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Calendar of Nature, 



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The coldest day in December was the 26th : mean temperature of that 

 day 29" ; wind N. ; extreme cold 25°. The warmest day was the 5th : 

 mean temperature of that day 51°; extreme heat 54°; wind S.W. There 

 were only 2 days of brilliant, and 6 days of partial, sunshine ; 23 days were 

 cloudy. Rain and snow fell on 5 days, 26 days were fair. Depth of 

 rain and melted snow 0*9 of an inch. The wind blew from the east 

 and north-east on 12 days, from the north 7 days, and from the west and 

 north-west on 12 days. There were loud gales of wind on the 11th, 12th, 

 and 13th. The annual mean temperature for the year 1829 was 46°, which 

 is 1-7° below the ordinary average. Annual depth of rain 28*22 in. Or- 

 dinary or average fall is 26*38 in. 



1830. The coldest day in January was the 28th : mean temperature of 

 that day 31*5°; wind N. ; extreme cold 27°. The warmest day was the 

 26th : mean temperature of that day 39*5° ; extreme heat 44° ; wind S.W. 

 There were 8 days of brilliant, and 5 of partial, sunshine; 18 were cloudy. 

 The wind blew from the east and north-east on 12 days, from the north 

 on 5 days, and from the west and north-west on 14 days. There were 

 loud gales of wind from the north-west on the 6th and 7th, from the north 

 on the 9th, and from the east on the 13th. Slight showers of sleet and 

 snow fell on 8 days. Mean temperature for the month 35° ; depth of rain 

 and melted snow 1*4 in. 



After 5 weeks of a temperature averaging between 39° and 40° in No- 

 vember, a south-west wind on the 5th and 6th of December was accom- 

 panied with a temperature elevated to 51°. Charmed by the appearance 



