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nights, and the temperature fell to 27° on the 22nd ; all the 

 frosty nights occurred after the 19th, causing great damage 

 to the fruit-trees, the hlossoms of which had been tempted out 

 by the unusual warmth of February and March ; the average 

 temperature of April was 44-5^, instead of 47-5°. May had 

 only one frosty night, on the 6th, when the thermometer fell 

 to the freezing-point ; the average temperature of the month 

 was about normal, 53-5°. In June, July, August, and Sep- 

 tember the thermometer never fell below the freezing-point. 

 In October it fell to 32° on one night, in November on twelve 

 nights, and in December on nine nights. 



In regard to maximum temperatures, the thermometer 

 recorded 70° and upwards on 

 6 days in May. 



8 ,, June, and over 80° on 1. 

 20 „ July, „ 5. 

 14 ,, August, ,, 11. 



9 ,, September. 



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The temperature of June was a little under the average. 



,, July nearly 1° above ,, 



,, August ,, 3° ,, ,, 



,, September ,, 2° ,, ,, 



„ October ,, 1° below ,, 



,, November ,, 1° ,, ,, 



,, December was about the average. 



A remarkable fall in the temperature occurred on August 

 25th. At 9 a.m. the thermometer stood at 70-5° ; at 1 p.m. 

 at 55° ; it fell 15^° in four hours. These sudden changes are 

 more frequent in the N.E. States of America and in Canada ; 

 a difference of 30° and more has been observed in less than 

 two hours. 



Eain fell on 168 days to the total amount of 23-08 in., quite 

 5 in. below the average of Eedhill. The year was one of 

 much drought, especially from March to August, both months 

 inclusive. The smallest quantity fell in May, only -05 in. ; 

 the greatest quantity in the month in December, when 3-53 in. 

 fell. October and November were short of rain, only 1.57 in. 



