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Highest Maxima. 
(a) Aug. 31st . 84°*9 
(b) July 4th & Aug. 30th. 84 -4 
\e) „ 3rd ... 83 -9 
(d) „ 6th . 83 -4 
Lowest Minima. 
(a) Jan. 8th . 15°-6 
(b) March 7th . 19 *2 
(c) Dec. 18th . 20 -4 
(d) March 11th .!.... 20 *3 
The minima for March were very low indeed for the time of 
year. It is notable that the last day of the last of the summer 
months should have proved the hottest. 
The maximum in the sun and the minimum on the grass for each 
month was as follows :— 
Max. 
Min. 
Max. 
Min. 
in Sun. 
on Grass. 
in Sun. 
on Grass. 
O 
O 
O 
O 
Jan. 
. 86-6 . 
? 
July . 
. 140*4 . 
. 42 3 
Feb. 
. 92-5 .... 
. 150 
Ana-. 
.. 130*8 . 
. 40*9 
March . 
. 107*9 . 
. 15*0 
Sept. 
. 127*0 . 
. 38*9 
April. 
. 115*9 . 
. 24-9 
Oct. 
. 120*5 . 
. 35*9 
May... 
. 156-0 . 
. 24-9 
Nov.. 
. 94*8 . 
. 26 9 
June. 
. 132*5 . 
. 36-9 
Dec. 
. 74*8 . 
. 20*4 
Ratntaxl.—T he fall was very evenly divided between the day 
and the night, for whilst 12*29 inches fell during the day, 12*95 
fell at night. 
Distribution of Rainfall. —Winter 23% ; Spring 30°/ o ; Summer 
17°/ Q ; Autumn 30°/ o . Chief falls. —May 24th 1*10; May 12th 
TOO; Dec. 26th 0*91 (snow); July 25th 0*74; Nov. 10th 0*69; 
May 22nd 0*68 ; Nov. 11th 0*67 ; Nov. 5th 0*62. Partial droughts 
(28 days during which the fall did not exceed 0*25 in.) —Eeb. 1st— 
28th, fall 0*24 in.; June 13th—July 10th, fall 0*23 in. Absolute 
droughts (14 days without rain). —June 23rd—July 10th, 18 days; 
Sept. 11th—24th, 14 days. 
The following table gives the particulars of the seasons:— 
Seasons, 
1885-86. 
Mean 
Pressure. 
Mean 
Tempera¬ 
ture. 
Mean 
Daily 
Range. 
Accumulated 
Temperature. 
Rain¬ 
fall. 
Above 42°. Below 42°. 
ins. 
0 
O 
O 
O 
ins. 
Winter . 
29*94 
34*i 
9*0 
nil 
745 
3’55 
Spring . 
29*96 
44'3 
I5-4 
448 
213 
7*61 
Summer. 
29*96 
59' 1 
18*1 
1578 
nil 
4*12 
Autumn. 
29*87 
50*0 
131 
786 
78 
7'49 
Winter was the driest and coldest, Spring the wettest, Summer 
the driest except in 1885, and Autumn the warmest yet observed. 
I conclude with a very brief summary of the months. 
January. —A cold month, with frequent falls of snow; the 
rainfall being the largest yet recorded, and the mean pressure being 
at the same time the lowest. 
February. —The coldest and the driest yet observed, the fall 
of rain being smaller than in any previous month, less even than 
Jan. 1880 (0*26); 11th to 13th one continuous thick fog. Coldest 
Feb. since 1857. 
