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The Past Agricultural Year. 
Table II. — Results of Meteorological Observations at Stonyhurst 
College, seyen miles North of Blackburn, for the Three Years, 
1859-60, 1867-8, 1878-9. 
1859-1860. 
{Cold and 
loet. 
) 
MusiJis. 
Temperature. 
Mean 
Rainfall. 
Amount of 
Max. 
Min. 
Mean 
Max. 
Mean 
Min. 
Mean. 
Cloud. 
Amonnt. 
Number of 
Day-s. 
o 
o 
o 
o 
o 
0- 
10 
Inches. 
October .. 
71 
7 
25 
2 
53 
4 
42 
0 
47 
9 
7 
3 
3 
30 
20 
November 
55 
1 
24 
9 
46 
7 
35 
2 
40 
7 
6 
5 
2 
80 
18 
December .. 
52 
3 
12 
7 
39 
2 
28 
9 
33 
9 
6 
6 
2 
90 
14 
January 
53 
1 
17 
7 
42 
2 
32 
4 
37 
3 
7 
0 
4 
90 
25 
February 
46 
4 
19 
1 
41 
1 
29 
7 
34 
8 
6 
5 
1 
70 
16 
IMarcli . . 
51 
6 
21 
0 
45 
0 
34 
1 
39 
3 
7 
2 
5 
80 
26 
April 
62 
4 
28 
4 
51 
0 
35 
5 
42 
6 
6 
0 
1 
60 
13 
May .. .. 
73 
6 
31 
3 
69 
8 
43 
0 
51 
4 
6 
5 
4 
00 
21 
.TUDO 
67 
6 
40 
2 
61 
2 
47 
5 
53 
1 
9 
5 
6 
10 
26 
July 
75 
0 
42 
3 
67 
2 
49 
6 
56 
2 
7 
6 
1 
70 
14 
August .. 
G9 
2 
41 
2 
62 
0 
49 
0 
53 
8 
8 
7 
6 
10 
29 
September .. 
83 
6 
34 
7 
60 
6 
45 
0 
51 
3 
6 
9 
3 
30 
18 
Mean . . 
63 
5 
28 
2 
53 
3 
39 
3 
45 
2 
7 
2 
44 
20 
240 
1867-1868. {Hot and dry.) 
October 
66 
4 
30 
3 
54 
0 
42-2 
47-4 
7 
7 
5 
10 
23 
Noveml)er 
53 
1 
26 
1 
46 
4 
35-5 
40-4 
6 
9 
2 
10 
9 
December 
61 
0 
22 
0 
43 
3 
33-6 
.38 -3 
7 
4 
4 
90 
22 
January 
54 
4 
25 
2 
43 
7 
34-8 
39-0 
8 
1 
3 
60 
21 
February 
53 
1 
25 
6 
46 
9 
37 1 
41 -8 
7 
5 
4 
20 
24 
March .. 
58 
0 
26 
2 
50 
0 
36-9 
43-0 
7 
2 
6 
10 
23 
April 
61 
8 
28 
9 
54 
1 
40-2 
45-6 
6 
9 
2 
20 
16 
May 
80 
0 
31 
9 
64 
8 
46-4 
53-8 
6 
3 
1 
50 
20 
June 
83 
0 
41 
5 
69 
1 
48-1 
56-5 
6 
3 
70 
17 
July 
88 
1 
43 
2 
75 
6 
53-8 
62-5 
5 
2 
70 
9 
August .. 
88 
0 
44 
8 
70 
9 
53-4 
60-3 
6 
0 
4 
30 
22 
September . . 
85 
0 
40 
0 
65 
2 
49-4 
56-0 
5 
•6 
2 
40 
15 
Mean .. 
69 
3 
32 
1 
57 
0 
42-6 
48-7 
6-8 
37 
80 
221 
1878 
-1879. 
{Cold and wet.) 
October 
69 
2 
27 
8 
56 
0 
441 
49-4 
8 
8 
5 
42 
24 
November . . 
50 
0 
25 
S 
43 
4 
330 
37-5 
8 
6 
3 
77 
17 
December 
50 
5 
13 
1 
36 
9 
24-3 
30-3 
7 
3 
2 
03 
16 
January 
46 
0 
17 
3 
35 
9 
25-0 
30-2 
6 
9 
1 
53 
S 
February 
50 
3 
24 
8 
40 
7 
32-4 
360 
9 
5 
2 
70 
21 
March .. 
54 
8 
24 
3 
46 
5 
33-9 
39-1 
8 
6 
2 
51 
16 
April 
59 
9 
27 
5 
50 
2 
34-6 
40-7 
7 
3 
1 
56 
16 
May .. .. 
64 
8 
30 
0 
57 
1 
39-7 
46-7 
7 
6 
2 
38 
21 
Juno 
70 
0 
38 
0 
63 
7 
47-9 
53-6 
8 
7 
4 
79 
24 
July 
74 
2 
42 
8 
63 
2 
50-4 
54-7 
9 
5 
6 
79 
26 
August .. 
77 
0 
41 
0 
65 
2 
49-7 
55-9 
8 
5 
7 
71 
22 
September . . 
71 
0 
34 
0 
61 
4 
46-3 
52-9 
7 
3 
3 
40 
20 
Mean ,. 
61 
5 
28 
9 
51 
7 
38-4 
43-9 
8-2 
44 
59 
231 
