346 
MR. A. W. PRESTON S METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 
Temperature. 
Seasons. 
1906. 
1907. 
1908. 
1909. 
1910. 
1911. 
Average. 
Depar- 
ture of 
1911 from 
average. 
Winter 
Spring 
Summer - 
Autumn - 
degrees 
39-3 
467 
61T 
52-9 
degrees 
362 
47-6 
57-8 
50-7 
degrees 
38-8 
46-3 
59'8 
5T6 
degrees 
37-5 
466 
58'4 
49-6 
degrees 
39-2 
47'4 
595 
490 
degrees 
40-2 
47-8 
63-6 
509 
degrees 
38-0 
46-3 
60-3 
50 - 2 
degrees 
+2-2 
+ 1-5 
+33 
+07 
Year - - 
49-7 
48-4 
49-0 
48-0 
49Y 
50‘5 
48-7 
+ 1-8 
Rainfall. 
Seasons. 
1906. 
1907. 
1908 
1909. 
1910. 
1911 
Average. 
Depar- 
ture of 
1911 from 
average. 
Winter - 
Spring 
Summer - 
Autumn - 
in. 
7- 73 
5 32 
4-96 
8- 75 
in. 
6- 09 
7- 77 
5‘74 
6"57 
in. 
6-21 
6- 97 
7- 30 
5-94 
in. 
3-41 
5-68 
8.15 
7-32 
in. 
9-96 
7-10 
7-62 
7-58 
in. 
8-55 
6-11 
4-50 
8-02 
in. 
5- 37 
513 
6- 87 
8-38 
in. 
+3-18 
+0-98 
— 237 
-0-36 
Year - - 
28-54 
26-25 
25-16 
27-82 
31-84 
26-67 
25"75 
+ 0-92 
The Winter was the mildest since 1903, and the rainfall was- 
greatly excessive, though less so than it was in the previous 
Winter. The Spring was the mildest since 1904, and rather 
wetter than the average. The Summer was the warmest on 
my records, and was probably the hottest since 1868, the 
excess having been as much as 3‘3° above the average. The 
rainfall was 2 - 37 below the mean, and it was the driest 
Summer season since 1901. The Autumn more nearly 
approximated with normal conditions both as to temperature 
and rainfall than did any of the other seasons. 
