TEMPERATURE. 



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88°, 93°, and 95*5° ; and the minima, 70°, 73°, and 601°, for 

 the three periods respectively. The greatest daily variations 

 were 17°, 14°, and 30*9°, corresponding to the months of 

 March, May, and April. The highest temperature was 95*5° 

 in April, 1878 ; lowest, 60*1 Q in January, 1878. The mean 

 annual temperature of the neighbouring region of Venezuela 

 varies, according to Codazzi, from 70*90° to 81*14°. 



In the first period, the hottest months are June, May, 

 and April; in the second, May, September, and October; in 

 the third, March, April, and May. The months which exhibit 

 a maximum of temperature are April, May, and March; those 

 showing a minimum are January, February, and December. 

 The coldest months are, in the first period, December, November, 

 and January ; in the second, January, February, March, and 

 December; in the third, January, December, and February. 

 The temperature of June and July is more uniform; and that 

 greater uniformity is a consequence of the heavy rains which 

 fall during those months and produce a refreshing action on 

 the atmosphere, whilst the bright sun and parching breezes of 

 March, April, and even May, have for result an increase of 

 temperature during the day. 



There is also a maximum and minimum of daily temperature ; 

 and the following table shows their daily variations, at the 

 Royal Gaol, for a term of two years. 



