Totals for i8 



June o"82 



July 2-50 



Aug 3'07 



Sept 2-45 



Oct 2-91 



Nov o'86 



Dec 233 



Year 2842 



18 



Averages of 1876-I 

 2-55 



73 

 64 

 55 

 76 

 64 

 60 



Difference of i8i 

 from average. 



- 173 



- 0-23 

 + 0-43 



- 010 



+ ois 



- 178 



- 0'27 



28-48 



o'o6 



Until the end of February, it appeared as though the paucity of Rainfall, 

 which was such a remarkable feature of 1887 and 1888. was also to charac- 

 terize 1889, but with the beginning of March a change took place, and 

 unusually heavy rainlalls occurred during that and the two following months, 

 the total for the three being 4-59 inches in excess of the average. The 

 fall during March itself was the heaviest for March in the past fourteen years, 

 and that during April was only exceeded in 1877. July was abnormally dry, 

 but from then to the end of the year, November was the only month whose 

 Rainfall considerably differed from the average, it being an inch and three 

 quarters in excess. 



The maximum temperature in the sun, I09'4, was attained on June 2nd, 

 and the minimum on the grass, I2'9, on December 29th. The maximum and 

 minimum temperatures in the shade, 82"3 and 20'5, were reached on June 21st 

 and March 4th, respectively. The last frost of the winter of 1888-9 was 

 registered on April 26th, and the first frost of the succeeding winter, on 

 September i8th, the former date being earlier than in any other year during 

 the past fourteen. 



Southerly winds, it will be seen from the table, have prevailed during the 

 year, being recorded as blowing on 72 days. 



DETAILED REMARKS ON THE MONTH. 



January opened with very foggy and cold weather, which lasted till 

 the 8th, during which time an enormous deposit of hoar frost accumulated. 

 The centre of an Anticyclone passing over us on the night of the 2nd caused 

 a fog of extraordinary density. The Trent was in flood from ist to 6th, and 

 there was skating from 1st to 8th. There were 19 frosts during the month, 

 but not a single fall of snow. A gale from the W. blew from 29lh to 31st. 



Fkhruary.— With the exception of the first day, which was unusually 

 warm, this month was very cold, (iales blew on six days, accompanied by 

 snow showers. There were 19 frosts, and snow fell on 14 days--on the loth 

 to a depth of 9 inches. 



