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higher. On 12 days it did not rise above 32° at any time 
during the day, and on the 6th, 7th, and 8th the maximum of 
the day was 22°-5, 20°-0, and 26°-°0. The average temperature 
of the month was 27°45, the lowest average of any month of 
February recorded by me since 1867, being 9-95 degrees lower 
than the average temperature of that month as observed at 
Redhill in 16 years. 
From April to September the temperature was above the 
average ; in September 3°89 beyond the average. An unusually 
hot time occurred towards the end of the month, when the 
thermometer rose on the 30th to 80°5 in the shade. October 
was cool, and towards the end of the month very cold for the 
time of year. From the 22nd to the 30th it fell below freezing 
each night, and on the 27th sank to 23° or 9 degrees below 
freezing-point. November was wet and warm, the average of 
the month being 3°-20 above the general average of 16 years. 
December was also slightly warmer than the average. On the 
coldest night the temperature fell to 23°, on the 21st. 
Tue RaINFaL. 
In January it was slightly under the average. In February 
the deposit was only -28, being 1-82 inches below the average of 
29 years. March and April were about the average. The fall 
in May and June very slight—only ‘55 and °38 respectively. 
July was a wet month, the rainfall being nearly double the 
average. August was beyond the average. September the 
fall was very slight, only 49, not + of what might have been 
expected. October did not keep up its character of being the 
wettest month in the year, the fall being only 3-32, but yielded 
the palm to November, when the fall was 5:47 inches, a trifle 
more than the fall in July. December yielded about the 
average. 
Some heavy falls of rain occurred in the months of July 
and November. 
In July 1-46 inches onthe 2nd, 
PRR rs 22nd, 
‘90 inch a 27th ; 
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