CLIMATE 



is in winter and spring ; autumn and winter, however, have a greater 

 number of wet days than spring and summer. 



January is on the average the coldest month, and July the warmest. 

 Assuming that the mean temperature of each month occurs about the 

 middle of the month, it would appear that the increase of temperature is 

 most rapid during the month of May, and that the decrease is most 

 rapid during September and October. In two months only, July and 

 August, has the temperature never been below freezing-point (32), and 

 in two months only, December and January, has it never exceeded 62. 



Tables V., VI., and VII. give particulars of the rainfall for the 

 longest available period under each heading. A day of rain is one on 

 which at least o - oi in. of rain falls, any fall of 0-005 "* to ' OO 9 i n - 

 being considered as o'oi in. 



TABLE V 



MEAN AND EXTREME RAINFALL FOR 60 YEARS (1840-99) 



TABLE VI 

 MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS OF RAIN FOR 30 YEARS (1870-99) 



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