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METEOROLOGICAIi RESUt.TS AT TORONTO. 



There was a deficiency in the rain and snow, amounting to 3.715 

 inches of water. A deiiciency occurred in the spring, summer, and 

 autumn ; but an excess in the winter, commencing December, 1862, 

 as well as an excess in December, 1863. The deviations in the 

 amount of precipitation, with their proper signs, nn the four seasons, 

 were +1.187 inches in winter, — 0.755 inches in spring, —2.263 

 inches in summer, and — 2.569 inches in autumn. 



In the following summary, several of the results for the year 1863 are 

 compared with the averages derived from a series of years, as well as 

 with the extreme values of analogous results that have occurred 

 during the same series. 



TEMPERATURE. 



Mean temperature of the year . 



Warmest month 



Mean temperature of the warmest 

 month 



Coldest month 



Mean tenaperature of the coldest 

 month 



Difference between the warmest 

 and the coldest months . . . 



Mean of deviations of monthly 

 means from their respective 

 averages of. 22 years, signs of 

 deviations being disregarded 



Months of greatest deviation, 

 without regard to sign .... 



Corresponding magnitude of de- 

 viation , 



Warmest day , 



Mean temperature of the warmest 

 day 



1863. 



Coldest day 



Mean temperature of the coldest 

 day 



Date of highest temperature , . . 

 Highest temperature 



Date of lowest temperature .... 

 Lowest temperature 



Range of the year 



44'^ 5 7 



July 



67°. 57 

 February 



22°. 41 



45°. 16 



1°.81 



January 



4°. 5 

 July 1 



750.12 

 Feb. 4 



—4°. 52 



Aug. 19 



88°. 



Feb. 4 



—19°. 8 



1070.8 



Average 



of 

 22 years. 



44°. 12 



July 



66°. 85 

 February 



22°. 98 



43°. 87 



2°. 44 



January 



3°. 9 

 July 20 



77°. 28 

 Jan, 24 



— 0°.87 



July 22 



90°. 4 



Jan. 25 



—12°. 2 

 102°. 6 



Extremes. 



46°. 36 

 (in 1846) 

 July, 1854 



72«.47 

 Jan. 1857 



12°. 75 



3°. 55 

 (1843 & 1857) 



Jan. 1857 



10°. 7 

 July 12, 1845 



82". 32 

 Feb. 6, 1855 

 Jan. 22, 1857 



—14°. 38 

 Aug. 24, 1854 



99°. 2 



Jan. 26, 1859 



—26°. 5 



118°. 2 



(in 1855) 



42°. 16 

 (in 1856) 

 Aug. 1860 



64,46 

 Feb. 1848 



26°. 60 



1°.35 

 (in 1853) 



July 31, 1844 



72°. 75 

 Dec. 22, 1842 



+ 9°. 57 

 Aug. 19, 1840 



82°. 4 



Jan. 2, 1842 



+ 1°.9 



87°. 



(in 1847) 



