MR. A. W. PRESTON S METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 
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RAINFALL. 
Seasons. 
1902. 
1903. 
1904. 
1905. 
1906. 
1907. 
Average 
Departure 
of 1907 
from 
average. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
Winter 
6.09 
3-64 
5-96 
4.91 
7-73 
6.09 
5-37 
+0.72 
Spring 
6.77 
5-83 
4.59 
5.29 
5 - 3 2 
7-77 
5- ‘3 
+2.64 
Summer 
7.S2 
10.54 
4. 70 
6.05 
4 96 
5-74 
6.87 
- 1 • * 3 
Autumn 
4.14 
9-77 
4.98 
8. 1 1 
8.75 
6.57 
8 . 3 * 
- 1. Si 
Year 
22.30 
29.44 
21.50 
22.96 
28.54 
26.25 
25-75 
+ 0. 50 
It will thus be seen that the winter months gave a mean 
temperature of nearly two degrees under the average, being 
the lowest recorded since 1895. The spring was warmer than 
usual, but the summer was two and a half degrees colder than 
the normal, and we have to go back to 1888 for as cold a 
summer season. The temperature of the autumn was slightly 
over the average, but lower than that of the previous year. 
The winter gave an excess of rain amounting to about three- 
quarters of an inch, but the spring was exceptionally wet, 
the amount registered being about half as much again as the 
normal fall, and it was the wettest spring season since 1872. 
The summer rains, though frequent, failed to reach the 
average amount by upwards of an inch, notwithstanding the 
popular belief to the contrary, and the autumn was also drier 
than usual, the deficiency amounting to nearly two inches. 
The Year. 
The mean temperature of March. May, October, November 
and December was in each case above the average, the greatest 
departure having been in March, which was 3 degrees in excess. 
All the other months were equal to or below the normal 
temperature, July showing a deficiency of as much as 4.5 
degrees. The coldest night of the year was that of January 
26th-27th, when the thermometer fell to 14.8 degrees in the 
screen and to n degrees in the open. The warmest day was 
May nth, when the temperature rose to 80 degrees in the 
