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jA^iUARY.— A low State of temperature prevailed nearly tliroughout this month, 

 the daily means fluctuafing between 20» and 30°, and in one instance (on the 

 17th) the minimum was 17"; this low state of temperature was preceded bv heavy 

 falls of snow, aco mpanied with gentle easterly winds.— Very little rain'felj, as 

 might be expected from the above occurrences; my register exhibits only one day 

 on which rain fell, which was on the 26th, at the time of a general thaw : — The 

 thermometer soon indicated 41\— Snow fsll at intervals on 13 days, and in four 

 iiistances was attended with hail. 



February. — This month was considerably more mild and humid than the pre- 

 cedmg, yet in a few instances it was attendtd with low nightly temperatures, which 

 were, in the course of a few days, ctinsiderably augmentftd, so as to make the 

 daily means average between SO" and 40».— On the' 4th, the temperature was as 

 low as 22», but on the I2th at 5C».— Monthly mean, nearlv 10» more than that of 

 January.— Four days were marked by falls of snow and hail. 



jNIarch. — The lii.st twenty days v.ere cloudy and cold, attended with frequent 

 showers of snow : in one instance, viz. on tlie 5th, the snow assumed a very singular 

 and regular arrangement of its particles, which were in the form of small flat semi- 

 incrusted stars, each being- formed of six rcdii. All that I saw bad the same num- 

 ber of radii, and the stars were nearly all-of a size. — On the 9lh, snow fell in larger 

 quantities, having the same appearances as on the 5th. — Towards the latter part 

 ot the m'lntb, the weather became very mild, for the temperature frequently rose 

 to 58», attended with a gentle SW wind, which, with a NK wind, have been the 

 most prevailing ones. — ^This period has been free froro either strong or boisterous 

 winds. 



Ai-Rii — The temperature and fail of rain were mild and congenial to vegetation 

 to the 1.4th ; the atmosphere was also brilliant — After this period, clouds soon 



gathered, and rain fell at intervals to the end On the forenoon of the I5th there 



was a sudden gu>t of wind — On the 17th, a boisterous SE wind.— Oa the l?th 

 ram fell almost incessantly the whole of the day. 



May — Was colder iha i the preceding month, although the atmosphere was 

 generally clear, and attendid with very little rain: the reason was a in great mea- 

 .sure owing to the prevalence of the east and north-east windi.— On the 3th there 

 was a iihower of siiow. 



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