MEAN METEOROLOGICAL RESULTS AT TORONTO. 239 
The year was on the whole deficient in rain, the total fall being less 
than the average by 4.795 inches. The excess of snow, which may 
be taken as equal to 2.377 inches of rain, still leaves a deficiency of 
2.418 inches from the average annual precipitation. The lack of 
rain that occurred in April, May, and June, was in some degree com- 
pensated by the abundant snow in January, February, and March, 
which exceeded by 75 per cent. the usual fall, and served to maintain 
below the surface an amount of moisture sufficient for the supply of 
the more deeply rooted plants, and to mitigate the ill effects that 
might have been apprehended from the drought of the three following 
snonths. 
In the following summary several of the results of 1862 are com- 
pared with the averages derived from a series of years, as well as with 
extreme values of analogous results that have occurred during the 
game series. 
TEMPERATURE. 
Average 
1862. of Extremes in 22 years. 
22 years. 
to) fo} cs) 8 
Mean Temperature of the Year . 44.35 44.12 46.36 42.16 
(in 1846). | (in 1856). 
Warmest Month .............. August. July. |July, 1854.! Aug. 1860. 
When the mean temperature 
of the month was ........ 67.60 66.85 72.47 64.46 
Coldest Month ee eae. January. ; February. | Jan, 1857. | Feb. 1848. 
When the mean temperature 
of the month was ........ 21.71 22.98 12.75 26.60 
Difference between the warmest 
and coldest months........| 45.89 43.87 ais 
Mean of deviations of monthly 
means from their respective 
averages of 22 years, signs of 
deviation being disregarded. 1.42 2.44 3.55 1.35 
(in 1843 | (in 1853), 
Month of greatest deviation, and 1857). 
without regard to sign ....| October. | January. | Jan. 1857. 
When the mean of the month 
differed from the 22 years’ 
average for that month by . 3.2 3.9 10.7 
MVaRIME SE Tuya s'./_)/s'e ota) slain lace August 8. | July 20. |July 12,’45.|July 31,'44. 
When the mean of the day 
Witsinetelelmteacie a iarets «1a eiersie 79.08 77,28 82.32 12.78 
