METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, TAKEN AT CLIFTON. 43 
MONTH. 
Number of Days 
on which the 
Minirnuro 
Ground 
Temperature 
was below 32°. 
Number of Days 
on which the 
Minimum 
Air Temperature 
was below 32®. 
Number of Days 
on which the 
Maximum 
Air Temperature 
was below 320. 
Number of Days 
on which the 
Mean 
Air Temperature 
was below 32°. 
January ... 
26 
20 
11 
20 
February ... 
14 
11 
0 
2 
March 
14 
8 
0 
1 
April 
11 
8 
0 
0 
May 
1 
0 
0 
0 
October 
7 
3 
0 
0 
November .. 
4 
1 
0 
0 
December ... 
17 
9 
0 
1 
On ten days the minimum temperature of the ground was above that of the air, 
viz., January 10th, both thermometers A and G rising — March 17, A falhng, G rising 
— April 25th, A falling, G rising— June I'.'th, A falling, G stationary; 18th, both 
rising ; vlst, A stationary, G rising ; 14th, both rising ; 16th, both rising ; 31st, 
A falling, G stationary — October 25th, both falling. 
(A) indicates thermometer in the air ; (G) indicates thermometer on the ground. 
Snow lay on the ground from the 1 .th to 29th of January. 
1882 TEMPERATURES' 
MONTH. 
Maximum in £Shade. 
Minimum in Shade. 
_ ^ 
Mean 
in Shade. 
Minimum 
on Ground, 
Lowest 
recorded. 
Highest 
recorded. 
— N 
Mean. 
Lowest 
recorded. 
Mean. 
January ... 
53*2 
44-84 
28-6 36-50 
40-67 
24-1 
February ... 
53-7 
46-91 
30-4 
38-28 
42-59 
26-2 
March 
61*5 
52-28 
30-1 
39-16 
45-72 
25-9 
April 
63-5 
55-79 
33-0 
41-87 
48-83 
30-2 
May 
67-6 
61-79 
37-1 
45-71 
53-75 
33-6 
June 
71-3 
62-35 
41-6 
49-74 
56-04 
38-6 
Jniy 
73-8 
65-99 
49-2 
53-40 
59-65 
47-1 
August 
78-5 
67-35 
45-2 
53-04 
60-20 
41-5 
September .. 
65 5 
6106 
379 
46-76 
53-91 
35-5 
October 
67-5 
55-74 
33-6 
44-71 
50-23 
31-6 
November .. 
59-4 
49-12 
29-2 
38-24 
43-68 
24-3 
December... 
53-8 
42-93 
21-9 
36-70 
39-81 
20 6 
The Year ... 
78-5 
55-46 
21-9 
43-62 
49-54 
20-6 
