
METEOROLOGICAL NOTES DURIXG THE YEAR 1897. 169 
which there were only thirteen days without rain. On several 
occasions the rainfall was heavy; on the llth no less than 14 
inches fell—the total amount registered for the month being 5°51 
inches, much above what fell in August, 1896, though } inch less 
than in the same month of 1895. 
The atmospheric pressure was somewhat low. Only on one 
occasion was it above 30 inches; this occurring on the 3rd, when 
it was at 30°10. There was a quick fall to 29°50 on the 6th, and 
the pressure then ranged between 29°70 and 29:10 all month. 
The winds varied a good deal in direction and force. 
Despite the heavy rainfall, the temperature was high, and as 
the maximum thermometer in shade was ten times above 70° and 
only once below 60°, the averages are higher by 4° in each case 
than in August, 1896, the figures being—maximum, 67°; 
minimum, 52°. 
The moist, warm weather tended to keep vegetation fresh and 
bright. Such trees as the Lime and Sycamore, which usually 
begin to lose their foliage in our city parks by the third week of 
August, were quite fresh at the end of the month. Grain crops 
filled up well, but were not ready for harvesting during the month. 
September.—The weather was showery and somewhat colder 
until the 6th, then it kept dry and fine until the 20th, excepting 
on the 16th, when we had a heavy fall of rain. Showery, and at 
times disagreeable weather prevailed more or less until the end 
of the month. There were sixteen dry days, and the rainfall 
amounted to 3°39 inches. 
The readings of the barometer show a wide range in the pressure. 
From 29°30 on the 2nd, it rose to 30°33 on the 14th, then it fell 
rapidly to 29°30 on the 18th, afterwards varying irregularly to 
29-10 on the 26th and up to 29-90 on the 27th. 
Though no frost was registered, the freezing point was closely 
approached on several occasions, and the temperature kept a some- 
what low range, consequently the averages—maximum, 58°; mini- 
mum, 44°—are even lower than they were in the same month in 
1896, which in turn were several degrees below those of the 
corresponding month of its predecessor. 
The low temperature had the natural effect on vegetation of 
causing deciduous trees to lose their foliage rapidly towards the 
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