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were rainless. There were 8 frosts on the grass but only 2 in the 
shade. 
May.—Except for a heavy fall on the 1st was practically rainless; 
it was also bright and warm except during the third week. Shade 
temperature exceeded 70° on eight days, reaching 80°4° on the 30th, 
after which slight thunderstorms occurred. Ground frosts were 
registered on 4 days. 
June.—Temperature was generally normal and evenly distri- 
buted, but in the middle of the month some very low night 
temperatures occurred, the thermometer on the grass falling below 
freezing point on 3 occasions. Very little rain fell before the evening 
of the 26th, when a violent thunderstorm brought a fall of 1°42 in. in 
about 2} hours. After this the weather became showery and thun- 
dery. Shade temperature exceeded 70° on 11 days and 80° on 2 
days (25th and 26th.) 
Juty.—tThe first fortnight was dry, with a warm period from 
the 5th tothe 11th. From the 17th until the 28th there was scarcely 
a dry day, nearly 3 inches of rain falling. Thunderstorms occurred 
on 3 days. Shade temperature exceeded 70° on 7 days. 
Aucust.—The first half was wet and cold, only one day of the 
first 15 being without rain; the latter half was bright and on the 
whole warm and dry. There were slight thunderstorms on 3 days. 
Shade temperature exceeded 70° on 11 days. 
SEPTEMBER.—A remarkably fine warm month; the 8 days, 23rd 
to 29th forming one of the most remarkable features of the year’s 
weather. In this period the shade temperature exceeded 80° on 3 
days, the reading on the 24th, 81°6°, being the highest in the year. 
During the month the shade temperature exceeded 70° on 16 days. 
There were only 2 slight frosts. There were slight thunderstorms 
on the 3rd and 23rd. 
Octoper.—A cold and damp month. The rainfall mostly 
occurred during the first ten days, On the 1st the shade temper- 
ature reached 72°, but afterwards only twice exceeded 60°. There 
were 10 frosts in the shade and 13 on the grass. Snow fell on the 
24th, 26th, and 2oth. 
NOVEMBER was mild and damp. There was a very wet period 
4th to 22nd, in which there were only two days without rain. No 
snow fell. There were 3 frosts in the shade and 5 on the grass. 
DEcEMBER.—The first half was mild and rainy; from the 17th 
to the 27th was sharp and dry, with slight snow at Christmas; on the 
28th mild rainy weather again set in. There were 15 frosts in the 
shade and 22 in the grass. Snow fell on 8 days. Gales from the 
S.W. and N.W. occurred on the 5th, 6th, 12th, and 13th; from 
the East on the 24th. 
