10 
EEPORT OF THE 
The Curator of Meteorological Instruments has furnished 
the following Reports. The mean height of the mercurial 
column for 1863 was 39’803 inches, a little below the annual 
mean for York. The highest point, 30*43 inches, was reached 
on January 3nd; the lowest, an extraordinary depression, 
accompanied with a heavy gale, was on October the 19th ; the 
mercury then sank to 38*556, making a range of 1*86 inches in 
the year. 
The Rain-fall, 33*11 inches, was greater than that of 1861, 
hut still nearly one inch below a mean of 30 years. Westerly 
winds were largely prevalent, S. S. W. and W. numbering 189 
days; of these 118 were west. 
The temperature of the year, notwithstanding the wet, 
ungenial summer, was 48*5 degrees of Fahrenheit, being one 
degree above a mean of twenty years. The year has, neverthe¬ 
less, left an impression on the mind of having been colder than 
usual. The annexed Table will explain this apparent discrepancy 
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, YORK, 1863. 
BAROMETER. 
RAIN. 
THERMOMETER. 
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Jan. 
30-422 
29-110 
29-723 
1-99 
13 
41-7 
33-6 
'37-6 
53 
23 
10 
W. 
Eeb. 
30-650 
29-290 
29-986 
0-64 
12 
45-5 
37-6 
41-6 
55 
22 
5 
E. 
Mar. 
30-274 
29-154 
29-596 
3-43 
16 
45-1 
37-3 
41-2 
57 
21 
4 
E. 
April 
30-362 
29-386 
29-874 
1-30 
15 
54-0 
1 
41-1 
47-5 
68 
28 
3 
I 
W. 
May 
30-276 
29-428 
29-768 
2-19 
15 
61-3 
48-6 
54-9 
74 
33 
j 
1 
S.W. 
June 
30-164 
29-226 
29-706 
2-59 
18 
62-6 
50-1 
56-4 
71 
41 
W. 
July 
30-194 
29-364 
29-764 
1-58 
17 
65-5 
50-6 
58-0 
75 
44 
— 
W. 
Aug. 
30-336 
29-238 
29-843 
1-90 
15 
65-8 
52-7 
59-3 
73 
46 
1 
W. 
Sept. 
30-542 
29-458 
29-919 
2-51 
16 
61-1 
48-7 
54-9 
68 
40 
— 
N.E. 
Oct. 
30-486 
28-556 
29-719 
2-80 
18 
56-1 
43-8 
50-0 
66 
29 
3 
W. 
Nov. 
30-520 
29-122 
29-870 
0-83 
15 
43-8 
32-1 
38-0 
59 
23 
18 
W. 
Dec. 
30-312 
29-284 
29-863 
1-35 
20 
46-7 
38-5 
42-6 
52 
31 
1 
W. 
29-802 
23-11 
190 
48-5 
44 
