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4th of 81.0. The 12th, 13th, and 14th, were much colder, the 
sky mostly overcast, and the winds light from the E. and N.E. 
Another period of fine hot weather witli light N.E. winds lasted 
until the 22nd, attended by a fall in the barometric pressure from 
29.961 at 9 a.m. the 21st, to 29.477 at 9 p.m. the 22nd, with a 
heavy shower of rain at 3 a.m. the 23rd, followed by a quick rise 
in the barometer to 30 inches on the 24th ; after which the 
pressure continued high and steady until the end of the month. 
The 23rd to the 27th were cold cloudy days, the maximum tem- 
perature being only 67.0, with light winds. from the N.W. and 
S.W. The last three days were much hotter, the thermometer 
rising to 82.8 on the 29th. The mean temperature of the month 
was about 3.5 degrees above the usual average. The rainfall was 
0.13 in. deficient. 
July. 
July commenced with cold, cloudy, and showery weather ; the 
mean temperature of the first nine days was only 58.4. Rain fell 
from 3 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the 1st, amounting to 1.06 in. in the 
fourteen hours ; and a severe thunder-storm with rain occurred at 
3 p.m. the 7th. The barometric pressure was steady at about 30 
inches from the 1st to the 12th, after which it fell from 30.007 at 
9 a.m. on the 12th, to 29.188 at 9 a.m. the 15th, attended by a 
heavy fall of rain from 11 p.m. the 14th to 3 a.m. the 15th, and a 
rather strong S. and S.S.E. wind on the 15th and 16th. Frequent 
oscillation was recorded in the last fortnight, but no remarkable 
variation occurred. The winds were light chiefly from the S. and 
S.W., the sky generally cloudy, and the highest temperature 
between the 15th and the 28th, was only 73.5 : the thermometer 
on the 28th only registered 66.0. The last three days were much 
finer and very hot, the maximum temperatures being 81.0, 80.5, 
and 85.5 ; the 31st was a very fine, hot day, but a slight thunder- 
storm with rain occurred in the evening, and at 9 p.m. the tempera- 
ture had fallen 15.5 degrees below the maximum. The rainfall 
for the month exceeded the average by 0.22 in. 
August. 
August commenced with a thunder-storm and heavy shower of 
rain at 1 a.m. the 1st. The month was most rcmarkablo for the 
