68 REV. C. W. HARVEY-METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 
The dryness of July, and also, we may add, of December, when the 
fall of rain barely exceeded that of March, are noticeable features. 
In the distribution of the rainfall we also find that the fall of the 
three autumn months was almost the same in amount as the fall of 
the first six months of the year, each representing about 45°/ 0 of 
the total fall; thus only leaving 10°/ o of the total fall to he repre¬ 
sented by the rainfall of July, August, and December. 
Pressure.— I have no very deep depression to record this year, 
the pressure never having been below 29 inches. The highest 
point reached was 30*63 ins. on March 14th, when an area of high 
pressure lay over the British Isles. On the other hand, 29*01 ins., 
which occurred on Oct. 10th, was the lowest point to which the 
mercury fell, the centre of the depression lying at the time over 
the west of England. The extreme yearly range of pressure has 
therefore been 1*62 in. The absolute range of pressure for the 
whole period being between 30*94 on Jan. 18th, 1882, and 28*47 
on Jan. 26th, 1884, or 2*47 ins., the max. for 1885 was 0*31 lower 
than the absolute max., and the min. for 1885 was 0*54 higher 
than the absolute min. 
Temperature.— The mean temperature of the year, 46°*6, proves 
to he slightly below the mean temperature of the whole period : the 
range is from 84°*3 on July 26th to 20°*3 on December 11th, which 
represents a range of 64°*0. The maximum temperature is higher 
than in 1880, 1882, or 1883, whilst the minimum has been lower 
in every preceding year of the period except 1884. I usually quote 
the four highest, and the four lowest readings of the thermometer ; 
in the present year these are :— 
Highest Maxima. Lowest Minima. 
(a) 
July 
26th. 
. 84° *3 
(a) 
Dec. 11th. 
. 20°*3 
(0 
9 9 
25th. 
. 84 *2 
(b) 
,, 9th. 
. 21 *0 
(<0 
June 
4th.. 
. 82 *9 
(c) 
,, 12th. 
... 21 *7 
0 *) 
99 
5th.. 
. 79 *2 
(d) 
„ 30th. 
. 21 *9 
The temperature of June 4th was the highest yet registered in 
that month, only once previously having reached 80°, namely on 
June 30th, 1883. We experienced a warm period exceptionally 
early in the year, the temperature on the 20th and 21st of April 
exceeding 70°. On April 19th it was 68°*9, on 20th 72°*1, and on 
21st, 71°*5. 
The warmest and coldest periods of 14 days occurred between 
July 16th and 27th on the one hand, and between January 12th 
and 25th on the other. 
Warmest Period (Mean). Coldest Period (Mean). 
July 16th. 
57°*7 
July 23rd.... 
. 58°*6 
Jan. 12th. 
31°*4 
Jan. 19th. 
33°*1 
17th. 
58 *3 
}J 
24th.... 
59 *9 
9 9 
13th. 
30 *1 
99 
20th. 
31 *1 
18th..... 
60 *0 
25th.... 
. 68 *2 
9 9 
14th..... 
30 *3 
9 9 
21st. 
28 *3 
19th. 
61 *8 
26th.... 
72 *0 
99 
15 th..... 
31 *6 
99 
22nd.... 
. 27 *6 
20th. 
63 *4 
}f 
27th.... 
65 *7 
99 
16th. 
33 *5 
99 
23rd. 
30 *7 
21st. 
60 *7 
28th.... 
60 *8 
9 9 
17th. 
34 *2 
99 
24 th. 
31 *0 
22nd. 
60 *2 
}f 
29th.... 
. 58 *3 
9 9 
18th. 
33 *4 
99 
25th.... 
33 *8 
Mean 
. 61°*9 
Mean 
. 31°*4 
