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amount of rain. The comparatively cool and decidedly wet period 
which commenced on the 25th of August lasted until the 8th of 
September, when the weather became warm and dry. On the 22nd 
there was again a change to cooler weather. 
1 st to 8th . 9 a.m. 57°*2 Mean Min. 50°*6 Mean Max. 64°*1 Mean 57°*3 
9th to 21st. ,, 62-1 „ 55-0 ,, 74*1 „ 63 -7 
22nd to 30th. „ 53-7 ,, 45*4 „ 63*7 ,, 54*3 
Rain fell on 6 of the first 8 days to the amount of T22 in.; on 2 
of the next 13 (0-10 in.); and on 4 of the last 9 (0*13 in.). 
Max. temp, above 62° on 26 days, above 72° on 8 (all during 
warm period), above 82° on 1 (17th); min. below 42° on 1 (30th). 
October.— Rather cold, moderately bright, and very windy, with 
a very dry atmosphere of high pressure, and with a very small 
amount of rain. For the first week there was no appreciable amount 
of rain, the only fall being 0*01 in. on 2nd; the next week was 
very wet, rain falling every day (8th to 14th) to the total amount 
of 0*89 in., and during this period there was the first fall of snow 
of the winter, at 1*30 p.m. on 10th; for the next 10 days (15th to 
24th) there was no rain; and during the last week 0’25 in. fell, on 
4 days. Max. temp, above 52° on 26 days, above 62° on 1 (16th); 
min. below 42° on 15, below 32° on 3 (5th, 25th, and 29th). 
November.— Of average temperature, dull, and very calm, with 
a somewhat humid atmosphere of unusually high pressure, and less 
than the average amount of rain; the tenth dry month in succes¬ 
sion. For the first 10 days the weather was warm and wet, for the 
remainder of the month it was cold and with scarcely any rain 
except on the 30th. 
1 st to 10th. 9 a.m. 49°-0 Mean Min. 41°-6 Mean Max. 55°*5 Mean 48°*7 
11th to 30th. „ 37-6 „ 34*2 „ 42-6 „ 38*1 
Difference. „ 11*4 ,, 7 -4 ,, 12*9 „ 10-6 
From 1st to 10th 1*41 in. of rain fell on 6 days; from 11th to 
29th 0*10 in. fell on 4 days (0*09 in. 18th to 21st, and 0*01 in. 
28th) ; and on 30th there was a storm of snow and rain yielding 
0*75 in. of rain, being about one-third the total fall of the month. 
Max. temp, above 52° on 9 days; min. below 32° on 5. 
December. —Very mild, dull, and rather windy, with a dry 
atmosphere of rather low pressure, and with a considerable amount 
of rain. From the 1st to the 25th there were not any two days in 
succession without rain, but after the 25th no rain fell; including 
the last day of November there was thus a period of 26 days on 20 
of which rain (and snow) fell to the total amount of 4*12 ins. 
Max. temp, above 42° on 17 days (all before 21st), above 52° on 5 
(all during the first week, except one, 13th); min. below 32° on 6. 
The temperature was very variable, the first two days being cold, 
from 3rd to 15th warm, 16th to 20th colder, and 21st to 31st colder 
still. 
