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fell to 28.879, the minimum reading for the year. February was 
a cloudy month, with a' rainfall 8-10 in excess of the average. 
The weather was unusually mild, except on the 11th, when the 
minimum temperature fell to 12“ below freezing. March was 
mostly remarkable for the sudden alternations of temperature, 
more especially in the day temperatures. The maximum on the 
1st was only 38.5, but on the 3rd it registered 59.0. On the 15th 
the day temperature fell to 40.8, and on the 25th reached 68.2, 
but again fell to 42.5 on the 28th. The rainfall was 6-lOths 
deficient. The first eleven days of April were cold and dry, only 
..13 of rain fell. A brilliant aurora was seen on the 9 th. From 
the 12th to the 30th the weather was much milder, with excessive 
rainfall, amounting to 2.94, causing the monthly total to exceed 
the average by an inch and a half. The first three weeks of May 
were cold and cloudy, with a mean temperature of 46“ ; the last 
week was milder, with a mean temperature of 54“. Eain fell on 
only eight days, and was 6-lOths deficient. Thunderstorms 
occurred on the 25th and 27th. June was a very cold and stormy 
month, the mean temperature was 4.3 below the average of the 
last thirty years. A 17. and I7.N.W. gale occurred on the 6th, 
7th, and 8th, when the daily velocity of the wind was 338, 438, 
and 346 miles respectively. The thermometer rose to 79“ and 77“ 
on the 15th and 16th; a thunderstorm occurred on the latter day. 
The rainfall was .47 above the average. July was like the pre- 
ceding month, cold and cloudy, with frequent though small showers 
of rain, which was only .05 deficient. Thunderstorm on the 23rd. 
August and the first sixteen days of September were very fine, the 
days mostly bright and cloudless, very little wind, and the heat 
sometimes very oppressive; on four consecutive days, the 10th to 
the 1 3th of August, the thermometer registered above 80“. Etiin fell 
on only two days in August, and was an inch and a half deficient. 
Severe thunderstorms occurred on September the 2nd and 6th. The 
last week of September was remarkable for its excessive rainfall, 
which amounted to 3.18 inches, 1.64 of which fell in the twenty-four 
hours ending ten, a.m., the 30th ; the monthly total (4.02) was 
nearly 2 inches in excess of the average. Considerable oscillation 
was recorded in the barometer during the last week. October Avas 
a fine mild month, the mean temperature about its usual value ; 
the winds very light, chiefly S. and S.W., and the rainfall 1.16 
