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Remarkable Weather. 



chester (Mr. G. V. Vernon), the Royal Observatory, and* High- 

 field House. 



Comparison of the greatest heat at the Royal Observatory, 

 the Highfield House Observatory, and at Manchester, between 

 1856 and 1862, in May and June : — 





KOYAX 



Obsebvatoby. 



Higheieid House 

 Obseetatoey. 



Makchestee. 



Year. 



May. 



June. 



May. 



June. 



May. 



June. 



1850 



76-5 



85-1 



79-2 



87-2 



— 



78-0 



1851 



74-2 



87-0 



77-0 



85-3 



75-0 



— 



1852 



73-4 



72-7 



79-0 



77-0 



73-0 



76-5 



1853 



78-8 



81-0 



82-0 



82-0 



77-7 



79-0 



1854 



70-5 



78-5 



73-0 



79-0 



72-0 



77-0 



1855 



81-5 



83-5 



8T9 



83-3 



84-0 



83-5 



1856 



72-0 



83-1 



70-8 



84-2 



78-3 



77-0 



1857 



80-2 



92-7 



72-8 



88-0 



77-8 



90-5 



1858 



81-2 



94-5 



84-0 



92-2 



— 



91-2 



1859 



77-0 



81-3 



78-5 



80-4 



82-0 



81-8 



1860 



76-5 



74-0 



79-8 



73-5 



78-0 



71'4 



1861 



80-2 



81-8 



79-8 



82-8 



72-2 



84-0 



1862 



81-5 



73-5 



777 



76-4 



76-0 



— 



In the above years it will be seen that the maximum heat 

 in May reached 81°*5 at the Royal Observatory, and 84 o, at 

 Highfield House and Manchester; and in June, 94°*5 at the 

 Royal Observatory, 92 0, 2 at Highfield House, and 91 0, 2 at Man- 

 chester. In May it was warmer at Highfield House than at 

 Manchester from 1851 to 1854, colder from 1855 to 1859, and 

 warmer from 1860 to 1862; at the Royal Observatory it was 

 colder from 1850 to 1855, warmer in 1856 and 1857, colder in 

 1858 to 1860, and warmer in 1861 and 1862. 



In June it was warmer at Highfield House than at Man- 

 chester, except in the years 1855, 1857, 1859, and 1861 ; it 

 was warmer at the Royal Observatory, except in 1850, 1852, 

 1853, 1854, 1856, 1861, and 1862. 



The mean of the greatest heat of all these years being : — 



Greenwich . 

 Eighfield House 



Manchester . . 



77-2 in May, and 82-2 in June. 

 78-1 „ 82-4 



7fr<) „ 80-9 



Highfield House being warmer than Greenwich in May by 

 0°'9, and in .June by 0°*2, and warmer than Manchester in May 

 by 1 0, 2, and in June by 1°'5. 



Comparison of the greatest cold at tho Royal Observatory, 

 the JIighfi< •hi House Observatory, and at Manchester, between 

 1850 and 1862, in May and June : — 



