























METEOROLOGICAL NOTES DURING THE YEAR 1896. 111 
the middle of the month, the leaves of the Alder, Hawthorn, Oak, 
Pyrus, Willow, &c., falling quickly. 
October.—During the first ten days there was a continuance of 
wet, stormy weather, with a severe gale accompanied by heavy 
rain on the 8th. After the first frost of the season, on the 11th, 
when 3° of frost were registered, the weather became somewhat 
settled but very cold, with a considerable amount of frost for 
October. Snow and sleet fell on the 24th. 
The rainfall was rather above the average, the amount registered 
_ being 3:70 inches. There were seventeen dry days. The winds, 
_ which were westerly and strong for the first ten days, were lighter 
and northerly afterwards. 
’ Throughout the month the readings of the barometer show a 
series of erratic changes with a greater range than usual. From 
30°12 inches on the lst the pressure fell to 28-60 on the 8th, 
rising again to 30°25 inches on the 14th. Then it fell to 29:98 on 
the 18th, till on the 31st it stood, with several sharp intervening 
_ changes, at 29°64 inches, thus showing a range of nearly 1} inches 
during the month. 
‘The average day temperature was 48° and the minimum of 
night temperature 34°, the former being 1° Jess than and the 
latter the same as in the corresponding month of 1895. Frost 
_ to the amount of 56° was registered on thirteen mornings. 
_ With the frost of the month, vegetation rapidly assumed a wintry 
appearance ; most of the deciduous trees and shrubs being divested 
_ of the bulk of their leaves by the end of the month. 
__ November.—Throughout the month the weather was open and 
mild on the whole, and remarkably fine for the season. An 
absence of sunshine, a prevalence of fogs with little frost, and a 
1 rainfall of limited amount being its chief characteristics. The 
§ winds were generally of a light description, W. and 8.W. in the 
early part, and N.E. during the last week. The amount of rain 
; registered was only 1:07 inches, and there were twenty dry days. 
Frost occurred on ten mornings, but the total amount registered 
s only 50°, the only severe occasion being the 30th, when 12° 
re recorded. The average maximum temperature was 46° and 
af 
ae 
~ 
