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of life, at sea. There was comparatively little frost after the 

 3rd. The wind was mostly from the West and South-West. 

 The temperature was several degrees above the average. 

 Highest maximum temperature, 53 deg. on the 12th and 13th; 

 lowest, 25 deg. on the ist; highest minimum, 49 deg. on the 

 13th; lowest, 7 deg. on the ist; lowest on grass, 6 deg. on 

 the ist. At 32 deg. and under in the screen on 11 days; on 

 the grass, on 18 days. Range of barometer between 29.3 

 and 30.4 inches. 



Rainfall in 1912. 



At Jardington, in the County of Kirkcudbright. Rain 

 Gauge — Diameter of funnel, 5 inches ; height of top above 

 ground, i foot ; height of top above sea level, 70 to 80 feet. 



The total fall is 4.76 inches above the average of the last 

 iQ years. 



