MR. A. W. PREBTON’s METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 533 
Inspection of Station. 
This station was inspected on September 2nd by Mr. W. 
Marriott, F. K. Met. Soc., Assistant Secretary and Inspector of 
Stations for the Society. The instruments were all found to be in 
proper working order, and Mr. Marriott expressed his satisfaction 
at the general arrangements. 
General. 
Having on the 31st December, 1902, completed twenty years’ 
daily observations of the temperature and rainfall of this district, 
a brief summary of some of the results obtained may not be 
altogether out of place. 
The highest reading of the thermometer in the shade during the 
period under review occurred on the 11th August, 1881, when 
a maximum of 91.0 degrees was recorded. The coldest night was on 
the G-7th February, 1895, when the thermometer in the screen fell 
to 4.0 degrees; on this night the exposed thermometer fell to 3.5 
degrees below zero. 
The warmest month was August, 1884 (mean temperature G6. 1 
degrees), and the coldest month was December, 1890 (mean 
temperature 30.2 degrees). 
The warmest year, on the mean, was 1898, averaging 50.5 
degrees, and the coldest year was 1888 (46.9 degrees). 
The mean temperature of each of the months for the twenty-year 
period was as follows : — 
MEAN TEMPERATURE. 
January ... 
degrees. 
37.3 
February ... 
38.2 
Mardi ... 
40.9 
April 
46.3 
May 
51.6 
June 
58.4 
J uly 
61.4 
August 
61.0 
September 
57.4 
October 
49.3 
November 
43.8 
December 
38.5 
Year 
4 8.66 
