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weeks is given and compared with the average of the 20 years 

 1894-1913. Rainfall varied a good bit during this period, 

 some of the weeks being, as shown, wet, others very dry. 

 Considered as a whole the interval was, as already stated, 

 distinctly dry. 



Temperature. Rainfall. 



Date. Actual. Average + or — Actual. + or — 



deg. deg. deg, in. in. 



Dec. 21-27 49-5 44*5 - 5*0 1*58 + 0*60 



Dec. 28- Jan. 3 50*3 44«3 - 6*0 1-10 + 0-12 



Jan. 4-10 48-4 44*0 - 4*4 0-12 — 0-58 



Jan. 11-17 46-9 43*6 - 3'3 0-49 - 0-21 



Jan. 18-24 47'5 43*4 - 4'1 0'37 - 0'33 



Jan. 25-31 46'2 42'3 - 3'9 0*07 - 0*63 



Feb. 1-7 45-6 41*6 - 4-0 0-97 + 0'41 



The 7 weeks 47*8 43-4 - 4-4 4*70 - 0'62 



The extremes of shade temperature during the seven 

 weeks were 55*8 deg. on December 27th and 38*0 deg. on 

 January 25th. On thirty out of the forty-nine days the max. 

 touched or exceeded 50 deg., and fell to or dropped below 

 40 deg. on five days only. The Avarmest day, January 1st, 

 had a mean temperature of 52*5 deg. ; the coldest day, 

 February 1st, a mean of 42*9 deg. Incidental reference has 

 been made to the coldness of June, July was also very cold, 

 and in this connection it may be mentioned here that January 

 1st and 2nd were actually warmer than July 3rd, which had 

 a mean of 51 -9 deg. only and was 5*8 deg. colder than the 

 normal. 



Let us now look at January's record by itself. The 

 month's mean temperature (47*7 deg.) was 4*3 deg. above the 

 average of the 20 years, 1894-1913, and it was by 1*3 deg. the 

 warmest January of, at least, the last 23 years. Further 

 back than 1894 this station's records do not extend. The 

 month's absolute max. (55*4 deg., 1st) and the absolute min. 

 (38 # deg., 25th) are both records for heat, as are also the 

 mean max. (50*2 deg., normal 46*3 deg.) and the mean min. 

 (44\S deg., normal 40'0 deg.). The coldest day of the month, 

 too (31st, mean 43*0 deg.) is a well-marked record for warmth, 

 and in fact no matter in what direction one looks the figures 

 all point to January having been a period of most unusual 

 mildness — a mildness which had a wonderful effect on plant 

 and bird life on the island. 



What a contrast to January, 1917, the coldest month at 

 Guernsey since February, 1895. It is a really interesting 

 instance of extremes meeting and a good illustration of the 



