87 
. 
These records have now been kept for twenty years; and it 
may be a matter of interest to present in a tabular form the 
results for the autumn months, as obtained during that time. 
Temperatures in Autumn, 1854 to 1873, inclusive. 
Year. September. October. November. Mean. Days of Snow. 
1854 66°256 56071 43633 55°32 1 
1855 66°183 53°309 46°424 55°30 3* 
1856 67°269 54:561 44-860 55°56 2 
1857 67°466 55°120 44:970 55°85 1 
1858 67°214 57°781 40921 55°30 5 
1859 64°375 51-850 47-007 54°41 3t 
1860 65°699 56°484 45-574 55°92 2 
1861 67°60 59°86 45°04 58°88 3 
1862 68°951 58°226 46-773 57°88 6 
18638 65-688 56:477 47-755 56°64 4 
1864 65°70 54°41 46-94 55°35 2 
1865 72-714 53°976 45-716 61°35 iL 
1866 65°34 54:05 45°18 54°86 3 
1867 64:20 54:27 44:09 54:19 2 
1868 64°362 50°01 42098 52°16 1 
1869 67 643 52-014 40°675 53°44 6 
1870 68°91 58°42 46°55 57°96 2 
1871 62°45 60:05 40°81 54:44 2 
1872 67°11 54°80 41°86 54:59 3 
1873 66°85 57°11 38°25 54:07 8* 
The average autumn temperature for the past twenty years 
is 55°67°. Seven years were above this average, 1865 being 
the warmest ; and thirteen fell below it, 1868 being the 
coolest. 
THE CHAIRMAN spoke of the remarkable features of the re- 
cent report by Prof. Daniel Draper, of the Central Park Mete- 
orological Observatory ; referring particularly to his determina- 
tions, and charts, of the course of our great storms, from their 
origin in the Rocky Mountains, south-eastwardly across the 
continent to the Atlantic. He called special attention to the 
views of Prof Draper respecting the passage of the same 
storms across the ocean, and to his comparative tables of their 
predicted and observed arrivals on the English coast. It is 
plain that these facts possess a degree of practical importance, 
not less high than their scientific interest. 
* One of these in October, slight. 
Two of these in October. 
