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change ensued, and for two or three days the weather became very 
mild, the abnormally high reading of 57.7 degrees being tbe 
maximum temperature on the 18th. This was the warmest day 
in February since 1878, whereas, with one exception, the night of 
the 12th nas the coldest recorded in these parts in any winter 
since 1881. The last nine days of the month were inclement in 
the extreme, almost incessant light snow falling, and the tempera- 
ture remaining nearly stationary at about 3 degrees above freezing 
point by day, and 2 degrees below by night. The penetrat- 
ing north-east winds accompanying these conditions rendered the 
weather exceptionally uncomfortable. The mean temperature of 
the month was about 1 degrees below the average, and was 
30 degrees against 40.4 degrees in 1885, 34 degrees in 188G, 
38.8 degrees in 1887, and 33.9 degrees in 1888. 
March. 
Severe frosts occurred during the first week, with frequent snow ; 
the latter part of the month was more genial, but with much 
cloud at times. The 24th was a milder day than any in March 
for five years past, a maximum of 63.7 degrees being attained. 
Thunder occurred on the 20th, followed by a gale from the north- 
east on the 21st, but during the spring the north-east winds were 
not so continuous as during the three previous years. The mean 
temperature of the month was about 2 degrees below the average, 
and was 40.2 degrees against 39.7 degrees in 18S5, 40.3 degrees 
in 1880, 37.8 degrees in 1887, and 37.1 degrees in 1888. The 
rainfall of the month was very slight. 
ArniL. 
The first seventeen days were extremely cold, cloudy, and 
ungenial, with frequent light rain. The remainder of the month 
was more seasonable, with some fairly warm days and growing 
showers, bringing up the month’s rainfall to a quarter of an inch 
above the average. There was a great absence of extremes of 
temperature, the maximum for the month (60.4 degrees) being the 
lowest maximum recorded in April for many years past, whereas 
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