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the winds light, chiefly from the S.W. The 1st was showery 
a heavy shower also occurred between 1.30 and 3 a.m. on the 
7th, and rain fell on the 8th, attended with much thunder and 
a little lightning. The 10th and 11th were colder, the maximum 
temperature being only 67.2 and G5.0; the thermometer rose to 80 
degrees on the 13th, and four very hot and fine days followed with 
maxima temperatures of 84. 5, 84.0, 83.0, and 81.0. During the 
last fortnight of July very considerable variation was recorded in 
the day temperatures : on the 19th with a strong N.W. wind from 
7 a.m. to 5 p.m., the thermometer only reached G7.0, but on the 
22nd, 81.0 was registered. On the 23rd the maximum was only 
G5.8 : a heavy shower occurred at 9.40 a.m., and rain lasted until 
1 p.m., amounting to 0.43 in., with thunder and a little lightning; 
at midnight there was much lightning without thunder, Rain fell 
from 9.30 a.m. to 12.45 on the 24th, and the maximum temperature 
was only G5.0. At G a.m. the 2Gth the wind veered to S.W., and 
the thermometer again reached 81.0; three cold and cloudy days 
followed with maxima of only G8.0, 6G.0, and G7.0 ; the 30th was 
fine, but the 31st cloudy and showery. The night temperatures 
during July wore very even and only varied 10 degrees; the mean 
monthly temperature was 1.5 above the average of the last six 
years. The barometric pressure for July averaged at about 1-1 0th 
above the usual mean ; no remarkable variation was recorded. 
Rain fell on only eight days in July, and was 0.23 in. below the 
average of the last thirty-five years. 
August. 
The first few days of August were cloudy and showery ; 
a fall in the barometric pressure from 30.037 at 9 a.m. the 
2nd, to 29.417 at 9 a.m. the 3rd, was attended by a fall of 
3-lOths of rain between 5.30 and 11 a.m. the 3rd, and fol- 
lowed by a rather strong S.W. wind until 4 p.m., with a quick 
rise in the barometer to 30.227 at 9 p.m. the 5th. A fortnight of 
very fine weather was recorded from the 6th to the 19th of August; 
barometric pressure was very steady, and no rain fell ; the winds 
were light and variable from the 6th to the 10th, followed by light 
E. winds until the 19th. The days were mostly intensely hot, the 
thermometer registering above 80 degrees on five days ; there was, 
