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are the highest for this month since 1899, when they were 

 51° and 42° respectively — an abnormally high condition for 

 November. The respective averages for the month in 1905 were 

 44° and 35°. 



Owing to the excessive rainfall and the consequent sodden 

 condition of the soil, the working of land and raising of root 

 crops were much hindered. Pasture lands retained a freshness 

 which is not frequently seen in November. 



December. — Throughout this month the weather was variable. 

 The early part of the 1st was fine, but rain began late in the 

 day, and for five days the weather was more or less stormy 

 and wet, though much of the rain fell in the evenings. After 

 the 6th it became much colder, with frost in the mornings, 

 some days being dull, raw, and oold. Another thick fog was 

 experienced in the afternoon and evening of the 11th, while the 

 12th was wild and stormy in the morning, and it was a dirty 

 day, though it became calm and clear at night. An inch of 

 snow fell on the 13th, after which, for a few days, the weather 

 was frosty. With a rising barometer, there was a period of 

 wonderfully mild weather till the 24th, when a change occurred, 

 and more wild, stormy, wintry weather was experienced, with 

 snow on the 25th, 26th, 27th, and 30th. A thaw set in on the 

 evening of the 31st. 



Between the 1st and 12th the barometric readings show an 

 erratic range in the atmospheric pressure. From 29"80 inches 

 it fell, with only one check, to 29' 10 inches on the 5th. A very 

 sharp rise followed, as on the 7th it was up to 30' 10 inches. 

 A sudden drop to 29'50 inches on the 8th followed, and, after 

 the recovery of three points on the 10th, another sharp fall 

 occurred, and the lowest reading of the month was 28*90 inches, 

 on the 12th. A steady rise followed until the 21st, when the 

 pressure indicated was 30"40 inches. A sharp but steady fall 

 followed to 29" 10 inches on the 27th, when the wild, stormy 

 weather was experienced. For two days thereafter a rise of five 

 points occurred, but the pressure was declining as the year 

 closed. 



The rainfall amounted to 3'51 inches, of which a proportion 

 was melted snow. There were 15 dry days. In December, 1905, 

 the amount of rainfall was practically the same, it being 3'50 

 inches, while there were only 10 di-y days. 



