404 A yeae's weather. 



19 degrees of frost, and the third coldest nights were on January 

 10th and 11th, (1892), with 17 degrees of frost. Many may 

 remember those nights ; we had several days of frost and heavy 

 hail, then snow fell heavily, covering the ground some five or 

 six inches, the north winds blew over this carpet giving a 

 chilliness, before which the exposed thermometers sank 15 

 degress. The intensity of the December frosts may, perhaps, 

 be better realized when we observe that their registration was 4 

 degrees below the keenest of the January colds, even with the 

 help of a covering of snow to blow over. 



Yet there were some delightful days in December, two were 

 simply glorious, the rooks sported and tumbled in its brightness 

 as if it were spring, and the bright sunshine and intense blue 

 sky were most enjoyable. 



We had hoar frost on eight days, hail on four, and a flake 

 or two of snow on one night. The winds were chiefly S.W. 

 and N.E., the one bringing us rain, the other frost. The mean 

 amount of cloud was 5-6, taking 10 as a maximum. The range 

 of temperature of the thermometers in shade, 39 degrees. The 

 mean temperature of month 43 7 degrees. Mean height of 

 barometer 29-945 inches, being its highest on the 17th, 30'47, 

 and lowest on the 5th, 29-45, or a range for the month of 1-02 

 inches. 



The following are the summaries of rainfalls for comparison : 



Greatest Fall in 



Total ... 4l-h% 45-05 31-90 



