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REPORT OF THE 
The following Meteorological Registrar has been received 
from Mr. Ford, to whom the Society has been indebted on many 
former occasions for similar annual statements. 
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, YORK, 1858. 
BAROMETER. 
RAIN. 
THERMOMETER. 
Nights at or 
below 32® 
Prevailing 
Wind. 
Highest. 
1 
Lowest. 
Mean. 
1 Average 
1 Maximum. 
Average 
Minimum. 
Mean Temp. 
Highest. 
Lowest. 
1 
Inches. 
Days 
1 
Jan. 
30-282 
29-056 
29-547 
1-94 
22 
43-8 
34-0 
38-9 
51-5 
28-5 
12 
S. 
Feb. 
30-392 
28-888 
29-641 
2-51 
24 
36-8 
26-0 
31-4 
43-5 
12-0 
23 
N. W. 
Mar. 
30-276 
29-440 
29-850 
1-38 
14 
42-4 
29-4 
35-9 
50-5 
22-0 
23 
N. 
April 
30-346 
29-026 
29-729 
1-46 
13 
55-7 
38-1 
46-9 
62 
28 
6 
N. 
May 
30-380 
29-594 
29-902 
•77 
5 
58-7 
41-1 
49-9 
72- 
31 
1 
E. 
June 
30-266 
29-500 
29-772 
2-48 
13 
65-8 
51-0 
58-4 
72-5 
43 
— 
S. 
July 
30-210 
29-014 
29-742 
2-51 
16 
65'9 
52-2 
59-0 
73 
45 
— 
w. 
Aug. 
30-420 
29-086 
29-851 
1-23 
10 
65-0 
50-5 
57-7 
71 
41 
— 
V. 
Sept. 
30-512 
28-768 
29-871 
2-20 
12 
59-3 
47-0 
53-1 
65 
37 
— 
N.E. 
Oct. 
30-082 
29-114 
29-581 
3-03 
20 
53-8 
43-2 
48-5 
61 
31 
2 
E. 
Nov. 
30-516 
29-693 
29-947 
2-05 
11 
43-2 
33-5 
38-3 
54 
22 
14 
V. 
Dec. 
30-523 
29-422 
29-919 
•77 
14 
37-0 
29-8 
33-4 
50 
15 
20 
N. 
29.778 
22-33 
174 
45-95 
101 
DIRECTION OF THE WIND. 
N. S. E. W. N.E. N.W. S.E. S.W. 
41 51 30 33 63 58 54 35 
The year 1858 has been the coldest experienced at Y'ork for 
more than twenty years, with the exception of 1888, which was 
about one-tenth of a degree colder. The temperature of 1888 
was 45’83, that of 1858 45'95, 
