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Meteorology. 



perature of January was 13° 26\ February 13° 31\ March 25° 

 44\ April 40° 12\ May 55° '70\ June 62° 11\ July 74° 78^ 

 August 610 2l\ September 58° 12\ October 46" 04\ November 

 31° 49\ December 13° 80\ the absolute mean range for the 

 same period has been from 90° 9^ + to 27 ^ 4^ — (below zero) 

 the absolute monthly range was, in 



January -j- 40<^ T to 25^ 1— 

 February _[- 41° 1 to 25° 2— 

 March _j- 56° to 6° 7— 



April _[- 75° 6 to 10^ l-j- 

 May -]- 86° 6 to 25" 7— 

 June -j- 94° 5 to 40° 5-j- 



July 4- 97° 1 to 47° 8-(- 

 August _|- 96° 7 to 40° 6 + 

 September -[- 91° 2 to 30° 4-^ 

 October -f- 75° 7 to 23° 8-j- 

 NoTember + 60° 4 to 5° 7-]- 

 December _|- 42° 1 to 26'' 3 — 



The highest temperature in the shade on record here was 

 100°, 1, and the lowest range was 36^ 2' below zero, giving a 

 climatic range of 136° 3' degrees ; the hottest month is 

 July, and the coldest month is February ; the warmest part of 

 the day in summer is at 3 p.m., and in the winter season at 2 

 p.m. ; the coldest part of the day in winter is at a little before 

 sunrise. 



The mean yeatly temperature of the dew point reduced for the 

 same period was 35° 6, andforthedifierent mouths as follows: — 



January 9°6 



February 7° 4 



March, 20° 2 



April, 34° 6 



May, 47° 2 



Jiine, 54" 1 



July, 65° 



August, 53° 1 



September, 52° 2 



October, 40° 8 



November, 26° 1 



December, 8" 1 



The relative degree of humidity for that period saturation 

 being 1*000 was 814, and for the months : — 



January, . 

 February, 

 March, . . . 

 April, . . . . 



May, 



June, .... 



869 

 808 

 835 

 812 



774 

 770 



July, -744 



August,.. : -765 



September, -809 



October, -821 



November, "824 



December, '832 



The Electric force of Vaiwur exhibits a daily maximum at 3 

 a.m., and a minimum at between 3 and 4 p.m. The summer 

 quarter, which embraces June, July and August, is the dryest 

 quarter ; next is the Spring quarter which embraces March, April 

 and May, the Autumnal and Winter Quarters are the most 

 humid. Complete saturation does not often occur, it has never- 

 theless taken place about four or five times in each year. 



