242 MEAN METEOROLOGICAL RESULTS AT TORONTO. 
Winn—( Continued.) 
Result of 
1862. 14 Extremes. 
years. 
eee eee | eee 
Mean velocity, without regard to 
GIFCCHON Meme c sje er sacl loBS) || 6.78 8.55 5.10 
| (in 1860). | (in 1853). 
Month of greatest mean velocity| April. March. | Mar. 1860. | Jan. 1848. 
When the mean velocity was. Dolls 8.60 12.41 5.82 
Month of least mean velocity ..|September.| July. Aug. 1852.| Sept, 1860. 
When the mean velocity was. 5.11 4.91 3.30 5.79 
5 RAIN. 
| Average 
1862. of Extremes in 21 years. 
21 years. 
Total depth in the year in inches} 25.529 30.324 43.555 21.505 
(in 1843). | (in 1856). 
Number of days mn which rain 
LOLs serisy acemonctare eberatatient nt 118 106 136 80 
Greatest depth in one month (in 1861). | (in 1841), 
fell per ceictats slondles July. |September,| Sept, 1843.) Sept. 1848. 
When it amounted to... ... 5.344 3.973 9.760 3.115 
Rainy days were most frequent 
Tyas Svat eRn Se Ro Hneesemneiie July & Aug| June, June, 1857.) May, 1841. 
When their number was .... 15 12 21 11 
Greatest gepie of rain in one 
Gn AOR ayes) ieee po00006000 1.555 2.138 3.360 
Which fell on......... Se eee Aprile2ils ve Oct.6,1849. 
Greatest depth in one hour .... 0.845 a l 20 
Which fell between .’...... ; be ges a er “ 
The distribution of rain through the day, both as regards depth and frequency, 
is given in the following table, derived from an hourly rain gauge in operation 
from April to November inclusive in 1861, and from April to October in 1862. 
| 6 a.m. |10 a.m.| 2 p.m, | 6 p.m, [10 P.a,| 2 Amt. Average 
Periods. to to to to to to of the 
10 a.M,| 2P.M. | 6 P.M. {10 P.M.) 2 A.M.| 6 A.M. |Six periods. 
1.00 | 1.12 1.00 
Depth, 1861.......... 0.55 | 0.76 | 1.37 | 1.41 1.07 | 0.84] 1.00 
LRUGTIR GOIN oR U 1.18 | 0.93 | 1.00 | 0.92 | 0.97 | 1.00] 1.00 
“ 1861 and 1862 : 
eed 0.84 | 0.84 | 1.20 | 1.19 | 1003) OUST uaneOD 
Frequency, 1861 ...... fo.84 | 0.84 | 1.02 | 1.06 | 1.08 | 1.16 | 1.00 
foo” 1.18 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 0.99 | 0.88 | 1.06! 1.00 
fe 1861 & ’62 : 
combined ¢ | 0°28 | 0.89 0.98 | 1.03 
