382 A TEAR S WEATHEE. 



varying pressures cannot take place without causing effects on our 

 seas, often disastrous ones. 



We had several delightful days in January, and on three days 

 towards its end, the temperature out of doors was 52 degrees. 

 Our coldest night was on the i ith, when under cover we registered 

 19 degrees, or 13 degrees of frost, in the open 15 degrees, or 17 

 degrees of frost; the wind blew over a carpet of snow which 

 overspread the country, from two to six or seven inches deep. 



On the 22nd, Mr. John Burton, of the Old Curiosity Shop, 

 Falmouth, sent me some male flowers of the willow, which he had 

 gathered on the Castle Drive, and which for many years he had 

 noticed as coming out in the tirst week of February, their early 

 appearance on the dry ground there is interesting. Primroses were 

 to be found in the sheltered valleys about Truro. 



I regret to say that Mr. F. H. Davey, who so kindly takes the 

 charge of a rain-guage for me at Ponsanooth, is laid up ; hence for 

 the time being, and, I hope sincerely, for the briefest period, his 

 interesting records of Kennal Vale are suspended. 



I purpose, as last year, to tabulate the rainfalls from month to 

 month, as I learn that this method has given great satisfaction to 

 many of my readers. 



40 years' mean. 1891. 1892. 



January 4-85-ius 3-40-ins 2-27-ins. 



A peep backwards, January 1792 : — 8th, ice one inch thick 

 in the course of one night. 1 2th, snowdrop stem above ground, 

 ice in general two and a half inches thick. 14th, thermometer at 

 10 a.m. registered 26 degrees. 30th, snowdrops in bloom. 

 Rainfall 2*30 inches. 



February 9th, 1892. 



FEBRUARY. 

 There are many who believe that bad seasons repeat them- 

 selves, and yet would never expect a repetition of the February 

 weather of last year. That month was the driest February we 

 have on record, this year it was the wettest since 188^. The 

 rainfall for this month was 4*43 inches, which fell on 18 days. 

 Our heaviest day's rainfall was on the i8th, '93, nearly an inch. 

 The month commenced wet, half an inch of rain on the first day, 

 with hail, yet a general feeling of warmth. Next we had a 



