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53*8 deg.; the highest having been 75*0 deg, and the lowest
31 "0 deg., giving the large range of 44-0 deg. The rainfall
was very large, viz., 3'02 inches, and fell on 20 days. June.—
More than one inch fell on the 13th and on the 24th. This
month was cold, but some high temperatures occurred, viz.,
80 2; the lowest having been 39-8, or a range just over 40 deg.
The mean was 57-8, being 11 deg. below the average. The
rainfall was only 0'35 inches, which fell on 6 days. The last
week in June and the first in tJuly were warm, the temperature
having run up to 87 8 deg. here, and as high as 90 deg. at
other places, but afterwards was chiefly dull and cold, with much
rain, 2* 12 inches having fallen in 12 daj's. The mean was
630 deg., or 0'8 deg. in excess. During the first three weeks
in A the weather was generally wet and cold, but without
auy heavy rainfall, which amounted to 0 72 inches only during
the month. The highest temperature recorded was 88'4 deg. here
(the highest in the year), and the lowest 47 2 deg.; the mean
being 62'0 deg., and 0'6 deg. above the average. September
was generally fine and warm, the thermometer having registered
84'4 deg. on the first, the lowest was 420 deg., and the mean
58'7 deg., being an excess of 0'6 deg. above the average. The
total rainfall was 1'47 inches, which fell on 13 days. October
was unusually warm, the mean temperature having been 53-3
deg., or 3'4 deg. in excess, although rain fell on 24 days to the
extent of 1*82 inches. The highest temperature recorded was
80'2 deg , and the lowest 41'8 deg , giving a range of nearly
40 deg. Nocember.—The weather was mostly unsettled, but
the mean temperature was about the average, having been 44'0
deg., or half a degree in excess. The highest temperature
recorded in the month was 58'4 deg., and the lowest 28-8 deg.,
giving a range of nearly 30 deg. There were 18 days on which
rain fell, and the total rainfall amounted to 237 inches.
December. — This month was remarkable for extreme oscillations
of the barometer, the very low reading of 28'14 inches having
occurred ou the 8th and 9th, remaining nearly stationary for