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Tlie lowest temperature for the year was 22°. 3 wliieh was readied on 

 December 25tli and also on December 29tli. The lowest point reached in LS79 

 was 24°.l. The total range for the year ISSO was G8°.2 and for the year 1879 

 it was GS°.;). 



The highest minimum temperature for any month was G5'^ in August, the 

 minimum for the same month of last year being 69^.4. The greatest daily 

 range in the year was 30". 4 on December 22, the maximum daily range for 1879 

 being 29^8. The minininin diiily range was 1°.4 on IMarch 2, that for 1879 

 being 3°. During the whole twenty four hours of JIarch 2 the temperature 

 differed from that of freezing by barely 1" and again on the whole of July 5 it 

 did not differ from 70° by uiore than 2'^. 



In Chart No 4 the curve of monthly means of the standard thermometer is 

 shown in the first diagraTU. In the second the maximum, minimum and range 

 for each month and in the thinl the maximum and minimum daily range for 

 each month are exhibited. In their general features these diagrams will be 

 found, of course, to resemble those of last year very elosely. 



