606 
June. 
The mean temperature of the first twenty days of June was only 
57.0 ; the sky was generally overcast and cloudy, weather gloomy 
and frequent slight showers of rain were recorded. A thunder- 
storm with heavy rain occurred at 2 p.m. on the 4th. Frequent 
oscillation was recorded in the barometric pressure, but no remark- 
able variation occurred; the principal fall was from 30.145 at 
9 a.m. the 7th, to 29.506 at 9 p.m. the 9th, followed by a slight 
rise on the 10th, which was succeeded by another fall to 29.461 at 
9 p.m. the 11th, and attended by squally S.W. and S.S.E. winds 
on the 10 th and 11th. The last ten days were very fine and 
excessively hot, the day temperatures averaging 80.2, and the 
night temperatures 58.7 ; the unusually high temperatures of 82.5, 
81.8, 86.0, and 87.0, were recorded on the 24th and three follow- 
ing days. The barometric pressure was very steady, the readings 
oscillating very slightly at 30 in., and the winds mostly light from 
the S.S.E. and E. The rainfall for the month was half-an-incli 
deficient. The total fall for the six months, January to June, was 
9.14 ins., being 0.79 in. below the average. 
July. 
The rainfall for this month was unusually small, only amounting 
to 0.51 in., 1.95 in. less than the average of the last 37 years, and 
the smallest amount recorded in July since 1847. The weather 
during the first sixteen days was generally cloudy and dull, the 
mean day temperature only averaging 6S.8; the winds were light, 
chiefly from the N.W. and W. The 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th, 
were very fine hot days with maxima temperatures of 82.2, S3. 5, 
82.0, and 81.2. The remaining days were rather showery, the sky 
generally overcast; a thunderstorm occurred at 2.30 a.m. the 23rd, 
and lightning without thunder at 10 p.m. The mean monthly 
barometric pressure was about 0.100 in. above the .average. No 
unusual variation was recorded ; the pressure during the first three 
weeks was very steady. The reading fell from 30 in. at 9 a.m. the 
23rd, to 29.632 at 3 p.m. the 25th, followed by a gradual rise to 
30.381 at 9 p.m. the 31st, with heavy rain at 1 p.m. the 27th, and 
rain from noon to 3 p.m, the 29th, and a N.N.W. gale of 340 
miles on the 30th. 
