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some portion of tlie twenty-four hours fell below freezing 

 (32°), but on three days only the temperature of the air failed 

 to rise above the freezing-point, viz., on January 16th and 

 17tli, and on December 27th. During 53 days in the summer 

 the temperature rose to 70° and upwards, but did not reach 

 80°; and on 15 days it rose to 80° and upwards. The 

 warmest day of the year at Eedhill, as recorded by me, was 

 July 4th, when the temperature in the shade reached 85°. 

 The minimum temperature, as recorded by me, was on 

 January 1st, when the thermometer fell to 14° in the shade. 



Rain. — The year 1887 was exceptionally dry ; only 24-39 in. 

 of rain fell in the twelve months, on 148 days. The driest 

 month was July, when only '67 in. fell. No rain fell, as recorded 

 by me, from June 7th to July Srd, both days inclusive, being 

 27 days, a longer period without rain than has occurred at Red- 

 hill for the last twenty-one years. In those twenty-one years, 

 on two occasions only has the quantity of rain which has fallen 

 been less than in 1887, viz. : — In 1870 the total was 23-73 in. ; 

 in 1884, 23-03 in. ; in 1887, 24-39 in. As might be expected, 

 in so dry a season, no very heavy falls of rain occurred. The 

 heaviest continuous fall (which, by the way, was snow, not 

 rain) was on January Srd and 4th, when snow equal to about 

 1-23 in. of rain fell. On no other occasion during the year 

 did so much as one inch of rain fall in any one continuous 

 downpour. The other maximum falls were — -84 in. on 

 October 29th ; -82 in. on November 3rd ; -78 in. on August 

 16th; -70 in. on August 80th. The average annual rainfall 

 for Redhill during the last twenty-one years, as recorded by 

 me, has been 31-015 in., and the average number of days in 

 the year on which rain fell is 178 days. The season has 

 therefore been exceptionally dry as to the amount of rain 

 which fell, and as to the number of days on which rain fell. 



Snow fell on 14 days, and so early in the autumn as on 

 October 11th, but no heavy falls occurred after the one in 

 January, before referred to. 



Hail fell on November 2iid, about noon, in a smart 

 shower, covering the ground to a depth of about ^ in. Hail- 

 storms or even showers of hail are not frequent in this 



