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METEOR OL GICAL OB SEE FA Tl ONS 

 for the Year 1865. 



The most remarkable Meteorological fact in 1865, was the 

 almost entire absence of rain during the month of September ; 

 twenty-eight days were registered /««, and on the other two 

 days '04 of an inch of rain fell, or in plainer figures only 

 ^Vth of an inch; the months of April and June were also rery 

 dry, there being twenty -four fine days in the former, and twenty- 

 five in the latter month. The rainfall in April was very much be- 

 low the average, but not so much in June, as on the two last 

 days of the month there fell 1-07 inches. The month of August 

 was remarkable for its being the wettest, owing principally to 

 the Thunderstorms which were so frequent; October was the 

 next wettest month ; these two months form a striking contrast 

 with September. January and February are noticeable for heavy 

 falls of Snow. The most remarkable fall we have had for some 

 years commenced on the night of the 25th January and con- 

 tinued more or less until noon on 27th, when the average depth 

 was taken and found to be lOJ inches; in places where it 

 had drifted it was from 8 to 10 feet deep, it had not disap- 

 peared when there was another heavy fall on 16th February, 

 when it averaged 5 inches deep, and continued on the ground till 

 the end of the month. 



There were several Thunderstorms worth mentioning, 

 the first occurred on May 9th, when -82 of an inch fell in two 

 showers between the hours of 5 and 1 1 a.m. There was another 

 storm on the 6th July, -71 of an inch falling at intervals during 

 the morning ; the next was a hail storm on the 9th of July, on 

 this occasion I of an inch fell in 12 minutes; there were also 

 two heavy storms on 12th and 23rd of August, both falls 

 amounting to | of an inch each. 



