 12th, and 15 th ; and some very broad flakes on the forenoon of 

 the 23nd. 



March. — This was a cold month, the mean temperature being 

 4"82° below the average ; and it may be remarked that the days 

 were not so much colder than usual as the nights were ; for the 

 mean maximum was only 3 '42°, whilst the mean minimum was 

 6'21° below their respective averages. From the 17th to the 

 26th the weather was very cold night and day, and snow fell 

 occasionally. The 17th was densely overcast, and the tempera- 

 ture at the highest point on that day was only 1° above freezing. 

 The quantity of rain was little more than the average. There 

 was a dense fog on the morning of the 12th. 



April. — The mean temperature, though still below, was nearer 

 the average than in the two preceding months. The amount of 

 rain was nearly an inch above the usual quantity ; but at intervals 

 there was generally a considerable amount of dryness in the 

 air. North, north-west, w^est, and south-west winds were almost 

 equally prevalent; but, with a brisk north wind, on the 13th, a 

 frost occurred which greatly injured the crops of Apples, Pears, 



