88 Proceedings. 
heavy falls occurred—-41 of an inch on the 1st, -46 on the 5th, 
and ‘95 on the 29th. This last downfall was accompanied by a 
thunderstorm, lasting from about 7.30 to 10 o'clock P.M. 
Lightning was very vivid, but thunder was not loud. Average 
rainfall in September at this station is 2°86 inches. The fall 
in the last mouth has been close to the average. The amount 
of rain from the 1st January has been 22°40 inches on 133 days. 
The average for the last 17 years for those 9 months has 
been 21:35 inches. Rain consequently has been about 1 inch 
in excess in 1897. 
Wind.—A strong gale occurred on the night of the Ist and 
morning of the 2nd; in other respects the atmosphere has been 
little disturbed in September. 
OcToBER. 
Barometer.-—Maximum, 30°59 inches on the 21st ; minimum, 
29-60 inches on the 15th; average, 30°23 inches. 
On 27 days 30 inches and upwards were recorded ; on four 
days only less than 30 inches. 
Thermometer.—Maximum, 63°5 on the 19th; minimum, 
32° on the nights of 6th and 7th; average, 49°91. 
Throughout the month the day temperature has varied but 
little, the maximum of the day having been 635, as above 
stated: the minimum of the day temperature, 52-2 on the 7th 
and 12th. Nor has the night temperature varied much; on 
10 occasions only has the temperature fallen below 40°, and 
on 6 nights it did not fall below 50°. The average temperature 
of October, as recorded at Redhill during the last 17 years, is 
47-20, consequently October 1897 has been warm above the 
average. 
Rain fell on 7 days only to the small extent of °53 of an 
inch. This is the least rainfall for October recorded at this 
station during 30 years. The next least is -96’of an inch in 
October 1879. The record shows that October is on the 
average the wettest month in the year; the average for 
October being 3°55 inches. In 1880, 7°48 inches fell in October, 
and in 1891, 7:11 inches. 
