570 Effects of the Winter, 1880-81. By Mr John Page. 



Maximum and Minimum for each Month in the yea/r, 1881. 





Maxi- 



Mini- Degrees 



Date the frost 



Date the 



No of days at 



Month. 



mum. 



mum. frost. 



occurred on. 



greatest heat 



. 32°&helow. 



January, 



49 



0-10 42 



17th 





3rd 42 





27 



February, 



48 



12- 20 



12th 





23rd 48 





25 



March, 



55 



12- 20 



2nd 





17th 55 





20 



April, 



64 



18- 14 



7th 





29th 64 





13 



May, 



83 



27- 5 



17th 



80th & 31st 83 





4 



June, 



85 



28- 4 



10th 



1st & 2nd 85 





5 



July, 



89 



42- — 







5th 89 





— 



August, 



76 



34- — 

 Prevailing 



Winds, 



1881 



14th 76 







Month. 



South 



S.W. North. 



East. 



N.W, 



West. 



S.B. 



N.E, 



January, 



— 



4 16 



4 



6 



1 



— 



— 



February 



— 



4 6 



2 



6 



1 



4 



5 



March, 



— 



3 2 



1 



5 



16 



1 



3 



April, 



— 



4 1 



8 



1 



7 



4 



5 



May, 



6 



6 - — 



2 



1 



8 



7 



1 



June, 



2 



3 2 



1 



3 



13 



4 



2 



July, 



— 



9 1 



2 



— 



19 



— 



— 



August, 



1 



5 2 



3 



2 



14 



— 



4 



30 



23 



24 



79 



Number of Degrees of Frost on each day in January, 1881. 





Degrees 







Degrees 



January. 



frost. 





January. 



frost. 



1 



2— the Thermometer 



19 



12—37 or 5 above freez 



5 



5 



was only twice 



20 



25 ing on the 19th. 



6 



5 



above freezing 



21 



29 



7 



11 



from this date to 



22 



10 



8 



15 



the 26th. 



23 



7 



9 



20 





. 24 



30 



10 



18 





25 



10 



11 



12 





26 



31— the 26th. 



12 



28 





27 



30 



13 



7 





28 



11 



14 



20 





29 



2 



15 



35 





30 



2 



16 



38 









17 



42 





Total, 



488 



18 



36 









488 degrees of frost— something terrible to think of. 



The Thermometer was only 13 times above freezing point during the 

 month. Once it reached 49 ; 3 times 45 ; once 42 ; once 41 ; 4 times 40 ; 

 once 37 ; once 36 ; and once 33. 



