1-13 
^Iay. 
This month commenced with five very fine, bright days ; hut the 
temperature was low, owing to the winds being X. and !N.E. d'he 
barometric pressure was high; the unusually high reading of 
30.527 was recorded at 9 p.m. the 4th. On the Gth a 
gale prevailed, with slight showers of snow, sleet, and hail. From 
the Gth to the 18th the weather was cold and very unsettled ; 
there was treipient oscillation in the barometer, but no remarkable 
variation occurred ; the winds were very variable, the sky genoTally 
overcast, slight showers with thunder on the 13th, and a thunder- 
storm on the 14tli. From the 19th to the end of the month the 
■weather was rather milder, but still continued cloudy and showery; 
the winds were chieily S.K. and 8.S.W. 
The mean temiierature of the month was about 2 degrees below 
the average ; this deficiency occurred chiefly in the day tempera- 
tures, which were about 3 degrees below' the average; the night 
tcmjicraturcs were about 1 degree deficient. 
Ike rainfall was 0.82 in. deficient. 
ihe mean temperature of the spring months, March to ^fay, 
was (like the jircceding months) below’ the average of the spring 
months in the last nine years; the deficiency was 2.3 degree.s. 
ihe mean barometric pressure was 0.015 in. below the average ; 
and the rainfall was 1.10 in. deficient. 
June. 
The weather during this month was very unsettled, showery, 
cloudy, and cold. The winds during the first eighteen days were 
very light and variable, chiefly E. and S. ; from the 19th to the 
30th they were rather stronger from the S.W. and S. Fain fell 
on eighteen days, and w’as 0.53 in. in excess of the average. The 
mean temperature was 1.4 below' the average; this deficiency 
occurred in the day temperatures, which were 3.G deficient; the 
11 ight temperatures were slightly above the average. The maximum 
temperature exceeded 70 degrees on only four days, i.<>. the 19th, 
20th, 27th, and 28th; and on two days, the 3rd and the 7th, the 
highest temperature was only 5G.0. Xo remarkable barometric 
variation occurred, the readings were generally below' the average, 
and the mean pressure was 0.187 in. deficient. On only five d^ys 
