NEW BRUNSWICK WEATHER. 
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September . — Highest temperature 83° on 10th at Chatham, 
lowest, 27 0 on 30th at Sussex. An exceedingly dull and cool 
month, with excessive rainfall and few fine days ; moderate gales 
occurred on the 13th and 26th. The total wind movement for the 
month at St. John was 2000 miles hiss than for the corresponding 
month last year. The heaviest and first killing frost was report- 
ed on the 15th. Trees retained their leaves but were gradually 
changing colour. At St. John five and a quarter inches of rain 
fell between the 4th and the 7>t)h. 
October . — Highest temperature 81 0 on 1st at Chatham, low- 
est 15 0 on 23rd at Sussex. An exceptionally fine, mild and pleas- 
ant month with rainfall far below the average; no gales of im- 
portance occurred and the total wind velocity at St. John was 
i,iOO less than for the same month last year. 
November . — Highest temperature 58° at St. Stephen, lowest, 
— 13 0 at Sussex. In general mild weather prevailed, especially 
during the first half of the month, while during the latter half, 
although several mild, bright days occurred, the night tempera- 
tures were much lower. The precipitation, (Which fell mostly as 
rain, was a little above the average. The snowfall was unusually 
light in all districts, and excepting a light covering in extreme 
northern localities the ground was bare of snow. At St. John the 
total wind velocity for the month was fifteen hundred miles in 
excess of the same period last year. The most important gales 
occurred between the 15th and 17th and the 28th and 30th. St. 
John river frozen over on the night of 14th. 
December . — Highest temperature 55 0 at Fredericton, lowest, 
• — 21 0 at Sussex. The weather was remarkably fine and mild, 
and, although the snowfall was comparatively light, sleighing was 
good during the greater portion of the month. In all localities, 
temperature averages were much above last year, and severe cold 
spells, as well as continued high winds, were notably deficient. A 
most important storm moved into this section on the ioth, attend- 
ed by the heaviest snowfall of the season, with a wind velocity of 
48 miles an hour at St. John, the total wind mileage at St. John 
was some nine hundred miles less than during December, 1904. 
