NOTES AND EEMARKS UPON THE WEATHER. 135 



In regard to the temperature, the thermometer was at or 

 below freezing point on 16 days, and on the 26th and 30th did 

 not rise above 30° Fah. The total amount of frost registered 

 was 102°, the lowest reading being 16° on the 26th. C!onsequent 

 on these conditions, the average temperatures are low, the 

 maximum being 42° and the minimum 33°, compared with 45° 

 and 39° respectively for December, 1905. 



Owing to long prevalence of fresh, open weather, vegetation 

 was clean and bright, while in sheltered places honeysuckle and 

 other precocious plants were starting into growth and Jasminum 

 nudiflorum blooming. The sharp frosts of this month checked 

 the precocity of growth, and in places severely blackened soft, 

 sappy growths, and injured the more tender class of shrubs. 



In comparing the records for 1906 with those of the previous 

 year, several outstanding points may be noted. The rainfall, 

 39'75 inches, is 10 inches above the rainfall of 1905, which was 

 an exceptionally dry year, and 2 inches above the average for 

 the past twelve years. While October, with a rainfall of 5'33 

 inches, was the wettest month of the year, it was closely followed 

 by August, with 5'28 inches. January, with 4'74 inches, and 

 November, with 4" 17 inches, must also be considered wet months. 

 The driest months were April, with only 1"21 inches; September, 

 with 1"41 inches; and June, with r69 inches. Those months 

 which have less than 2 inches of rainfall must be considered 

 as dry months in this district. There were 152 days during the 

 year in which no rainfall was registered. In 1905 the rainfall 

 was 29"62 inches, and there were 160 dry days. Only on one 

 occasion during the year was the rainfall for the day over 

 1 inch, the greatest amount registered for the 24 hours ending 

 at 9 a.m. on 17th March being r08 inches. 



The following table of rainfall in the various city parks where 

 gauges are placed is interesting as showing the variations in the 

 different localities. Due allowance must always, of course, be 

 made for the local conditions, as the exposure, altitude, and 

 surroundings are different in each case: — 



