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•were unusually numerous. South.-westerly winds prevailed, and 
westerly were the next in frequency. 
Compared with the average, February was a very warm month, 
and January, March, and October were warm; June was very cold, 
and April and August were rather cold. The air was drier than 
usual in April, June, and July, and more humid in December. 
The sky was brighter than usual in January, very cloudy in 
December, and rather so in February and October. June had 
nearly three times the average rainfall, October more than double, 
March nearly double, and July and August about one-half more 
than the average; February was a dry month. Rain fell nearly 
every day in October, and was very frequent in January, March, 
and August. 
Table II. — Means of Climatological Observations (with Extremes of 
Temperature) for the Seasons of 1902-1903. 
Seasons 
Temperature of the Air 
Humidity 
Cloud, 0-10 
Eain 
Means 
Extremes 
Amount 
Days 
Mean 
Min. 
Max. 
Eange 
Min. 
Max. 
O 
O 
O 
0 
O 
O 
°/o 
ins. 
Winter . 
40’9 
35 '8 
46 ’O 
10*2 
16*0 
59-8 
88 
7‘4 
4-86 
45 
Spring . 
467 
38-2 
55 '2 
17-0 
21 ’O 
81 *5 
78 
6-6 
7-14 
48 
Summer. 
57'9 
49-0 
66*8 
17*8 
31-8 
8 7-8 
74 
67 
1374 
43 
Autumn. 
5°'3 
43'5 
57’2 
137 
24 ‘2 
83-9 
86 
7 ’3 
11 *26 
61 
The Winter of 1902-3 (Dec. to Feb.) was very mild, both days 
and nights being much warmer than usual. The air was of average 
humidity, and the sky of average brightness at 9 a.m., but the 
duration of sunshine was 21 minutes a day less than usual. The 
rainfall was rather less than the average, but of frequent occurrence. 
The wind was mostly south-westerly. 
The Spring (March to May) was of about average temperature, 
that of both the days and the nights being about the same as usual. 
The air was of average humidity, and although the sky was of 
average brightness at 9 a.m., the duration of sunshine was nearly 
an hour a day less than usual. The rainfall was heavy and 
frequent. South-westerly winds prevailed. 
The Summer (June to August) was cold, chiefly owing to the 
low day-temperature. The air was of average humidity, and the 
sky of average brightness at 9 a.m., but the duration of sunshine 
fell short of the average by 42 minutes a day. The rainfall was 
exceptionally heavy, being nearly double the average, but very 
little more frequent than usual. The wind was mostly north¬ 
easterly in June, and from the west-south-west later. 
The Autumn (Sept, to Nov.) was rather warm, chiefly owing to 
the warmth of the nights. The air was of average humidity, and 
the sky was cloudy at 9 a.m., the duration of sunshine, 17 minutes 
