THE CLIMATE OF TOKONTO . 



the 14th, 1901, and the lowest 21 on the 21st, 

 1871. 



January and February have much the same mean 

 temperature. February, 1875, was the coldest 

 month on record, with a mean temperature of 10.2. 

 On fourteen consecutive days the temperature fell 

 below zero, with an absolute minimum of 16 below; 

 the mean minimum of the month was 0.6. 

 Other notably cold months were January, 1866, with 

 mean temperature of 16; January, 1857, 12. 7; 

 January, 1875, 16.l; January, 1884, 16.0; Feb- 

 ruary, 1885, ll.l ; January, 1893, 14.7 ; January, 

 1904, 16.0, and January, 1912, 13.9. 



The normal annual snowfall in Toronto is 65 

 inches. A few flurries usually occur in November, 

 and occasionally several inches may fall, but it is 

 not until December that the ground becomes snow- 

 covered, and this, as a rule, not until well on in 

 the month; there is not sleighing at Christmas in 

 more than one year in five, and in many winters the 

 ground is bare during Christmas week. During 

 January and February there is usually sleighing, 

 but towards the end of February the snow melts 

 fast, and it is only occasionally that the surrounding 

 country is snow-covered into March. Heavy snow- 

 falls have occurred in some years in March, but these 

 are the exception rather than the rule, and an old 

 and very prevalent idea that a heavy snowstorm 

 sually occurs about March 17th is not borne out 



the records. The heaviest snowfall on record is 

 L6 inches, and this has occurred on several occasions. 

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