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Year. 
But little can be added in the way of general summary. The 
many exceptional features of the weather during the past year have 
been alluded to under the various months and seasons. The mean 
temperature of the year was again deficient, which, as recorded in 
our last year’s notes, has been the tendency in every year since 
1884. Each month was below its average temperature until 
September, which, with October and December, were the oidy 
months of the year in which the temperature was equal to, ,or 
above its usual standard. Rain was very excessive in May, 
.July, August, and October; considerably deficient in June and 
December; and most remarkably deficient in February. The 
number of days on which rain fell during the year was exception- 
ally large. 
