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REPORT OF THE 
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, YORK, 1855. 
BAROMETER. 
RAIN. 
THERMOMETER. 
Nights at or 
below 32® 
Prevailing 
"Wind. 
-4^ 
CO 
O 
bO 
a 
Lowest. 
i 
Mean. 
Aver. Max. 
Aver. Min. 
Mean Temp. 
i 
Highest. 
Lowest. 
Inches. 
Days 
i 
Jan. 
30*636 
29*734 
30*1168 
•97 
6 
38*7 
30*8 
34*7 
50 
22 
21 
1 
iN.&N.W. 
! 
Feb. 
30*208 
29*320 
29*7646 
1*48 
9 
31*2 
20*7 
25*9 
36 
1*5 
28 
N. E. 
Mar. 
30*538 
28*650 
29*6062 
1*18 
5 
41*6 
31*1 
36*3 
49 
23 
21 
Various. 
April 
30*634 
29*098 
30*0146 
*18 
2 
51*6 
35*1 
43*3 
65 
26 
11 
I N. & E. 
May 
30*328 
29*444 
29*7987 
*88 
9 
54*0 
37*7 
45*8 
75 
25 
7 
N. &N.E. 
June 
30*464 
29*154 
29*9006 
2*04 
14 
63*2 
46*9 
55*0 
78 
38 
— 
1 
Southerly. 
July 
30*214 
29*506 
29*8068 
4*10 
15 
68*0 
51*7 
59*8 
77 
46 
— 
S. & W. 
Aug. 
30*344 
29*526 
29*8735 
3*20 
9 
66*4 
52*2 
59*3 
75 
43 
— 
W. 
Sep. 
30*624 
29*472 
30*0683 
•26 
5 
60*8 
45*2 
53*0 
69 
33 
— 
N. &E. 
Oct. 
30*210 
28*592 
20*5216 
2*90 
19 
53*2 
40*6 
46*9 
67-5 
28*5 
8 
s.w.&w. 
Nov. 
30*414 
29*438 
29*9759 
1*16 
15 
43*8 
35*8 
39*8 
52*5 
23*5 
7 
N. E. 
Dec. 
30*358 
28*926 
29*7879 
*95 
9 
37*8 
28*7 
33*2 
47 
19 
22 
N. & W. 
29*8529 
19*30 
117 
44.41 
125 
The Meteorological Register for the year 1855 exhibits a 
a lower mean temperature than that of any year in the last 
quarter of a century. Every month except August was below 
a mean. The average annual temperature for York, for a 
period of twenty years, is 47°5; for the last ten years, 47°2, 
and for the year 1855, 44°4. The day of lowest temperature 
was Feb. 16, when the thermometer denoted + 1°5. The day 
of highest temperature was June the seventh, 78®; the range 
for the year being 76®5. 
The mean temperature for February was 25®9, being twelve 
degrees below a mean, and unprecedented in the registration 
of the Society. 
The amount of rain has again been below a mean. The 
quantity registered for the year is 19*8 inches. 
