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Kovember to 14th November, which were cold. The average daily 
temperature of the 42 days ending 20th November was 49°*], 
exceeding the average by 2°'4. The excess over the average on 
some daj's was as large as 8° or 9°. On 21st November a severe 
cold period set in, and continued with very slight exceptions till 
1st January, 1875 ; the average daily temperature of the 42 days 
ending on this day was 33^-5, being 6°'6 below the average. The 
temperature on several days was more than 10° in defect ; on the 10th 
and 22nd December it was about 12'; on 23rd December it was 
141° . on 29th December, 12^° ; on 30th December, 12f° ; and on the 
last day of the year it was as large as 16^° nearly. On this day the 
mean temperature was 21°'l only; the day was painfully cold. 
Of remarkable low mean daily temperature there have been 28 
since the year 1814, eleven only in the last 30 years, five in January, 
two in February, and four in December ; of these 11 instances, three 
took place in January and February 1855. During that remarkable 
cold period extending from 14th January to the 27th February the 
mean temperature of these 42 days was 29°'0, and, therefore, was 
much colder than in the recent period ; the departure of these 42 
days was 9i° nearly, below the average. There was another 
analogous period of 42 days' cold, extending from 21st December, 
1870, to 31st January, 1871 ; the mean temperature of this period 
was 31°-1, or 6° below the average. 
Since the year 1771, the following are all the instances of so low 
a mean temperature in December as 33°"2. In the year — 
1784 it was 31°-0 1 799 it was 32°-8 1846 it was 32°-9 
1788 „ 29°-0 1840 „ 33-°3 1874 „ 33°-2 
1796 „ 30°-4 1844 „ 33°0 
The mean temperature of November and December taken together 
was 37°6 ; since the year 1829, when the mean temperature of these 
two months was 37°*1, there has been only one instance of so low a 
mean temperature as in this year, viz., in 1870, when it was 37°'55. 
The mean temperature of October was 51°'7, being respectively 2°-l 
and 1°*5 higher than the averages of 103 years, and the preceding 33 
years; it was 3°-9 higher than that of 1873 and 1872 respectively. 
Tlie mean temperature of November was 42°-0, being 0°-3 lower 
than the average of 103 years, and l°-6 lower than that of the 
preceding 33 years; and l°-2 and 3°-3 respectively lower than those 
recorded in the month of November in the years 1873 and 1872. 
Tlie mean temperature of December was 33°-2, being 5°-9 and 7°-l 
respectively lower than the averages of 103 years, and the pre- 
ceding 33 years ; it was 7°"4 and 9°'7 lower than the corresponding 
value in 1873 and 1872. 
27te fall of rain in the three months was 7'2 inches, making 20-0 
inches in the year, being 5"4 inches below the average annual fall. 
