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J. HOPKINSON-THE WEATHER 
Tabi+e IY .—Climatological Observations taken at Bennington 
House, Bennington. Latitude: 51° 5||j45" 1ST. Longitude: 
0° 5' 20" W. Altitude: 407 feet. Observer: Bey. J. D. 
Parker, LL.D., P.B.Met. Soc. 
Temperature of the Air 
0 
liain 
Months 
Means 
1 
Extremes 
g 
0 
tT 
S3 
§ 
Mean 
Min. 
Max. 
Range 
Min. 
Max. 
P 
w 
0 
0 
S 
^ 1 
!>■> 
cS 
O 
Jan. 
0 
3 8‘2 
O 
33*5 
O 
42-9 
° 
9'4 1 
° 
I 9’4 
O 
53-o 
% 
91 
77 
ins. 
1-49 
^ 1 
18 
Feb. 
407 
35‘i 
46'3 
II '2 
28-3 
53 *9 
88 
7'i 
273 
22 
March . 
427 
34*6 ; 
5°'4 
15-8 
28-9 
55’9 
82 
| 67 
•84 
IO 
April 
45' 6 
37-9 
53*3 
i5‘4 
! 28-3 
61 -8 
77 
8-3 
2 '!’] 
18 
May. 
52-4 
43'9 
6o-8 
16-9 
3°'4 
74-0 
78 
i 7 ' 5 
2-25 
20 
June. 
59’° 
! 5°*4 
677 
17-1 
; 43 - 2 
785 
78 
8-4 
3-26 
13 
July. 
57*5 
1 5o*5 
64-4 
I3-9 
i 44 *o 
727 
80 
; 9’i 
i*94 
12 
August. 
59'9 
i 52-1 
67 '6 
i5‘5 
47*o 
74-0 
79 
! 8'i 
i-86 
17 
Sept. 
557 
47 *8 
62-8 
15-0 
! 37*4 
717 
80 
! 7'i 
•81 
6 
Oct. 
52-2 
46-4 
57 *9 
11 '5 
39 ’5 
695 
9i 
9’3 
270 
15 
Nov. 
38*4 
| 3i*9 
44'8 
12-9 
! 23-6 
547 
88 
! 6-8 
3 - 4i 
17 
Dec. 
42 -8 
j 38'5 
47-0 
8-5 
26'6 
53’i 
92 
8*5 
3'82 
22 
Year .... 
487 
41-9 
; 557 
136 
I9-4 
78 T T 
84 
7-9 
27-08 
190 
Table Y .—Other Meteorological Observations taken at Bennington 
by the Bev. L)r. Parker. 
Months 
Pressure 
of the 
atmo¬ 
sphere 
Temperature at 9 a.m. 
Days of | 
Bright Sunshine 
of the j 
air 
of 
evapo¬ 
ration 
of the soil 
clear 
sky 
over¬ 
cast 
Total 
hours 
Max. in 
one day 
Sun¬ 
less 
days 
at 1ft. 
at 2 ft. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
March 
April. 
May. 
June. 
July .... 
August 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
ins. 
29-877 
•699 
3 °- i 99 
29- 879 
• 93 i 
• 93 i 
•922 
•946 
30- 250 
•062 
29-688 
745 
O 
37-0 j 
40-1 
4 i *3 
45*8 
52*2 
59 *i 
56-9 
59*9 
55*8 
51-0 
36-9 
42-2 
0 
36-0 
387 j 
s 39*0 
42-6 
1 48-9 
: 55*4 
53*6 
; 56*5 
52-6 
! 49*8 
j 35*5 
! 4 i*i 
O 
39 *i 
38*9 
4 1 ‘5 
457 
52-6 
61 -i 
59*9 
61 -6 
57*3 
54 *o 
4 i *9 
427 
O 
42-2 
39*4 
4 i *9 
45*6 
51-8 
60- i 
1 59*7 
61- 5 
57*9 
54*8 
44*2 
43 *o 
5 
3 
6 
1 
2 
2 
0 
0 
3 
0 
5 
1 
16 
11 
12 
12 
12 
19 
1 7 
14 
14 
21 
9 
15 
66 
72 
I5i 
107 
184 
164 
102 
139 
127 
69 
87 
29 
7- 2 
7*5 
10-0 
io-6 
14-0 
13*5 
8- 2 
io-6 
11 -o 
8-i 
7-2 
6'5 
12 
4 
2 
3 
2 i 
o 
4 
2 | 
5 
9 j 
7 
H 
Year 
29-927 ; 48-2 
45 *8 
49*7 
1 
5°*° 
28 
1 
172 
1 1297 
; 147 
64 
