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of snow, hail, and rain, the temjjeratuvo averaged only 36.8 ; the 
maximum on the 21st was only 38.0. The last three days averaged 
48.0. The rainfall was 3.02, twice the usual amount. Consider- 
able variation in the thermometer was recorded during April ; the 
day temperature varied 23 degrees, the extremes being 45.0 on the 
the 3rd, and 68.0 on the 12th ; the night temperatures 22 degrees, 
between 27.0 on the 20th, and 49.0 on the 28th. The mean 
weekly temperatures were 42.8, 48.2, 43.3, and 47.9. A gale from 
the jST.W. was recorded on the 8th and 9th ; and on the 16th, 17th, 
and 18th, when the daily velocity was 324, 336, and 304 miles 
respectively. The rainfall was 6-lOths in excess. May was a 
cold and cloudy month, the mean temperature only 49.9 ; the 
rainfall was .23 deficient, being the only other month besides 
February when it did not exceed the average. A S.AV. gale was 
recorded on the 4th, and a N.E. on the 13th. Thunderstorms 
occurred on the 7th and 8 th. The average temperature for June 
was high, but the days were generally cloudy, with frequent showers 
of rain, w’hich exceeded the average by .73 in. The temperature 
for the first fortnight averaged 54.0, and for the last 61.0. Thun- 
derstorm occurred on the 24th. The weather during July was 
very changeable, composed of short periods of alternately low and 
high temperatures. The mean temperature of the first three days 
was 61.0 ; from the 4th to the 8th it averaged 69.3 ; from the 9th 
to the 19th only 61.0; this was succeeded by excessively hot 
weather, the mean for the next nine days Avas 71.5. The Avinds 
Avere very variable, but light ; several thunderstorms occurred, and 
the rain Avas 6-lOths in excess. August Avas a cold month, sky 
generally cloudy, Avith very variable light Avinds, and the rainfall 
.47 above the average. September AA^as composed of a mild and a 
cold fortnight ; the mean temperature for the first tAVO Aveeks being 
61.3, and for the last tAvo only 49.2. The Avinds were chiefly W. 
and S.W. ; a strong S.W. Avind lasted from the 25th to the 28th, 
Avhen the daily velocity Avas 368, 303, 329, and 324 miles respec- 
tively. The rainfall was slightly in excess, being .14 above the 
average. Although the Avind Avas chiefly S. and S.W., October 
Avas a cold, ungenial month : rain fell on twenty days, exceeding 
the average by .48 in. The tAvo last months of the year Avere 
most remarkable for the excessive rainfall, Avhich amounted to 7.60 
inches, being 1.53 in excess in November, and 1.85 in Pecember, 
