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29-40 inches, on the 15th. For twenty days it reached 30 
inches and upwards. 
The temperature attained a maximum of 50° on the 20th. 
It fell lowest, to 2575, on the night of the sixth. On ten 
nights it fell below the freezing-point. The average tempera- 
ture of the month was 39°50, considerably below the general 
average of November, namely 42°79. 
Rain fell on 11 days to the amount of 1-76 inches. Very 
considerably less than the average for the month, namely 3:18 
inches. 
Much mist visited the district towards the close of the month. 
The absence of sunshine kept down the temperature. Hence, 
chiefly, the deficiency in warmth during the month, 
DECEMBER. 
In this month were considerable fluctuations in the barometer. 
The maximum was 30°35 inches on the 27th and 29th. It 
fell to 28-78 inches on the 6th. On 13 days the barometer 
reached 30 inches. On 17 days it fell below 30, and on one 
day more it fell to 28°78 inches. 
Temperature reached a maximum of 50° on the 8rd and 28th, 
and fell to 24° on the 16th. The average for the month was 
38°65. 
On twelve nights the temperature fell below the freezing- 
point, and one day, the 18th, it did not at any time of the day 
rise above it. Andon the 17th, the maximum of the day was 
only 32°°5. 
Rain or Snow fell to the amount of 4:11 inches on 22 days, 
chiefly rain ; the snow measured only ‘09 of an inch. A heavy 
fall of rain occurred on the 4th, 75 of an inch being measured ; 
and on the following day *30 of an inch was measured, making 
together more than one inch, practically a continuous fall. A 
fall of 48 of an inch occurred on the 2nd, and *46 of an inch 
on the 13th. 
SUMMARY. 
The total rainfall of the year has been 31 inches, exceeding 
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