24° 



Meteorology. 



From this it appears that 1878-9 was the coldest winter, 

 and the next coldest the winter following. Thirteen out of 

 the whole series had a mean temperature above 40° ; hence 

 "the conclusion that the Bath winters are generally mild. 



Rainfall. 



The results of the twenty years' observations on th^ 

 rainfall — i.e., from the year 1866 to 1885, — show that the 

 mean annual fall was 32-064 inches. The greatest amount 

 of rain registered during the whole period was 42-294 inches 

 in 1882, and in no other year did the fall attain to 40 inches. 

 The driest year was 1870, when only 20-982 inches were 

 registered, the next driest 1873, when the amount was 

 24*890 inches. It was also remarked that dividing the 

 twenty years into two decades, the first may be called the 

 dry one, the second the wet. 



From the above Table of the variation during the seasons, 

 it follows that autumn is the wettest and spring the driest 

 season in Bath. January, Mr. Blomfield considers to be 

 the wettest month in the year, though September or October 

 approach very near to it. 



