20 



ilmt of luiy March on roronl. Only tlirfio iimoH in tlic provioua '2',\ yearn, liaH 

 niiy month of tho twcilv*;, oxrfMMhMl 'Jio proHont month in itroHHuro, i. e., July 

 \m), :«)li:{; July I H<;(), ;{()•!•);{; Au^UHt IH(;o, :M)1(;(). Tho maxinium :«)-4U7 

 •\v;vH attiiin(!(l on tho 'JOtli anil wmh niivor ho hi^h in any March of tho jmivious 

 *j;{ yc^arM. Tht! niiiiimiMn was 'JlioKO im tlio l4Lh, wliich is also tho highoht 

 iniiiiniuni roconl for tliis month dnrinx tlir samo jxniod. Tini month's ran^o 

 •IM7 of an inch, thonsforo, occurnjd in twolvo ilays, and iH not romaikahlo for 

 itsoxtont; 1X5(5 and 185!), both ha<l a K'oator ran;<o. 1'ho Kn.'atost movoiniint 

 of thohuromotor was a riso of + •;i75 of an inch, hotwcn^n llio7a.m. ohsorva- 

 iioiiH of tho '25th and 2<')tli. Oidy Hix timos during tho month did tho daily 

 ])(;rturltations ox(r(;<Ml tho fifth of an inch. Jt is ahnost an nnrxci;])tionahh) 

 rulo,tliatcoiitinu(<usly hi/^h atniosphoric proHHuro is accompanied with oxcuHwivo 

 mortality. 



Tho wimifdrrr. was 5'J'1(; Ihs., which iw 2'50 11)H. Iohh than tho Ma,rch avoraj^(». 

 Fortunatoly tho <»(;(!an winds liad f-jifiatlv tlio j)ropondoranco, hoth in nnndxtr 

 and forco. Noithcriy winds wcro much holow tlio avora;<o in hoth rcispcscts. 

 AtHovon o'clock in tho morniiiff, wind from northerly j)ointH of tho compaHS 

 j)rovad(!d for 27 out of tho ."il. days. At 1 p.m., tlnjy wore only notiul 7 timoH, 

 at Hun-HctD times, so that tho soa-hroozos kept up a ^,'of)d su))|ily of ()/ono, and 

 countoractod to Homo rxtont tho injurious ollocts (»f (hou^dit, higli solar tcsm- 

 ijoraturo and oxcossivo atniosphoric jMCiSSiiro, 'J'iio Htrongost witid iticordod 

 iiiid rr2() lh«. pr(!«suroto tho squaro foot.and was roKistcrocl at7 a.m. of th<i I5th. 

 Hut at an oarlior i)oriod of tho samo day a huiri<;ano hlow, with a forco of 

 2()-h:{ 11).<. and did considorahlu dama^jo to hnildin^^ shijiping, uud ospocially 

 fruit irons. It was a nortli-wostor, Init not a. hot-wind. 



Tlio <nft/>nv/yw,)Tni(!an was <»()";{0(lc.;,'ro(!S, which Is 1 •.''>2 oidy ahovo tho 20 

 ycsars' moan for March. NovortlniloHs it was colder tinui any March sirico 

 IK5!), whon it wais HS 20 dotfroos. 'J'lio m(5un th^ducird from tho maximum and 

 minimum self -rc;,Mstoiin^' tlnirmoniotois, diU'ori^d loss than usual from tho 

 foiiiici-, hcin^' only (ITO'I dc;,'ro('S. Tho maximum tcimporatuio ()f tho nntnth 

 was oidy HI d(i;.,'i(j(;s, and occurrod on tho llthand is considorahly holow that 

 of any Mar(;h since 18.^)4. 'J'ho minimum 43 dogreos was noted on tho 4th, 

 '22nd, and 2l)l.h. Tho months' laiigo, ;»H degnifjs, m lusa than Iuih happened ia 

 any March sinc(! 1854. 



The dalln r<iii(i(' of tcmpcriUurc had a moan'of '20';i2 dogrros, which is only 

 + •28 al>ovo the 20 yoaiH' average, though it is -f-5';{2 higher than March, 18(;;{, 

 Inid. Tho greatest range on a.ny day, was only '29d(!greeH on the 22nd. I'lvery 

 Miirch sinct! 1H.54 has had a higli(;r maximum tlian this. 'i'he Hiiiallest move- 

 nu'iitof tho thermometer on any day was jydegrccM, and recorded on tho ;{rd 

 and H)th. Shado ioniporaturo, thoroforo, iuall its varitttion«, waH uot iQimical 

 to health. 



Tho mean of tho noJar-lhcrmmncUr was, 107*87, whidi ih +4'8G degreoH, 

 ahovo the average of tho previous 8 years, and , I 12'2:'» degrees, hgher than 

 March, 18():{, had. Tho h»ng continuanco of almost cloudless skies, a.s will 

 1)0 HOisn hereiifter, accounts for this unusual ahiindaiico of Hunshiuo. Tho 

 rnaximum, 121, occurred on tho 1 1th ; the minimum, 74, was noted on tho 10th, 

 however, there wore only six days altogether on which this tliennonioter indi- 

 cated a, lower tempcsraturo than 100. 



Terr<'Mial-r<i<li<t'ti,<m imian was 47*50 degrnoH, hoinp; — '88 of a dogroo, Iohh 

 than tho 8 yeais' average, and — :'».58 degrees lower than 18(»;5 bad. Tho 

 maximum f)ccuried on the 1 lth,and was 50 "5 ilegroeH,tho minimum was recorded 

 on the Oth and '22nd, heing .'{♦) degrees. 



Tho total rai/i jn-ocipitated <luring tho month was only 1"2G iiiclioH to tho 

 Hquan* foot, which is "20 leSM than tho March average, and- Ji "01 inclnsM 

 ioHH than fell in March last year, 'i'hero were only four rainy days, heing 



(J-;J7 days holow tho average nuniher for 8 years of March. Tluj downfall oii 



the l'»rd was ■8:{ of an in(;h, and thoroughly scoured tho streets and gutters. 

 Again oil the Ml.li tlitire was just ra,in enough to ma,k(,'tho chaunels (lowgisntly. 

 On tlio other two days only enough fell to lay the rlust, ])romoto decom]»o."ii- 

 tioii, and therohy ]»ollute the atmos]ihere. >S'«ow; was never noted on Mount 

 Wellington during tho month. 



Tho total of H/xjidamoua evaporation was 2"94 ineho«. 



EJmUc. force, of vapor had a moan of WM), which nxc<iodH tho 20 years' 

 avorago hy +:<r>. Four times only in %\ years, has the elastic forco of vajior in 

 March oxcoodod that of tho presont mr)nth. 



Humidity mean wa:: 74, })eing — 1 \ less than the 20 years* avorago, but —4 

 bolow thai of March last year. 



Cloud moan 4'05 in below tliat of any March in tho provioua 2.'J yearn, 



