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20.980, but again fell to 29.684 at 9 p.m. the 7th, followed by a 
rise to 30.048 at 9 p.m. the 8th. A strong W.S.W. and W. gale 
was recorded from 2 p.m. the 7th to 9 a.m. the 8th, and from 
W.N.W. from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. ; the total velocity for the 24 
hours ending 2 p.m. the 8th was 5 37 miles ; the greatest force of 
the storm was from midnight to 2 a.m. the 8th, when the hourly 
velocity was 31 and 29 miles. This was succeeded by cold, gloomy 
weather, the winds chiefly N. W., and a general though slightly broken 
rise in the barometer to 30.664 on the 16th, followed by a fall to 
30.179 on the 18th. The 19th, 20th, and 21st, were mild days, with 
W. winds, and the unusual high minima temperatures of 46.0, 45.0, 
and 44.0. During the last ten days very considerable variation was 
recorded in the barometer, the weather was much colder, cloudy, and 
frequent showers of snow, sleet, and hail were recorded. The 
barometer fell from 30.254 at 9 a.m. the 21st to 29.544 at 9 a.m. 
the 24th, followed b3 r a further fall to 29.419 at 3 p.m. ; at 4.30 
p.m. the 24th, a slight, but very sudden squall occurred, the 
velocity of the wind from 4.0 to 4.30 p.m. was only 4 miles, the 
direction S.W. ; at 4.30 precisely the wind veered to W., and the 
velocity in next 30 minutes was 8 miles, in the following hour it 
was only 10 miles from the W. and W.S.W. The barometric 
pressure which at 9 p.m. the 24th registered 29.395 rose quickly 
to 30 inches on the 26th, followed by a fall to 29.195 at 9 a.m. 
the 30th, attended by a strong gale on the 29th and 30th from the 
N. E. from 1 a.m. the 29th to noon, when it backed to N.N.E., at 
o p.m. it had backed to N., and early on the 30th to N.N.W. ; the 
total velocity was 492 on the 29th, and 420 on the 30tli. The 
barometer rose to 29.429 at 9 a.m. the 31st, but again fell to 
29.193 at 9 p.m.; rain fell in the evening, followed by snow at 
9 p.m., which was succeeded by a sharp frost in the night, the 
thermometer falling to 7 degrees below freezing. The rainfall was 
O. 89 in. deficient. 
April.. 
The unusually low minimum temporaturo of 25.0 which was 
recorded early on the first, was followed by a month of mild, bright, 
and very dry weather, with a preponderance of easterly winds; 
the minima temperatures mostly above 40.0, and only one night of 
