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siderable rise took place, there Ijeiug 23 days of September 

 and 21 days of October over 80 in., and 7 days of September 

 and 10 days of October under 30 in. In November there was 

 again a fall, but a considerable rise in December. During 

 the year the barometer rose to 30 in. and upwards 195 times; 

 to 29 in. and under 30 in. 169 times ; and once under 29 in. 

 On the 19th of December the barometer fell -65 in., rising 

 again -58 in. on the following day. A rapid fall occurred 

 from the 6th to the 7th of November, amounting to -64 in. 



Thermometer. — January varied considerably in its average 

 temperature from the usual mean, the average of the month 

 being 42'68°, instead of 36°. On 13 days the temperature rose 

 above 50°, and on 7 days only at uight it fell below freezing- 

 point. The wind blew from the S.W. or W. during the 

 whole of the month, and occasionally strongly from that 

 quarter, and these S.W. gales in winter almost invariably 

 bring a high temperature. For the most part the wind rises 

 towards the evening, and continues until about sunrise the 

 next morning, when the force is lessened, until the evening, 

 when it is again liable to rise. The maximum temperature 

 of the month was 53° on the 6th, the minimum day tempera- 

 ture 33° on the 1st, and the minimum night temperatm-e 

 25-50° on the 2nd. On the 5th the minimum temperature of 

 the 24 hours was 47-5° ; and on the 7th, 11th, and 26th, it 

 never fell below 46°. 



February was cold, the average temperature of the month 

 being only 36-25° ; the maximum being 50° on the 18th, 

 the minimum 24° on the 28th ; the temperature was 

 below freezing on 15 nights. Although the average tempe- 

 rature was under the mean of several years, the weather 

 was fine and open, more bright sunshine being recorded than 

 is usual for the month, and this was especially so in the 

 Midland and Eastern Counties, 



March was remarkable for an excessively cold night on 

 the 3rd and morning of the 4th, the thermometer falling 

 to 8-50° in the Oxford Road, and in other positions in 

 the neighbourhood a few degrees lower. The thermometer 

 fell below freezing on 13 nights, and on the 2nd it did 



