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compared with ninety days in 1880, February and March in 

 1881 being colder than the corresponding months in 1880. 

 During the months of June to September no frost was ob- 

 served. During thirteen days in January the temperature 

 did not rise at any period of the day above freezing, con- 

 tinuously from the 12th to the 22ud, and again on tha 24th 

 and 25th. Those were the only days in the year during which 

 the temperature did not rise above freezing. There were 

 three cold days towards the end of February, — the 21st, 

 22nd, and 23rd, — in which the maximum was 35°, or 3° 

 above freezing. Upon the average the temperatm-e of the 

 year was less than that of 1880, being 46-96° m 1881, as 

 compared with 48-36° for 1880. 



Eain fell on 182 days in 1881, and on 180 days in 1880. 

 It is surprising how little is the variation year by year in the 

 number of days' rain. The number of days each month may 

 differ greatly fi-om the number in corresponding months of 

 other years, but fi-om January to December the total is 

 pretty much the same every year, being about half the num- 

 ber of days. This does not mean that half the days are wet 

 days, but that some amount of rain more or less falls upon 

 an average about 180 days in the year. The amount of rain 

 year by year may and often does vary considerably. Com- 

 paring the rain in 1881 with that in 1880, as regards the 

 months, in February and in December in each year about 

 the same quantity fell in the corresponding month, about 

 3i in. in February, and about 3| in. in December. The 

 greatest difference was in August, when 4-60 in. fell in 1881, 

 but only •83 in. in 1880 ; but in October the relation was 

 reversed, only 2-74 in. fell in 1881, but 7-48 in. m 1880. As 

 regards heavy falls of rain, only once in 1881 more than one 

 inch fell in the twenty-four hours fi-om 8 a.m. to 8 a.m. ; 

 that was on October 22ud; but in 1880 there were three falls 

 of above an inch, viz., on July 29th, 1-22 in. ; on September 

 11th, 1-29 in. ; and on October 9th, 1-53 in. There were, 

 however, in 1881 six occasions on which from 8-lOths to 

 9-lOths of an inch fell, viz., on January 18th, which was 

 snow, June 17th, July 31st, August 25th, November 26th, 



