298 Meteorological. Observations at San Fernando, Cuba. 
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January. |66.9°\71.5° 68.3°| 79.7°| 95.2°| 79° | 57° | 117°\4 days showers, lo 
Mean 69.99 heavy rain, 
February. |68.9 |73. (69.8 | 87.1 | 98. | 78 | 57 | 117 |6 days showers. 
Mean 71.4° 
March. |73.2 |76.6 |69.9 | 90.9 |105.8 | 82 | 62 | 135 |9 days showers. 
Mean 73.2° 
pril. [73.8 |78.7 |70.6 | 99. {110.9 | 83 | 64 | 130 (6 days showers, 2 of 
Mean 74.6° them with lightning. 
a 80.6 |75.3 [101.4 |102.1 | 85 | 71 | 119 |24 daysshowers, 15 of! 
Mean +4 90 them with lightn’ g. 
June. {78.5 [82.2 |75.7 (100.4 {111.3 | 85 | 72 | 129 (21 days showers, all 
Mean 78.9° with li ing 
ly. {78.5 (83.1 |78. |101. {106.5 | 86 | 71 | 131 |22days showers, 21 of 
ean 80.5° them ghin’g 
August. {79.7 |83.2 |76.1 | 99.6 |100. | 87 | 71 | 120 |20days showers, 15 of 
‘Mean 79. em Ww ghtn’g 
ptember.|78.2 82.7 |74.6 | 93.7 | 96.8 | 86 | 68 | 121 |16days showers, 11 off 
Mean 78.6° di em with lightn’g 
74.9 178.3 |73.5 | 85. | 99.7] 81 | 70 | 110 |22 days showers, 1 off 
Mean 75 oF them with lightn’g. 
November. |70.7 |75.7 69.8 | 83.9 | 96.3 | 80 | 65 | 121 |2 days showers 
Mean 72.7° 
December. |66.8 |71.3 [64.6 | 91.9.|101.6 | 77 | 51 | 122 [6 days showers, 20 of 
Mean 67.9° them with lightn’g. ! 
Mean temperature of the spring, : ‘ . 75.2° F. 
Mean temperature of the summer, 79.6 
Mean temperature of the autumn, oP aa. 3 75.7 
Mean temperature of the winter, i 7 . 69.7 
Mean temperature of the year, 
The greatest variation of temperature in one a ty dating the month of January, 
was 13°; in February, 13°; in March, 13°; in April, 12°; in May, 13°; in June, 
11°; in July, 12; in August, 13°; in September, 15°; in October, 9°; in No- 
vember, 11°; in December, 18°. 
Ne he degree of humidity of the atmosphere was imperfectly determined 
by wetting the bulb of a delicate thermometer covered with cambric, with 4 
of alcohol, and noting the number of degrees which the mercury fell below the 
temperature of the air in the shade. 
To the very useful averages of the eat ah for the year, we take the liberty of 
the following: —Eps 
from his ree 
Average of the maximum temperature in the s sun’s rays,  122.66° 
Average of the temperature at noon in the sun’s rays, 110.3 
Average of the maximam temperature in the shade, i B28 
Average of perature at noon in the shade, 78.1 
verage of the minimum temperature in the shade 64.93 
Average of the temperature in the evening, a 
Average of the temperature at 8, 4. ae ‘hale, pee; 5 
Average of the temperature at 8, a.m. in the sun’s rays,. 92.8 
