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Fkbruauy. 
iiiK weather during this month Avas unusually gloomy; snow, 
sleet, and rain being frequently recorded. The [month was most 
remarkable for the barometric variations, and the very unusual low 
mean pressure, which was nearly 0.500 in. below the average. 
The month commenced with five cold days, with snow and sleet 
and light E. winds ; this was followed by five days of mild but 
very wot weather, with 8.W. and 8.S.W. winds, and a fall in the 
barometric pre.ssurc from 29..530 at 9 p.m. the Gth, to 29.198 at 
9 p.m. the 7tli ; a rise to 29.5.32 at 9 p.m. the 8th, and a further 
fall to the unusually low pre.ssurc of 28.785 at 9 ji.m. the 10th. 
I'rom tho 11th to the end of the moidli the weather was very cold 
and gloomy ; frosts Avere recorded nearly eveiy night, the winds 
generally light and variable, snow and sleet Avere frequently 
recorded, and a heavy fall of snoAv early on the 20th. Very con- 
siderable barometric variation occurred, tho chief being a quick 
rise from 28.785 at 9 p.m. the lOlh, to 29.87G at 9 p.ni.°the 12th, 
followed by a gradual fall to tho Ioav pressure of 28.942 at 3 jA.m! 
the 1 7th. Tho only strong galo during the month Avas on tho 
2Glh, when a K. galo prevailed, and 344 miles were travemed in 
2 1 hours. 
4 he rainfall Avas 0.G4 in. aboA’O the aA’orage. 
ihe mean temperaluro of tho three winter months, December to 
February, was unusually low, being 4.4 degrees below the average 
of the nine preceding winters. Tho barometric pressure was also 
deficient, being 0.1 G3 in. below the average; this deficiency 
occurred chielly in the month of FebruarA'. INlr. Glaisher states 
that there is no instance at Greenwich of so low a mean bai-ometric 
reading in February, as aams recorded in this vear. The rainfall 
for the three winter months Avas 1.59 in. deficient. 
^r. Alien. 
The Aveather during the fii-st twelve days was mild and generally 
line, the winds chielly from the S.Vh and AV.S.W., with hiah 
barometric pressure, and only 0.08 in. of min; the day tempera- 
tures averaged 51.3, and the night temperatures 37.0. On the 
evening of the 12th the wind veered to X.W., the thermometer fell 
below freezing, and two cold winterly days, with snow and sleet 
and maxima temperatures of only 41.0 and 3G.0, Avere recorded 
