276 THE WEATHER AT CHESTER DURING 1893. 
TasBLE I].—TEMPERATURES. 
a Difference Mean Difference |} Extreme Nichte Ree 
1893. erent from ~ Daily from Monthly | —————— a 
Max.& Min. Average. Range, Average. Range, ees Coke 
January ....] 36°5 | —1I°'7 Ti*3 | +174 42°9 Il 23 
February....| 40°7- | +01 98 | —I1'2 30°5 3 II 
March......] 47°4. | +673 18°5 | +5:0 36-7 3 18 
April 51'4 +5°0 22°8 +6°7 456 2 9 
May.. 54°8 +4+2°8 18°1 +0'3 37°9 fo) 2 
June 61°5 +3°6 20°1 +2:2 437 o fa) 
Pulyaraite sacs 63'0 42:2 14°8 —1'8 36°4 fe) fo) 
August ....| 64:7 +4'9 15°8 | —1°2 44°1 fo) fo) 
September ..] 56°38 | +1°1 159 | —o-2 38°8 fo) fo) 
October ....| 52°3 +3°7 14°5 +19 42:0 I 2 
The most marked feature in the season’s weather is the un- 
usually high temperature, setting aside the two first months, 
January and February, which were, in most respects, of such a 
normal character as hardly to enter into consideration in this 
connection. March was nearly 6°5° F. above the average for that 
month; indeed it was almost 1°5° F. hotter than an ordinary 
April. At the other end of this remarkable period, October 
had only a few degrees short of a September mildness. All the 
intervening months were also much above the average. Spring 
and autumn being thus favoured with such high temperatures, 
had the effect of lengthening out snmmer at both ends, and 
making it the warmest and sunniest ever known. 
Its ErFrEctT ON VEGETATION 
May perhaps be better understood by remembering that 
during these eight months the shade temperature only 
fell below the freezing point szx times. May blossom was 
seen on several hedgerows here in the third week of April. On 
the 1st day of November a second crop of raspberries were ripe. 
The new canes were blossoming, and Pansies, Fuschias, Stocks, 
Marigolds, Geraniums, Jessamin, Dahlias, &c., were in full 
flower. In such plants as the Berbers Darwinit, there has not 
only been a second flowering, but the fruits of the second flowers 
have developed. A second crop of Broad Beans have been 
gathered; and upon some of the fruit trees there was a second 
lot of blossom, and in some instances a second crop of fruit, 
swollen to perhaps one-fifth normal size. Second crop 
Strawberries, fully-ripened, have been common. Such flower- 
ing shrubs as Wergelias and Lonicera have bloomed a second 
time. Many Conifers, after having formed their winter buds, 
started into a second growth, and have formed a second bud. 
