150 Weather and Other Notes. 



as to quantity, but was contaminated with a great deal of 

 decaying- vegetable matter, which made it very objectionable. 

 Highest maximum temperature, 65 deg. , on the ist and 

 19th. Lowest maximum, 50 deg., on the 23rd and 24th. 

 Highest minimum, 53 deg., on the 2nd and i8th. Lowest 

 minimum, 31 deg., on the 21st. Lowest on the grass, 21 

 deg., on the 23rd. At 32 degrees and under in the shade on 

 3 days. Do. on the grass on 6 days. Range of the barometer 

 between 30.3 and 29.2 inches. 



November. 



The weather during the month was very mild, except on 

 the ist and 17th, when it was rather stormy, with a high wind 

 on the latter date. There was little frost, and the fields were 

 fresh and green. Young cattle went out on the grass most of 

 the day. Wind was principally from the W. and S.W, 



Highest maximum temperature, 57 deg., on the 17th and 

 27th. Lowest maximum, 47 deg., on the 6th and 26th. 

 Highest minimum, 50 deg., on the 28th. Lowest minimum, 

 25 deg., on the 21st. Lowest on the grass, 21 degrees. At 

 32 degrees and under in the screen on 4 days. Do. on the 

 grass on 8 days. Range of barometer between 30.3 and 29.2 

 inches. 



December. 



Till the 25th the weather of this month was also very 

 mild for the time of the year. With the wind mostly from the 

 N.W. and S.W. , from the 26th it was more like winter, with 

 a North and N.E. wind. There were snow showers on the 

 26th, and the distant hills had a covering of snow. There was 

 a snap of pretty hard frost on the last three days. 



Highest maximum temperature, 54 deg., on the 8th. 

 Lowest, 32 deg., on the 31st. Highest minimum, 45 deg., on 

 3 days. Lowest, 16 deg., on the 31st. At 32 degrees and 

 under in the shade on 13 days. Do. on the grass on 19 days. 

 Range of barometer between 30.6 and 29.45 inches. The 

 barometer registered the very high reading of 30.6 on four 

 consecutive days from the 17th. 



The uncertainty of the weather is one of the most familiar 

 of facts ; no reliance can be placed on former records or 



