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Thermometer.—Maximum, 83°°5 on 5th; minimum, 46° on 
the 12th, 25th, and 31st; average, 61°83. This average is 
about 1°-50 higher than the average at Redhill for the month 
of August. . 
On the 4th of the month the maximum reached 82°°5. This 
day and the 5th were the only days the temperature reached 
80° and upwards. On 18 days it reached 7U°, and on 16 days 
60° and upwards. The night temperature varied from 46° to 
61°. The day temperature from 64°°5 to 83°°5. 
Rain fell on 18 days to the amount of 3:36 inches. This 
was above the average by three-quarters of an inch. The 
heaviest falls were, —on the 8th, ‘59 of an inch, 25th, -46, and 
30th, -42 of an inch. The total fall since the beginning of the 
year is 19°73 inches on 118 days, in excess of the average by 
about 1:25 inches. Rained on 8 consecutive days from 24th 
to 31st. 
Thunder was heard in showery weather on the 8th, accom- 
panied with heavy rain. A thunderstorm with vivid lightning 
occurred in the early morning of the 19th. Thunder was also 
heard in the afternoon of the 31st. 
SuPTrEMBER. 
Barometer.—Maximum, 30°53 inches on the 13th; minimum, 
29-60 inches on the 2nd ; average, 30°06 inches. 
Reached 30 inches and upwards on 18 days. No violent 
fluctuations occurred in the month. The greatest difference 
between any two days was from 30°20 inches on the 16th to 
29-87 inches on the 17th. 
Thermometer.—Maximum, 69°-9 on the 2nd and 29th ; mini- 
mum, 39° on the 18th; average, 55°18. 
The average temperature of the month, as recorded at 
Redhill, is 56°26. Consequently the past month was below the 
average temperature by a little over one degree. 
The day temperature varied but little, the maximum being 69° 
and the minimum 54°. The night temperature also was without 
much variation, the maximum being 56°, the minimum 39°. 
Rain fell on 15 days to the extent of 2°67 inches. Three 
