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J. HOPKINSON-METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
July. —Cold and cloudy; with a humid atmosphere of rather 
low pressure, and a very heavy rainfall on a large number of days. 
The excess in the rainfall is more than covered by the heavy fall of 
2 inches on the 17th, the heaviest in the year. Rain fell every 
day for the first twelve days. Coldest day 5th, mean 52 0, 4 ; 
warmest day 22nd, mean 63°*9. Min. below 52° on 17 days; 
max. above 62° on 26 days, above 72° on 2 (16th and 23rd). 
August. —Rather cold and bright, with a humid atmosphere 
of rather low pressure, and a rather small rainfall, but on a large 
number of days. Coldest day 30th, mean 51 0, 6 ; warmest day 1st, 
mean 66°*5. Min. below 52° on 12 days (every day from 24th to 
31st), below 42° on 2 (30th and 31st); max. above 62° on 26 days, 
above 72° on 4 (1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th). 
September.-— Rather warm and cloudy, with a rather humid 
atmosphere of high pressure, and an exceedingly small rainfall on a 
very small number of days, the only days on which rain fell being 
the 17th to 23rd, with an average of 0*074 in. per day. Coldest 
day 1st, mean 52°*8 ; warmest day 5th, mean 64°*6. Min. below 
52° on 20 days, below 42° on 1 day (1st); max. above 62° every 
day but one (29th), above 72° on 5 days. 
October.— Rather warm, of average cloudiness and humidity, 
with an atmosphere of high pressure, and with a very small rain¬ 
fall. Snow first fell on 26th. Coldest day 28th, mean 35° 0 ; 
warmest day 1st, mean 58°*6. Min. below 42° on 16 days, below 
32° on 3 (27th, 28th, and 29th); max. above 62° on 10. 
November.— Of average temperature, cloudiness, and humidity, 
with an atmosphere of rather low pressure, and a rather heavy 
rainfall on a considerable number of days. Coldest day 28th, mean 
23°*5; warmest day 20th, mean 52°*5. Min. below 42° on 22 
days, below 32° on 8, below 22° on 2 (28th and 29th); max. above 
52° on 13 days (below 32° on 28th). 
December. —Excessively cold, rather cloudy, with a dry atmo¬ 
sphere of rather high pressure, and a very small rainfall, all the 
amount gauged except 0*06 in. on 3rd and 4th together, being 
due to snow, which fell on a good many days, but in very small 
quantities. Coldest day 22nd, mean 19°*9; warmest day 4th, 
mean 38°*4. Min. below 42° every day, below 32° every day but 
4 (3rd to 6th), on two of which it was exactly 32°, below 22° on 
10 ; max. above 32° on 21 days, never rising to 42°. The tempera¬ 
ture at 9 a.m. was above 32° only on the first seven days in the 
month. 
