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than the average amount fell on eight rainy days. Very deficient in bright 
sunshine; and temperature in shade much below the average. Lightning 
was seen on the 25th. A dull cheerless month. — 
Juty.—A cold, wet, dull, windy month, 14° below the average tempera- 
ture. High winds. Strong gale from the W. on the 6th. Rainfall one inch 
above the average, and an excessive number of rainy days. A great deficiency 
of bright sunshine ; and temperature in the sun very considerably below the 
average. 
Aveust.—A very windy, dull, cold, and wet month, 13° below the 
normal temperature. Three-quarters-of-an-inch excess of rainfall, and a half 
more than the average number of wet days. The winds almost throughout 
were westerly, and high, and rose to the force of a gale six times. Bright 
sunshine normal The maximum temperature only five times exceeded 70°0°. 
SEPTEMBER. —The fourth consecutive month below the normal tempera- 
ture, being 2° short of the average, due to the low night temperatures, 32°2° 
being registered in the shade on the 16th. 79-0° was only twice exceeded by 
the maximum. An inch-and-a-half more than the average rainfall. There 
were 19 rainy days. Bright sunshine 74% above the average. A gale from 
the W.N.W. on the 9th. 
OcTOBER. —Just 3:0° above the average, due to the high night tempera- 
ture, 37°5° being the lowest registered. Excess of rainfall 3:5 inches. Rain 
fell on 28 days—the largest number of rainy days ever registered here for any 
one month. My daily record of rainfall extends back 28 years. A terrific 
westerly gale on the 6th. Bright sunshine normal. A very warm, wet, windy, 
and dull month. 
NovEMBER.—}° above average temperature. Only on three nights did 
the minimum fall below 30°0°. Half-an-inch fully more than the average 
rainfall on 2°6 days above the normal number of rainy days. Gales from 
S.E. on ist, and on 21st from W.N.W. More than the average bright 
sunshine and temperature in the sun. 
DECEMBER.— }° above average temperature. On the 12th the maximum 
in the shade registered 58-7°, higher than on the 20th August, 55°6°. Rain- 
fall fully an inch below the average. Bright sunshine and temperature in sun 
both below the average. Fog on 5th and 6th. A very dull, rather mild and 
dry month. . 
As the tables give the meteorological elements for the year 1903 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 1903-4. Spring of 1904, 
December .. «39° T° p5? March Se a2. 41 OO— F4° 
January Sc .- 40°2°-+1°6° A pial tee ene +. 48°9°-+1°8° 
February .. oe 307 Eat May .. “if ee 52*1°—0°3° 
Mean ee es —39°3°—0°0° Mean me +s 47°3°+0°0° 
THE WINTER MonrTuHs.— December a little colder than the average ; 
January about 1:6 degrees above the average temperature; and February 
1'2 degrees below it. The slightly colder December, added to the colder 
February, just balance the warmer January, and give a normal winter mean. 
THE SPRING MonTHs.—March 1°4° below the average, added to the 
cold February, still further retarded the promise of spring; cold nights, and 
keen easterly winds, and dull cheerless days, made it a very trying and back- 
ward spring month. Agrz/ a warm sunny month, 1°8° above the average, 
with prevailing westerly winds, made a striking contrast to the backward 
March. May almost normal in temperature, lacking in bright sunshine, and 
rather wet and dull. The three sfr7mg months balance each other, so as to 
give the normal temperature for the season. 
