HAWAIIAN GUIDE BOOK. 137 



The weather in December, commencing about the 

 date of the transit of Venus, was for the most part 

 mild, light westerly and northerly winds prevailing, 

 with cool, dewy nights, during which the thermometer 

 fell frequently to about 60 ° , and on several occasions 

 below that figure. This cool weather continued into 

 the spring months of 1875, the thermometer at sunrise 

 having ranged from 52° to 68 ° , and during one 

 night, the 5th of January, it dropped to 50J ° , as reg- 

 istered at the Transit of Venus observatory in this city, 

 which is the coolest we have ever known it to be here, 

 though at other localities the mercury often falls to 

 50 ° , 40 ° and 30 ° , according to the elevation above 

 the sea. "We append the following table showing the 

 rainfall in Honolulu for two years, and in Hilo one year. 

 That for the year 1874, was kept by Mr. Hall at his resi- 

 dence on Nuuanu Avenue, a short distance above the 

 intersection of School street, which, we may add, is one 

 of the best localities for impartial meteorogical observa- 

 tions to be found in Honolulu. 



MONTHS. 



HONOLULU. 



HILO. 



1866. 



1874, 



Ther. Sunrise. 

 Higb't Low'l 



1846. 





12.73 

 14.03 

 3.55 

 1.60 

 8.34 

 1.57 

 1.86 

 1.56 

 1.75 

 2.11 

 1.55 

 4.98 



10.00 

 . 3.41 

 4.16 

 1.28 

 1.14 

 2.51 

 2.40 

 1.00 

 2.58 

 5.50 



15.67 

 3.30 



750.. 65° 



71 . . 61 

 70 .. 61 



70 .. 64 



72 .. 65 



72 . . 70 



74 . . 70 



75 . . 71 



73 . . 70 

 73 .. 70 

 73 .. 62 



71 .. 58 



21 51 

 9.96 

 88.15 

 18.86 

 10.68 

 5.25 

 9.91 

 10.68 

 4.96 

 12.64 

 25.64 

 13.93 







Total 



55.63 



52.95 





182.17 



Auuual average of rainiall at Honolulu, 5 years 46.80 



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