APPENDIX IV. 



489 



PRECIPITATION. 



Days. 



September 23 



October 11 



November 8 



December 13 



January 14 



February 16 



March 10 



Complete figures for precipitation from September to January are 

 wanting. From February to May it amounted to 26'2 mm. The 

 summer months were unusually rainy, June having 22'2 mm. and July 

 31'2 mm. The aggregate rainfall for these eight months was thus 

 79'6 mm. 



As will be seen from the table, this year was considerably colder than 

 the preceding ones ; the mean temperature for January being four or 

 five degrees lower than that of the year before, and the rise in 

 February, which again took place this year, considerably less. These 

 low temperatures during the winter were doubtless to a certain extent 

 local, for they were connected with the north wind which blew almost 

 continuously down the fjord, .and the stronger this was the lower sank 

 the temperature. The absolute minimum, 51'0 Cent., however, 

 occurred with wind of only 4-7 metres per second. The summer 

 temperature was also unusually low, and it was not till June 18 that the 

 mean temperature of the twenty-four hours rose above Cent. Before 

 the middle of August the frosts began again in earnest. The tempera- 

 ture of the first half of July was, however, higher than that of the 



