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MR. A. W. tRESTON’s METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 
were attended with keen easterly winds and bright weather, 
reminding one of March ; the next fortnight was even colder, with 
north and north-west currents accompanied with much dampness 
and gloom, and with very low day temperatures. The maximum 
on the 18th was but 50.8 degrees, a point frequently exceeded in 
January, and from the 15th to the 20th the thermometer never 
exceeded 57 degrees. On the 24th the first taste of summer was 
experienced, and the weather continued fine, bright, and warm to 
the month’s end. 
July. 
The spell of fine summer weather which set in on June 24th, 
continued, with increasing heat, till July 7th. The maximum 
temperature of 80 degrees was exceeded on the 3rd, 4th, and 6th, 
but was not again reached during the month. From the 7th to 
the 11th the northerly current again returned with cold cloudy 
weather and light rain. This was followed by a very unsettled 
condition of the atmosphere during the remainder of the month, 
with bright days occasionally intervening. On the 12th (the first 
day of the Royal Agricultural Society’s Show at Crown Point) 
heavy incessant rain fell all day (0.73 in. being recorded), and on 
the 14th there was an imusual barometric depression for July 
(29.32 in.), accompanied by a gale from the west. Very heavy 
rains occurred on the evenings of the 23rd and 25th (0.91 and 
0.74 in. respectively) . The total rainfall for the month was 4. 0 1 in. , 
the heaviest fall recorded for July since 1880. AVinds were chiefly 
westerly and south-westerly, barometric pressure very unsteady, 
and a great prevalence of cloud after the 7 th. 
August. 
Showery and unsettled conditions prevailed until the 19th of 
this month, when a great change occurred, and very fine weather 
was experienced during the rest of the summer. The thermometer 
reached 70 degrees and upwards every day from the 20th to the 
end of the month, and on the 30th it reached 81.6 degrees, and 
on the 31st 83.2 degrees, which Avas the highest temperature 
recorded since July, 1885. During the last ten days there Avas 
but little cloud, Avinds Averc light from all i;[uarters, the barometer 
