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between facts and impressions. It will be seen that May, June, 
and July, the months when high temperatures are expected, 
were all below a mean, and that two of them. May and June, 
had an excess of rain. Furthermore, the highest temperature 
registered was 75 degrees. 
On the other hand, eight months of the year had an excess 
of temperature, and thus more than counterbalanced the 
ungenial summer. The range of temperature for the year was 
54 degrees,—from 21° on March 4th, to 75° on July 25th. 
Thunder and lightning were noted in May, August, Septem¬ 
ber, and October, but there were at York no storms of peculiar 
severity. 
RAIN-FALL, 1862. 
Near 
Helmsley. 
1 
Malton. 
Wheldrake. 
York. 
Ackworth. 
Sheffield. 
Settle. 
Jan. 
2-20 
1-64 
1-33 
1-99 
1-13 
2-01 
3-36 
Feb. 
0-82 
1-21 
1-05 
0-64 
0-49 
0-81 
0-84 
Mar. 
3-56 
3-85 
3-73 
3-43 
3-29 
4-53 
5-38 
April 
1-60 
1-77 
1-27 
1-30 
1-26 
2-36 
2-83 
May 
2-46 
2-08 
2-59 
2-19 
2-53 
3-87 
3-89 
June 
3-16 
2-76 
2-47 
2-59 
1-68 
2-17 
3-60 
July 
2-97 
3-01 
2-15 
1-58 
2-14 
2-08 
3-52 
Aug. 
3-03 
1-92 
2-33 
1-90 
1-53 
1-84 
2-98 
Sept. 
2-25 
2-80 
2-30 
2-51 
3-55 
3-85 
1-95 
Oct. 
3-11 
2-33 
3-01 
2-80 
2-61 
4-41 
8-43 
Nov. 
0-93 
1-18 
0-70 
0-83 
0-46 
1-32 
2-30 
Dec. 
1-86 
1-74 
1-25 
1-35 
1-16 
1-62 
3-69 
Totals 
27-95 
26-29 
24-18 
23-11 
21-83 
30-87 
42-77 
(25-94 27-35 23-94 23-90 24-28 30-81 40-53 
Annual Means < —- 
( 3 yrs. 4 yrs. 9 yrs. 32 yrs. 22 yrs. 10 yrs. 26 yrs. 
