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of the temperatures of the above towns, none at least that hold in 
all the seasons, so as to afford ground for regarding their respective — 
climates materially different,—temperature alone considered. A 
few particulars, however, are noticeable which are worth poin- 
ting out. 
1st—The mean temperature of Bath (passing over Taunton) 
is lower than that of either Barnstaple or Truro in all the 
seasons except summer. The difference in autumn is more than 
one degree and a half. In winter, it is more than two degrees in 
the case of Barnstaple, and more than three degrees in the case of 
Truro. The mean extreme temperatures are also proportionally 
lower at Bath than at the two last mentioned places, which 
consequently appear to have a decidedly milder climate than Bath, 
with higher night temperatures, as well in autumn as in winter. 
The mean daily range, so important an element in climate, is 
greater in all the seasons at Bath than at Barnstaple and Truro, 
though there is not much difference in this respect in winter. 
2nd.—Barnstaple and Truro, compared with each other, have 
their climates almost identical in autumn as regards temperature, 
The temperature however at Barnstaple falls below that of Truro 
in winter,—nearly a degree in the case of the mean, and more 
than a degree in the case of the mean extreme temperatures. 
3rd.—The Taunton climate in respect of temperature is not 
very dissimilar to that of Bath in the autumn and winter, the only 
seasons in which a strict comparison can be made between the 
two places in the present instance, the Taunton spring and 
summer temperatures in the above Tables not being thoroughly 
trustworthy for reasons already stated. Could the latter seasons be 
included in the inquiry, a nearer approach to identity of climate 
would probably be established :—yet it must not be overlooked 
that in both autumn and winter the mean diurnal range of tem- 
perature is more than two degrees greater at Taunton than at 
Bath, placing the former town at a slight disadvantage compared 
with the latter. 
