MK. A. W. PRESTONS METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 
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August. 
Fineness anil warmth were again the prevailing characteristics. 
With the exception of a quarter of an inch of rain which fell on 
the night of the 14th, and during the 15th, the month was rainless 
till the 25th, but notwithstanding some showers in the last week, 
the total rainfall of the month was under an inch. The 9th was the 
warmest day of the summer, although the maximum (83.5 degrees) 
fell short of the hottest days of the five previous years. By the 
end of the month the rainfall of the year was 4.45 in. deficient. 
September. 
Although rain fell on twelve days, the falls were so slight that 
the month’s total was no greater than that of August. The aggre- 
gate rainfall of the lirst nine months of 1901 was but 12.47 in., 
which was 6.25 in. below the average, and no similar period in any 
year since those observations were commenced gave so small an 
amount. The month was generally warm, and a fine protraction 
of summer, but by the end of the month the drought was becoming 
very seriously felt. 
October. 
On the 1st the thermometer attained the unusually high October 
maximum of 75.5 degrees, but this warm outburst was followed 
by acceptable rains and stormy weather, accompanied by thunder 
and lightning on the 6th. During the second half of the month 
the falls of rain were very light, resulting in the monthly total 
being again deficient. The mean temperature was slightly above 
the average. There was an entire absence of frost until the 27th, 
on the morning of which day a rather sharp frost occurred. 
November. 
The weather generally was very changeable throughout the 
month, sunshine and gloom, fogs and gales, frosts and mildness, 
alternating in a remarkable manner. The month was, however, 
decidedly colder than any November since 1896, some of the night 
readings of the thermometer having been unusually low for so 
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