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WINTER. 
Bath. Oxford. |Greenwich| Royston. | Norwich. 
Mean Temperature Seal QUA 39.8 39.8 39.3 38.9 
Mean of all the Highest...| 46.2 44.8 44.9 44-7 43-5 
Mean of all the Lowest...| 36.4 35.5 35.0 34.1 33-9 
Mean Daily Range oleh Oso 9.3 9.9 10.6 9.6 
Comparing, now, the results above tabulated-——without going 
closely into figures to express the exact differences between the 
several towns as regards temperature, which is hardly necessary 
for our purpose,—it may be sufficient to make a general statement 
on the subject. And, first, it is evident that the mean tempera- 
ture of Bath, during the cold seasons of winter and spring, is 
decidedly higher than that of any of the other towns selected for 
comparison, this difference augmenting as the towns lie more and 
more to the east. It is still slightly higher in autumn, though 
there is very little difference at that season among the other 
towns themselves. In summer, however, all the towns, Bath 
included, are so nearly on an equality, as regards the mean 
temperature, that what slight differences appear are of no signifi- 
cance. This may surprise some persons, but, as before stated,* 
two places may have the same mean temperature and yet have 
different climates, arising from other meteorological conditions ; 
especially conditions connected with the night and day tempera- 
tures. And this holds equally good of any particular season in 
which the mean temperatures are the same at the two places, 
while at other seasons they may be different. 
Hence the next point is to ascertain what differences present 
themselves on comparing the mean highest and lowest tempera- 
tures at Bath with those of the other towns in the above Table. 
* Seo p. 213. 
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