NOTES AND REMARKS UPON THE WEATHER. 137 



With regard to the temperature, it has to he noted that the 

 monthly averages are again high on the whole, and the mean 

 temperature for the year is similar to that of the previous year. 

 There was again an absence of very severe frosts. The ther- 

 mometer in shade was at or below freezing point (32°) on 

 73 days, though actual frost was only registered on 57 days 

 to the extent of 287°, as compared with 226° on 55 days in 

 1905. The lowest readings for the year were on the 14th 

 March, when 18° of frost were registered, and on the 16th 

 December, when 16° were noted. Perhaps the most notable 

 feature regarding temperature was the absence of frost during 

 November, while the month of October with only 8°, and 

 January with 9°, are somewhat abnormal conditions. The 

 warmest months were June, July, and August. The average 

 maximum and minimum temperatures were respectively 65° and 

 50°, 64° and 50°, and 64° and 53° ; while September, with 

 62° and 47°, followed closely. The hottest days of the year 

 were, however, in September, when on the 2nd the reading 

 was 80°, and on the 3rd, 82°, in the shade, the thermometer 

 being 4 feet above the ground. It must be remembered, how- 

 ever, that these figures always apply to the preceding 24 hours 

 at 9 a.m., when the daily readings are noted. The maximum 

 thermometer in the shade was only at or above 70° on 4 days 

 in June, 2 days in July, 7 days in August, and 3 days in 

 September. 



In regard to the barometric readings, the range was exactly 

 2 inches — the highest, 30' 50 inches, on the 9th April, and the 

 lowest, 28'50 inches, on the 10th February — whereas in 1905 

 the range was 2 '40 inches. 



In regard to the winds, though none were specially destructive, 

 there were many gales of -some severity. As usual, there was 

 a preponderance of westerly winds. Excluding the direct north 

 and south points, the winds from the western direction prevailed 

 on 278 days, and from the eastern on 80 days. In the previous 

 year the figures were 284 and 81 respectively. 



The following table regarding temperature may be of interest 

 for compariBon: — 



