COUNCIL FOR 1859 
15 
perature of July and August was slightly above a mean, with 
an amount of rain below an average quantity. A splendid 
harvest was a coincident event. 
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, YORK, 1859. 
BAROMETER. 
RAIN. 
THERMOMETER. 
Nights at or below 
32°. 
Prevailing Wind. 
Highest. 
Lowest. 
Mean. 
Inches. 
p 
Average Max. 
Average Min. 
Mean Temp. 
Highest. 
Lowest. 
Jan. 
30-688 
29-140 
29-960 
1-07 
12 
42-8 
33-2 
38-0 
52-5 
24-5 
13 
W. 
Feb. 
30-626 
29-196 
29-793 
1-04 
11 
43-7 
33-4 
38-6 
53-0 
26-5 
13 
W. 
Mar. 
30-396 
28-982 
29-762 
1-58 
11 
48-7 
37‘5 
43-1 
55-5 
24-0 
9 
w. 
April 
30-260 
29-136 
29-690 
2-37 
18 
48-7 
36-0 
42-4 
73-0 
25-0 
10 
E. 
May 
30-358 
29-772 
29-954 
0-36 
3 
59-4 
40-3 
49-9 
73-0 
28-5 
2 
E. 
June 
30-154 
29-696 
29-870 
2-47 
14 
63-7 
49-2 
56-5 
74-0 
42-0 
— 
E. 
July 
30-361 
29-940 
30-006 
2-37 
7 
68-4 
54-0 
61-2 
82-0 
47-0 
— 
W. 
Aug. 
30-340 
29-394 
29-837 
2-59 
8 
67-4 
52-6 
60-0 
78-0 
41-0 
— 
W. 
Sept. 
30-320 
29-350 
29-813 
2-15 
18 
59-1 
45-2 
52-2 
69-0 
35-0 
— 
s. 
Oct. 
30-098 
28-912 
29-603 
2-08 
11 
51-8 
40-2 
46-0 
68-0 
19-0 
11 
E. 
Nov. 
30-718 
28-464 
29-828 
1-59 
14 
42-8 
35-6 
39-2 
52-5 
19-5 
17 
E. 
Dec. 
30-798 
28-853 
29-411 
1-70 
11 
36-1 
28-2 
32-1 
49-5 
6-5 
26 
S.E. 
30-798 
28-464 
29-794 
21-37 
138 
52-7 
40-5 
46-6 
82-0 
6-5 
101 
t 
Returns of the Rain-fall in several localities have been kindly 
furnished by correspondents. They are printed in the follow¬ 
ing table. 
