NOTES ON NEW BRUNSWICK WEATHER. 
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A gale occurred in the Bay of Fundy on the 29th with a maxi- 
mum wind velocity at Point Lepreaux of 48 miles per hour. 
Highest temperature 95 at Fredericton and Chatham on the 
6th, lowest 45 at Sussex on the 8th. 
August . — August weather, like that of the preceding summer 
months, was exceptionally fine, warm, and for the greater part 
very dry, nearly the entire rainfall occurred on the 11th, 16th, 
19th and 26th. Previous to the timely and excessive rainfall 
of the 16th, a general drought prevailed and forest fires were 
most destructive. No frosts were reported. On the 16th a 
northwesterly gale was locally heavy. Highest temperature 
92 at Chatham on the 4th, low r est 39 at Moncton on the 3rd. 
September . — September was comparatively cool, with an 
excess of cloudy days. The rainfall in the vicinity of St. John 
was considerably above the average, but elsewhere it was below. 
Thunderstorms on the 12th caused some local damage. The 
first light frost occurred on the 13th, and heavy killing frost on 
the 29th. Highest temperature 84 at Grand Manan on the 4th, 
lowest 23 at St. Stephen on the 29th. 
October . — A fine mild month, remarkable for the few T wet 
days and light rainfall. Nearly the total precipitation was 
recorded on the 1th and 23rd. Snow flurries occurred on the 
27th and the first freezing temperature on the 4th. The storms 
of the month w r ere unimportant; a moderate southwest to 
northwest gale occurred on the 4th, and a moderate southwest 
gale occurred on the 29th. Highest temperature 73 at St. 
Stephen on the 11th, lowest 17 at St. Stephen on the 30th. 
November . — The weather of the month was of a generally 
seasonable character, the marked feature being the abnormal 
prevalence of high winds and gales. At the close the ground was 
bare of snow in the south, but in the interior and north the depth 
ranged from 2 to 12 inches. Highest temperature 65 at Chatham 
on the 13th, low r est 6 at St. Stephen on the 26th. 
December .- — December was a comparatively mild month 
with temperature from four to eight degrees above the average. 
Snowdall w^as exceptionally light and at the close of the 
