METEOROLOGICAL NOTES DURINf) THE YEAR 1904. 285 



The variations of the atmospheric pressure were very pronounced, 

 and the barometric readings show a wide range. From 29o8 

 inches on the 1st, the pressure steadily declined to 28-95 inches 

 on the 7th. Rising sharply on the 8th to 29-50 inches, it varied 

 little until the 12th, when it suddenly dropped to 28-70 inches, 

 and on the following day it rose to 29-40 inches. Following a drop 

 of four points on the 14th, the pressure rapidly increased to 30-30 

 inches on the 19th, declining gradually after that date until the 

 26th, when it touched 29-80. After a rise of two points, it 

 sharply fell to 29-40 inches when the gale was at its height on the 

 30th. An equally sharp rise followed, and on the closing day of 

 the year the barometer indicated 30-09 inches. 



Frost was registered on eleven days during the month, the 

 greatest amount for one day was 1 6° on the 1 1 th. The total 

 amount was 54°. On the 8th the temperature did not rise above 

 31°, the day being overcast and slightly foggj-. The average 

 maximum temperature was 42" and the average minimum 34°. 



The rainfall amounted to 3-48 inches, and on two occasions the 

 fall for twenty-four hours exceeded half an inch. There weie 

 13 dry days. 



The freshness of the grass lands, which was so noticeable at the 

 end of November, was equally so at the end of the year. 



In comparing the records with those of previous years we find 

 the rainfall of 1904 was slightly under the average, which, 

 broadly speaking, is about 36 inches. The amount, 34-87 inches, 

 is in marked contrast, however, to the abnormal amount 

 registered for 1903, when we had a fall of 55-52 inches. March 

 proved the driest month, with only 1-43 inches, though June 

 nearly approached it with 1-54 inches. The wettest month was 

 April, when the rainfall amounted to 4-64 inches. 



The heaviest fall for 24 hours was registered on the morning of 

 23rd July, when the amount was 1-40 inches. This was the 

 only occasion during the year when over an inch of rainfall for 

 one day was recorded. 



The number of days on which no rain was registered was 163, 

 whereas in 1903 there was only 138. 



The following table of rainfall recorded in the various Public 

 Parks of the City is interesting as showing the variations in the 

 different parts of the City. Due allowance must always, of course, 



