METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
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London.) The barometer was a Fitzroy. Elevation above sea- 
level, 100 feet. 
Distance from Solway, 3 miles. 
Mean | High- | Lowest Daysin 
Mean | Mean in est in in which 
Years. max. | min. | year. | year. year. | Range.) Rainfall. | it fell.| Barom. 
deg. | deg. deg. deg. deg. deg inches. inches. 
1866 569 | 3874 47°4 88°5 13 75°5 41°416 20) 
1867 551 41°4 46°7 85°7 00 857 34°999 146 29°89 
1868 574 414 48°5 92°5 21 715 43°512 200 29 87 
1869 5771 39°5 47°8 87 12 75 38°987 180 29°91. 
1870 56 6 38 46 89 10 79 30°181 144 29°97 
1871 56°6 39°4 47°2 83'S 13 70 5 38°841 185 29°89 
1872 56'8 41°4 48:1 84 20 64 53°708 214 29°71 
1873 56°9 39 5 47 1 88'2 13 2 75 38°049 170 29°87 
1875 56°9 40 2 47°7 85 20 65 36°139 169 29°92 
1876 boul 38 2 46°1 94 1L 83 37°979 153 29°89 
1877 55°6 39 8 46°9 88°2 12 76°2 55°235 212 29°78 
1878 56°7 39°2 46°9 90°2 1 89°2 33°685 145 29°92 
1879 53°9 | 363 44 82 5 77 37°206 142 29°88 
1880 566 | 39°2 46°9 85 14 71 33°419 155 29°88 
1881 54°4 | 371 44°3 85°3 00 85°5 38'893 161 29 85 
Mean of | 
15 years. 55°5 39°3 46 8 94 zero. 76°2 39°483 172 29°37 
Monthly means on average of 15 years :— 
Mean Mean Mean of | Days it | 
Month. Maximum.} Minimum.} Month.° Rainfall. fell. 
Degrees. | Degrees. | Degrees. Inches. | 
January 42 4 30°5 34°6 3950 iy | 
February .. 45°1 33'5 389 3°450 16 
March 49°3 32°1 39°8 2°411 Saye 
April 56°1 36 8 45°4 2°103 1L | 
May 62°4 405 49°8 2°522 12 
June 70°7 46°9 56°38 3°1038 13 | 
July 70°9 508 59°5 3°429 15 | 
August... 701 49°7 58°2 3°786 15 | 
September 64° 45°7 53°8 4°252 16 | 
October 54° 39°4 47° 3°864 15 
November 46°8 33°5 39°5 3°315 14 
December 42°1 30°1 36° 3°538 15 
From these tables it appears that the mean annual tempera- 
ture at Warmanbie during the years specified ranged from 44 deg. 
in 1879, to 48°5 deg. in 1868, giving a mean of 46:8 deg., 
is lower than that of Dumfries by nearly 1 deg., a difference which 
may be partly explained by the greater elevation of the former 
place, and by the circumstance that the height of the thermometer 
above the grass was 3 feet, instead of + feet, as at Dumfries. 
barometrical prepare very nearly corresponds with the Dumfries 
average. 
which 
The 
The average rainfall is about two and a half inches in 
’ excess of that of Dumfries, 39°483 in., as compared with 36°86 in. 
It is right to bear in mind, however, that the periods compared 
There is a considerable variation in the annual 
are different. 
