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The mean temperature of winter varies from 38°.1 to 46°.3, 
the range of the mean being 89.2. 
In the above decade of years five summers were above the mean» 
viz., 1865, 1868, 1870, 1872 and 1874; and five were below the 
mean, viz., 1866, 1867, 1869, 1871 and 1873. 
The hottest summer was that of 1868, the temperature being 
2°.4 above the mean. 
The coldest summer was that of 1867, when the temperature 
was 1°.1 below the mean. 
Of the winters also, five were above the mean, viz., 1865-6, 1866-7, 
1868-9, 1871-2 and 1873-4 ; and five were below the mean, viz., 
1867-8, 1869-70, 1870-1, 1872-3 and 1874-5. 
The mildest winter was that of 1868-9 (following the hottest 
summer) when the mean temperature rose to 46°.3, being 4°.9 
above the mean of the whole decade. 
The coldest winter was that of 1870-1, when the mean tempera- 
ture fell to 38°.1, being 3°.3 below the mean of the whole decade. 
Having thus ascertained the mean temperature of each season 
in Bath, the next point of interest is to compare these tempera- 
tures—along with the high and low extreme temperatures, and 
the mean daily range—with those of other towns, for the same 
decade of years ;—such towns especially as lie more to the east, 
south-east, or north-east of Bath, in order to see what advantages 
Bath has over them, or what differences there may be. For this 
purpose Oxford, Greenwich, Royston and Norwich, have been 
selected ; not but there are other towns which it might be desir- 
able to add to the number, but these are chosen as the only towns 
from which returns were to be had, suited to the inquiry we wish 
to make. The returns themselves are taken from Mr. Glaisher’s 
Meteorological Tables appended to the Registrar-General’s 
“ Quarterly Returns of Births, Deaths and Marriages.”* 
* The spring and summer mean temperatures of Norwich are calculated 
from only eight years’ observations, there being no complete returns for the years 
1865 and 1867. Also the autumn mean temperatures of Norwich are calculated 
Trom only nine years’ observations, there being no complete return for 1865. 
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