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deficient, ihis was succeeded by an unprecedentedly long period of 
cold weather, lasting until December the 12th ; the mean tempera- 
ture of ^November was only 37.5. Mr. Glaisher says this was 
the most severe November since 178G. For the first eleven days 
of December the mean was only 30.0 ‘ on the 8th of December the 
minimum temperature was 23“ below freezing, and the maximum 5.8 
below. A very brilliant aurora was seen on the 1 0th of November. 
A strong gale from the N. on the night of November the 30th. 
The latter part of December was much milder; no frost occurred 
after the 12th. The barometer fell rapidly to 29.282 on the 20th, 
followed by a severe gale from the N.W., but of short duration. 
The rainfall for November was 4-10 deficient, and the same in 
December ; the total fall for the year amounted to 23. 1 3 inches, 
being 0.45 below the average. 
1872 . 
The cold winter which broke up on December the 1 2th was 
followed by an unusually long period of mild weather, the mean 
temperature for January and February being 39.5 and 42.1, 
therefore the two months averaged 40.8. !Mr. Glaisher says this 
has only been twice exceeded in the last hundred years, viz., 1846 
and 1869; he considers it very remarkable by following the long 
period of cold weather ending December the 11th. January was 
a cloudy, wet month : rain fell on nineteen days, and was 1.25 in 
excess of the average. Heavy gales from the S. were recorded on 
the 4th and 5th, 17th and 18th ; and on the 24th, the day of 
the great barometric depression, when the greatest hourly velocity 
was 27 miles, and the total for the twenty-four hours, 374 miles. 
This month was most remarkable for the great variation in the 
barometer; on the 24th it registered 28.397, the lowest pressure 
recorded since January the 13th, 1843, when 28.205 was recorded. 
Great oscillation occurred throughout the month, and the readinf^s 
averaged as low as 29.621. February was a cloudy month, but 
very mild ; only two nights of frost occurred. Prevalent winds, 
S. and S.E., and generally light. Eainfall was 6-lOths deficient! 
The mean temperature of the first seventeen days of March was 
46.0, the maximum, on the 17th, was 59.0. Nine cold davs 
followed, with N. and N.E. winds, accompanied by frequent storm.s 
