46 Proceedings. 
FEBRUARY. 
There were greater fluctuations in the barometer this month 
than in January; but the average height was 30°31 inches, 
differing but little from January. On 25 days the barometer 
read 30 inches and upwards, and on 4 days only did it fall 
under 30 inches. The maximum was 30°69 inches on the 3rd ; 
the minimum 29°76 inches on the 20th. 
The month was warm. The average height of the ther- 
mometer was 39°35; the average for this month over a 
period of 30 years being only 37°51. The maximum tempera- 
ture 54°, was reached on the 12th and 28th; the minimum, 
20°-5, on the 25th. On eleven nights the temperature fell to 
freezing-point and under. 
Rain fell on nine days to the extent of only °39 of an inch; 
the average fall for the month of February, as observed at 
Redhill, being 2°04 inches. 
Marcu. 
The height of the barometer this month averaged 29°86 
inches. The maximum being 30°31 inches on the 10th; the 
minimum 28°96 inches on the 4th. On 13 days only did the 
barometer attain a height of 30 inches. On one day it fell 
below 29 inches. A very heavy gale was raging on the night 
of the 2nd and morning of the 3rd, and it was in connection 
with this stormy weather the barometer fell to 28-96 inches on 
the 4th. 
Thunder was heard about 4 P.M. on the 3rd, accompanied 
by a very sharp but short shower of hail and rain. Lightning 
was again seen in the evening of the 4th. 
Thermometer.—The maximum temperature reached 61° on 
the 22nd. The minimum fell to 31° on the 3rd and 14th. 
On five nights the temperature fell below freezing. The 
average temperature of the month was 44°80, four degrees 
above the general average of the mouth of March. 
This month was unusually wet, 3°70 inches of rain fell on 
25 days; the average fall for March being under 2 inches. 
March is ordinarily one of the driest months in the year, but in 
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