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than at Exeter, while the latter part, commencing with the new 
year, is just the reverse—colder at Exeter than at Bath. And 
this is to a certain extent confirmed by a comparison of the mean 
extreme temperatures at the two places, more especially in the 
three last months of the year, when the mean highest is nearly 
1°, and the mean lowest 2°, lower at Bath than at Exeter ; the 
mean daily range also being greater at Bath for the same three 
months. At the expiration of the cold period, the spring 
apparently advances at Exeter faster than at Bath—These 
differences however might quite disappear if observations were 
made contemporaneously at the two places fora long term of 
years.—As it is, they compensate one another to a great extent, 
the mean temperature for the whole year at Exeter; being, 
according to Dr. Shapter, 50°.7, higher than the mean yearly 
temperature at Bath, though only by two-tenths ofa degree, a 
matter of no significance under the circumstances. 
Next comparing Clifton with Bath, it is noticeable that the 
‘mean temperature of every month there is lower than at Bath 
excepting October, the greatest difference, in this instance also, 
showing itself in the first four months of the year. In respect of 
these months taken together, the difference amounts to 39.2, or 
Clifton is so much colder than Bath at that season. The months 
in which there is the least difference in the temperature of the 
two places are May, June and August, the difference here being 
only 1°.7, and exactly the same in each of those months. The 
mean temperature for the whole year at Clifton is set by Dr. 
Burder at 48°.4, or more than two degrees below that of Bath. 
There is a corresponding difference in most of the months in 
regard of the mean highest and lowest temperatures, October and 
December being the only months in which there is any difference 
in favour of Clifton, the mean lowest there in those months being 
higher than in Bath, in October indeed to the amount of nearly 
two degrees. But, asin the case of Exeter, too much reliance must 
not be placed on these comparative results, deduced as they are 
