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as illustrative of the wide range of departure from a mean 
where two series of ten days each are compared. 
Comparison of temperature for the first ten days of January, 
1854 and 1855. 
1854. 
1855. 
Exc. 
Average maximum . 
. . 31-2 
47-3 
16° 
Average minimum . 
. . 21-5 
39-7 
O 
CO 
r-H 
Mean temperature . 
. . 26-3 
43-5 
17° 
Highest do. 
. . 36 
50 
14° 
Lowest do. 
. . 3- 
24+ 
27 
Range 
. . 39 
26 
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The following table for which the data have been supplied 
by various correspondents, shews the monthly fall of rain in 
the following places for the year 1854. 
Huggate. 
Middleton. 
York. 
CD 
•a 
45 
f—H 
CD 
+3 
£ 
Ackworth. 
Doncaster. 
Bradford. 
Sheffield. 
Settle. 
Todmorden. 
Jan. 
2-00 
2-64 
1-98 
1-64 
1-68 
1-78 
4-43 
3-11 
5-16 
6-47 
Feb. 
•50 
0-49 
0-41 
•66 
0-75 
2-94 
3-11 
1-40 
2-42 
3-12 
Mar. 
1-00 
0-79 
0-91 
•90 
0-49 
1-83 
1-51 
0-71 
1-34 
2-47 
April 
•37 
0-86 
0-50 
•52 
0-76 
0-69 
■51 
0*58 
0-26 
1-01 
May 
3-13 
2-91 
2-16 
2-05 
1-84 
1-29 
2-65 
2-41 
2-70 
3-42 
June 
2-25 
2-07 
2-90 
1-90 
2-57 
1-97 
2-58 
1-74 
3-19 
2-59 
July 
3-35 
3-11 
2-56 
3-23 
2-71 
3-39 
2-28 
2-11 
2-31 
2-47 
Aug. 
1-25 
1-70 
1-23 
•85 
1-57 
1-00 
1-39 
1-30 
2-42 
2-69 
Sept. 
1-25 
1-27 
0-84 
•82 
103 
0-46 
2-03 
1-05 
2-48 
2-49 
Oct. 
1-62 
1-63 
1-01 
1-32 
0-97 
0-45 
1-96 
1-41 
2-95 
3-84 
Nov. 
3-00 
2-95 
2-53 
2-87 
2-51 
2-51 
3-42 
2-85 
3-68 
5-01 
Dec. 
2-00 
1-92 
1-49 
1-39 
2-16 
2-01 
4-88 
3-55 
6-79 
8-37 
21-72 
22-34 
18-52 
18-15 
19-04 
20-32 
30-75 
22-22 
35-70 
43-95 
