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the coldest spoken of above. The next mildest winter in the 

 series was that of 1876-7, its mean temperature being 46°-l, 

 or scarcely less than that of 1868-9. 



It may be further remarked — and this perhaps is the result Of 

 chiefest importance, — that thirteen out of the twenty winters 

 had a mean temperature above 40°, while there were but seven 

 in which the mean temperature did not rise to 40^, the former 

 being to the latter in a ratio of nearly two to one, so that, 

 perhaps, we should not be very wide of the truth in coming to 

 the conclusion that, though Bath winters are more variable than 

 the other seasons, they are as a rule mild. 



I might add that the great range of the mean temperature of 

 the winter season in Bath, exceeding that of any of the other 

 seasons, is in keeping with the circumstance spoken of above, 

 when treating of the Barometer, viz., that the greatest elevations, 

 as well as the lowest depressions, of that instrument for the 

 most part occur in winter ; for from this it follows that the range 

 of th Barometer is, as a rule, also greater in winter than in the 

 other seasons. I now pass to the subject of 



RAINFALL. 



In the annexed table are given the results of rainfall measure- 

 ments during the last ten years. Combining these with the 

 measurements of the preceding decade, 1866 — 1875, given for 

 the most part* in Table I. in my former papt-r on the climate of 

 Bath, the results of the whole twenty years may be summed up 

 as follows : — 



The mean Rainfall (mean of 20 years) is 32*064 inches. I 



* The above reservation has reference to the circumstanace of the 

 first and last years in that Table being incomplete years. The results 

 now to appear are those derived from the measurements of 20 complete 

 years 1866—1885. 



