18 
REPORT OF THE 
The temperature of the year has been one degree and six 
tenths above a mean of twenty years, viz, 49T against 47*5. 
Nine months out of the twelve were above a mean. The three 
below were January, May, and November. The important 
harvest month, August, was S S degrees above a mean, with a 
Rain-fall of 1*7 inches below a mean. July had an excess of 
Rain of 0’24 inch, and September T5 above a mean. The 
lowest temperature of the year was 10’5 degrees, on February 
13th; the highest 78*5 degrees, August 28th, making a range 
of 68 degrees in the year. In a mean of twenty years January 
is the coldest month, averaging 35 degrees, July the warmest, 
averaging 60 degrees. In 1861 August was the warmest month, 
averaging 62 degrees. Thunder and lightning were frequent in 
July. There is little to notice of these phenomena except in 
that month. 
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, YORK, 1861. 
BAROMETER. 
RAIN. 
THERMOMETER. 
Frosts. 
Prevailing Wind. 
1 
CZJ 
O 
'W) 
• pH 
l-H 
h- < 
Lowest. 
Mean. 
Inches. 
Days. 
Average Max. 
Average Min. 
Mean Temp. 
Highest. 
Lowest. 
Jan. 
30-356 
29-648 
30-082 
0-65 
7 
38-4 
30-8 
34-6 
55-5 
14-5 
16 
S.E. 
Feb. 
30-600 
29-138 
29-739 
2-42 
14 
45-6 
35-2 
40-4 
56-0 
10-5 
5 
s.w. 
Mar. 
30-312 
28-826 
29-570 
2-20 
17 
50-1 
38-5 
44-3 
58-0 
30-5 
2 i 
w. 
April 
30-616 
29-656 
30-107 
0-24 
10 
53-9 
39-8 
46-8 
64-5 
31-5 
2 
N.E. 
May 
30-414 
29-596 
29-927 
0-60 
8 
60-3 
43-7 
52-0 
76-5 
30-5 
1 
N. 
June 
30-250 
29-648 
29-862 
2-27 
15 
67-5 
52-3 
59-9 
77-C 
46-0 
— 
W. 
July 
30-130 
29-270 
29-602 
3-03 
19 
67-1 
54-2 
60-7 
72-0 
48-5 
— 
S.W. 
Aug. 
30-248 
29-546 
29-826 
0-86 
9 
69-3 
55-3 
62-3 
78-5 
48-0 
— 
w. 
Sept. 
30-198 
29-123 
29-712 
3-61 
15 
62-8 
49-0 
55-9 
74-5 
41-0 
— 
w. 
Oct. 
30-378 
29-296 
29-926 
0-72 
14 
59-1 
46-7 
52-9 
70-0 
34-0 
— 
N.W. 
Nov. 
30-356 
28-960 
29-523 
2-60 
19 
45-6 
34-5 
40-1 
56-5 
24-0 
10 
S.W. 
Dec. 
30-576 
29-078 
30-028 
1-07 
12 
43-7 
35-5 
39-6 
54-5 
22-0 
9 
s.w. 
30-616 
28-960 
29-825 
20-27 
159 
491 
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