30 



years and 40 years respectively; it was 3°-4 lower than in 1880 

 and I'^-i higher than in 1879. 



January, 1882. 



The weather in January was remarkable for very high read- 

 ings of the barometer and high mean atmospheric pressure for 

 the month; total absence of snow, the very few nights on which 

 the temperature on grass was below 32°, and consequently very 

 few and slight frosts, and almost total absence of north and 

 north-east winds. It was a mild pleasant mouth, being verv 

 warm during the first fortnight, and the last five days, with a 

 rainfall below the average; at the end of the month all agricul- 

 ture was a month in advance, and many flowers were in blossom 

 in addition to the usual January flowers. 



The mean temperature of the air for January was 40°*4, 

 being 3'-9 and 2'1 above the average of 111 years and 41 years 

 respectively; it was 8 '8, 7'-2, and 8'-5 higher than in 1881, 

 1880, and 1879 respectively, and of the same value, viz., 40°-4, 

 in the year 1878. 



Back to 1771 there have been 18 Januarys as warm as this, 

 viz. : — 



February, 1882. 



The weather in February was mild and pleasant, with a high 

 barometer continuing till near the end of the mouth, and a high 

 temperature from the Uth day, vegetation Avas very forward at 

 the end of the month. 



The mean temperature of the air for February was 41''-8, 

 being 3""1 and 2"'4 above the average of 111 years and 41 years 

 respectively; it was 4°-l higher than in 1881, corresponded with 

 the mean in the year 1880, and 3'^-6 higher than in 1879. 



Back to the year 1771 there have been but 23 Februarys as 

 warm, viz. : — 



