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8 SANITARY CHRONICLES, 1894.
June Quarter.
April was a bright sunny month. The minimum temperature
was 34o.0; maximum as high as 73°.0; mean 50o.6.
On six days rain fell, 1.10 inch. The amount of sunshine
was equal to 26.5 per cent. The winds were variable.
May was an unsettled month. The minimum temperature
was 30o.8; maximum 68°.3 ; mean 50o.7. 2.15 inches of
rain fell in 12 days. Cool winds were prevalent. Nearly
30 per cent, of bright sunshine was registered.
June was unsettled and wet; 2.46 inches of rain fell in
18 days. The winds were westerly. The minimum temperature
was 380.l; maximum 720.5; and mean 57°.2. Only
about 23 per cent, of sunshine was received.
September Quarter.
July was unsettled and wet; 2.79 inches of rain fell in
16 days. The minimum temperature was 36o.0; maximum
84°.5; mean 640.5. There was a fair amount of sunshine,
viz., about 365 per cent.
August was also an unusually wet month, 2.5 inches of
rain falling in 12 days. Temperatures were moderate, the
minimum being 45o.0 ; maximum 770.5; mean 61°.2. Sunshine
was somewhat deficient, being in amount about 24.5
per cent.
September was fairly dry, but dull. On 9 days 0.75
inch of rain fell. The minimum temperature was 41°.0;
maximum 740.2; mean 570.3. The winds were variable.
Only about 22.5 per cent, of sunshine was received.
December Quarter.
October was dull and damp; 2.76 inches of rain fell in
18 days. The minimum temperature was 330.4; maximum
60°.5; mean 51o.0. Only 15 per cent, of sunshine was
received.
November was a month of unusual heavy rain; it
rained during some part or other of 20 days, the total rain-