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SEPTEMBER.—Pressure low ; mean average temperature fully one degree 
above the average. Very deficient in the amount of rainfall by fully one-and- 
three-quarter inches. Shade temperature only touched 71° on two days, and 
fell to §9°5° on one. Westerly gale on 17th, and strong breeze from South 
on 20th. Heavy dews, 
OcTOBER.—A wet, stormy, bleak month; pressure high. Rainfall a 
quarter-of-an-inch above the average. Westerly gales on the 6th, 7th, and 
gth. A considerable deficiency of bright sunshine, and half of the month 
with overcast skies. Frost on the ground on five nights, and prevailing 
wind from the S.W. The mean temperature about one degree above the 
average. 
NovEMBER.— High pressure; low mean temperature about 3° below 
the average. Very dull; 20 days being quite overcast, Nearly half-an-inch 
more than the average rainfall due to an inch-and-a-half fall on the 11th, 
accompanied by an extremely low pressure; otherwise, the month was rather 
dry containing fewer than the usual number of rainy days. Frost on the 
ground on 16 nights; 13 days without any bright sunshine. 
DECEMBER.—Another dull month; 10 days without any bright sun- 
shine, and 15 entirely overcast. Fully two inches more than the average 
rainfall on 20 rainy days. Prevailing wind N.W. Strong breeze on the 
6th and 14th. Heavy hailstorm on 8th and oth, with lightning and high 
wind from N.W. An unusually cold, bleak, and wet month, 
As the tables give the Meteorological elements for the year IgOI only, 
it is desirable to add a comparison of the winter and spring months of the 
present year in brief. 
SHADE TEMPERATURE, AND DIFFERENCE 
FROM AVERAGE. 
Winter of 1901-2. 
December .. +s 39°2°-+o52 | March 36 s+ 45°4°-+3'2° 
January i se 41'92-+4°4° April ee +» 45°8°—o'8? 
Bebroary. .... . »«  34°7°—5°3° May = -» 48°9°—3'5% 
ee ws es 38°3°—074° Mean.» ws 46°7°—0°4° 
THE WINTER MontTHs.—December a little above the average tempera- 
ture; Fanuary 43 almost above it; and February fully 53 degrees delow it. 
The abnormally warm January, followed by an unusually cold February, 
made the sudden transition to severe winter weather throughout the whole of 
February most trying, and threw back the spring considerably. 
THE SpRinG Montus —March 31 degrees above the average modified 
the severity of the spring. Agril nearly 1 degree colder than the average; 
and d/ay—a most severe month— 32 degrees below the average temperature, 
with bitter cold winds, made a hopelessly backward spring, and seemed to 
_ prolong the winter to the very verge of summer. 
NOTEWORTHY PHENOMENA OF Igol. 
Greatest atmospheric pressure .......000+- 30°657 in., 15th February 
Least ” ” veveeeeecee, 28°725 in., 24th December 
Hottest day in shade ...... ..ceeeeeeeeees 88°9 degs., 18th July 
Coldest night in shade ..........cccee002 20°6 degs., 14th February 
Greatest range of temperature in 24 hours ., 34°3 degs., 24th May 
Least % 33 Fr 23 deg., 18th February 
Hottest day in sun .....6 ces sesseeveeves 13755 degs., 17th July 
Coldest night on ground 4... .... 0... 00, 14°6 degs., 9th February 
