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J. HOPKINSON—METEOROLOGICAL OBSEEVATIOES. 
Novembee. —Father cold, dull, with, a very humid atmosphere of 
rather low pressure, and with a large amount of rain falling on a 
great number of days, the third very wet month in succession. 
Eain fell every day hut two (7th and 13th) from 2nd to 14th, and 
again every day but one (20th) from 19th to 30th, none falling 
from 15th to 18th. Erom 23rd to 30th 2*80 ins. fell, an average 
of 0*35 in. per day for the 8 days, with a min. of 0*15 in. on 29th 
and a max. of 0’52 in. on 26th. The temperature varied consider¬ 
ably ; after some rather warm weather up to the 14th, it became 
much colder for a few days, with minima below 30° from 16th to 
19th; after 25th it again became warmer. Min. below 32° on 
6 days; max. above 52° on 5. N.E. and E. winds prevailed. There 
was a considerable amount of fog. 
Decembee. —Cold, rather dull, with a humid atmosphere of con¬ 
siderable pressure, and a small amount of rain. The temperature 
of this month was almost as erratic as that of February. There 
was a decided change to colder weather on 8th, on 13th it became 
warmer, and on 23rd again colder. 
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1st to 7th ........ 
.. 9 a.m. 
39*7 
Mean Min. 35*1 
Mean Max. 45*0 
Mean 39*9 
8th to 12th........ 
27*6 
>, 24*4 
„ 35*2 
„ 29*1 
13th to 22nd ... 
41*0 
„ 36*5 
,, 45*3 
„ 40*9 
23rd to 31st ... 
35*2 
„ 29*6 
„ 42*1 
„ 35*6 
Of these four periods the first and third have a mean temperature 
of about that of February and November, the second much below 
that of any month in the year, and the fourth that of January. 
The second period (of 5 days) differs more from the first (of 7) and 
the third (of 10) than winter usually does from spring. Min. 
temp, below 32° on 15 days ; max. above 42° on 17. The highest 
barometric pressure of the year, 30*611 ins., occurred on the 23rd; 
but as the pressure on March 14th was 30*609 ins., there may be 
considered to have been two practically equal maxima. Westerly 
winds greatly prevailed. There was a considerable amount of fog, 
which was very dense on Christmas Day. The month and year 
closed stormily, there being storms of hail with strong wind on 
28th and 29th, and a rather heavy snowstorm on 30th. 
