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REPORT OF THE 
Thus, whereas in 55 years the only records of 80° or over 
were 83° on September, 1868, and 80J° on the 16th in 1890, 
yet in 1895 we have seven such records, six of them from the 
24th on. The mean of the maxima 7T1° is 2'4° above the next 
highest, in 1865 ; 70° or more was recorded on 17 days. Then 
came a rapid change. Only 70° was reached on October 1st, after 
83° on September 29th. Curiously the same reading has occurred 
thrice before in October, hut never any higher, the years were 
1848, 1861, 1869. The closing days were in striking contrast, 
the month from the 18th on being severe beyond precedent. 
The mean of the minima for the month (37T°) is the lowest 
since 1842 (36*5°), but was approached in 1873 (37*3°), and 
1880 (37*8°). 
It may he noted that Sunshine was greatly in excess just as 
in September, but with the diverse result of clear days in winter 
compared to summer. 
Mean pressure was near the average, being 29*898 inches, the 
range just exceeding two inches. Locally there were no really 
serious gales. 
Bright sunshine was in excess in every month but March, 
November, and December. Over 200 hours were recorded in 
September, or nearly double the average. The totals in 
January and February are likewise greater than had been 
recorded previously. 
Rain or snow , to an amount exceeding O'005 inches of water, 
fell on 188 days, or 17 in excess of the average. Counting all 
occasions when even a few flakes fell, snow came on 45 days. 
There were 20 with thunder or thunderstorms. The total 
rainfall, 25*82 inches, was 0*81 in excess, although the general 
returns for the country show a deficiency. 
The cumulative rain totals from 1841 for the three wettest 
months are again of interest from the closeness of the values. 
By a misprint in last year’s Report the total for October was 
given 3 inehes too small. October and July have now changed 
places, and the three months stand, August, 149*03 inches; 
July, 148*26 ; October, 147*99 ; giving as means, 2*710, 2 696, 
2*691 inches. Thus, after 55 years, the three wettest months 
are practically within an inch of each other, certainly a 
strange result. In like manner the three driest months, 
