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J. HOPKINSON-METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 
Compared with the average, January and October were warm 
months, and April and July were very warm ; March, June, and 
September were cold; November was rather cold, and December 
rather warm. The air was drier than usual in April and June, 
and much drier than usual in July and August; it was unusually 
humid in January and March. The sky was much brighter than 
usual in July and August; it was cloudy from January to March 
and in October, and most unusually so in May and December. 
January, May, and July were wet months, and 1'ebruary was very 
wet; September, October, and November were dry, and April and 
June were very dry. Rain fell on many days in January and 
December, and more often than usual in February, March, and 
May ; it fell on very few days in June, and less frequently than 
usual in April, July, and August. 
Table II .—Means of Climatological Observations (with Extremes of 
Temperature ) for the Seasons of 1903-1904. 
1 
Seasons 
Temperature of the Air 
Humidity 
Cloud, 0-10 
Eain 
Means 
Extremes 
Amount 
Days 
Mean 
Min. 
Max. 
Eange 
Min. 
Max. 
O 
O 
O 
O 
O 
O 
7o 
ins. 
Winter . 
3 7'6 
32-8 
4 2 '4 
9-6 
20/0 
55*3 
91 
7-9 
8-37 
57 
Spring . 
47'i 
39’3 
54'9 
1 5*6 
22'9 
74'° 
80 
V 4 
4'5 6 
45 
Summer. 
6 o 8 
50-5 
7n 
20 '6 
3 8-8 
91 *o 
70 
5-8 
6-25 
32 
Autumn. 
4§'7 
41-3 
56-2 
15‘Q 
i7'5 
74*9 
87 
7-0 
4'39 
44 
The Winter of 1903-4 (Dec. to Feb.) was rather mild, owing to 
the warmth of the nights, the days having been rather colder than 
usual; the mean daily range of temperature was therefore small. 
The air was humid and the sky cloudy at 9 a.m. The rainfall 
was very heavy, exceeding the average by nearly 70 per cent., and 
there were many, wet days. The duration of sunshine was twenty 
minutes a day less than usual. South-westerly winds mostly 
prevailed. 
The Spring (March to May) was also rather warm, again owing 
to the warmth of the nights, the days having been colder than 
usual, making the mean daily range of temperature very small for 
the season. The air was rather humid and the sky very cloudy. 
The rainfall was rather small, but the number of wet days was 
large, and there was no prolonged dry period. The duration of 
sunshine was nearly an hour a day less than usual. Westerly 
winds greatly prevailed, to the almost total exclusion of easterly, 
except in March. 
The Summer (June to August) also was rather warm, but, 
unlike the Winter and Spring, owing to the warmth of the days, 
the nights having been of average temperature ; the mean daily 
range was therefore considerable. The air was very dry and the 
