SZ ALMSON — ON METEOROLOGT. 



20th, 21st and 22nd passed with fine dry -vveather with cooT 

 Bights ; a little rain fell on the morning of 23rd, and that even- 

 ing a beautiful band of auroral light more plainlj^ seen on the 

 24th, was followed by much stormy weather continuing into 

 October. The month ended with a violent rain fail, and a N.W. 

 gale that evening accompanied the wintry weather which then 

 we were entering upon. The " Maria" pear was picked iu 

 Windsor on 9th, and the " Bon Cretien" 13th ; " Washington" 

 plums 12th, and green gages 18th. These fruits, as those of 

 August, were about eight or ten days later thau usual, and two 

 to three weeks later than in 1865. 



October as a whole w^as neither very clear nor cloudy, but its 

 division of wet and dry days was very unequal. Out of 14 wet 

 days 9 occurred before the 14th of the month, and many of 

 them were very wet. Again from the 17th to the end of the 

 moath but 5 wet days are found, and but one storm. The rain 

 mentioned on 30th September changed on 1st October to snow, 

 and for four hours in the morning, and nearly as long in the 

 afternoon, the flakes came down briskly, well whitening the 

 grass and house tops. In many counties from 4 to 6 inches fell, 

 according to report. The mean temperature 45'=. 60, though 

 slightly iu- excess of 1866 or 1865, is scarcely equal to a five 

 years average which I calculate at 46°. 32. The range was not 

 great, being from 68°. 8 to 25°. 9. The mean force of wind was 

 above the average. The prevailing direction N. W., not a very 

 eommon wind iu October, W., N., or S. W. being generally 

 more prevalent, A notable rain storm on the 11th, 12th and 

 13th, was accompanied on the morning of the second day by a 

 S. E. gale. Rain fell at that time for 37 consecutive hours. 

 Water was first frozen on 4th, wdieu pools were skimmed Avith 

 ice. Capiauman and Cycle Pears thoroughly ripe in Windsor on 

 that same day. In 1866 Capiaumans were picked ripe from the 

 s^rae tree an September 27th, and in 1865 on September 16th. 

 We had thunder and lightning on afternoon of 22d, but neither 

 loud nor vivid. 



Dry weather in November was very rare ; but once had we 

 two consecutive days without some rain or snow ; aud onlj' seven 

 ia the whole month. As a consequence cloud was in excess of 



