MR. A. W. PRKSTON’S METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 
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June. 
The first three weeks were exceedingly gloomy, wet, and depressing, 
offering a marked contrast to the same period in 1893. From the 
2 1st to the end the weather was chiefly bright and very fine, the 
heat being tempered by cool breezes. The thermometer, however, 
only exceeded 70 degrees on four days, and the maximum for 
the month (73.4 degrees on the 30th) was the lowest recorded 
for June since 1879. 
J ULY. 
This was the sixth July, out of the last nine, which yielded 
over 4 inches of rain, the greater part of which fell during the 
fortnight ending the 22nd. There was a highly electrical state 
of the air during the greater part of the month, and thunderstorms 
were of unusual frequency. The most severe storm was on the night 
of the Gth, when the lightning was, at times, almost continuous, 
and was accompanied by disastrous results both at sea and on 
land. There were also thunderstorms on ten other days. Although 
there was but little sunshine between the 9th and 27th, the mean 
temperature of the month was quite up to the average, and as 
high as in 1893. 
August. 
This month was generally cloudy, with much mist at times 
and frequent rains, though not excessive in amount. The mean 
temperature was 2 degrees below the average, and the thermometer 
only exceeded 70 degrees on five days, as against eighteen days 
the previous year. There was but little of the line harvest 
weather usually associated with August. 
Septemrer. 
Cool and cloudy weather prevailed during the greater part of 
this month, with damp mists and light mins at times. There was 
only one really warm day (the 19th) when the temperature reached 
71 degrees. On no other day was 70 degrees touched. A remark- 
able feature of the month was the persistency with which the 
wind remained in the N.W., N., and A' . E. quarters. On no day 
whatever was a fS. or S.W. wind recorded. 
