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SECTION VI.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
From Particulars furnished by Mr. Hunt, Head Keeper,
Terrace Gardens.
JANUARY.
Barometer. The mean pressure for the month was 30 inches
being the same as the mean for the 30 years previously
which was 30 inches. With slight variations the barometer kept
above 30 inches during the month until the 25th. Owing to an
anti-cyclone it rose to the unusual height of 30.7 inches on the 15th
Thermometers. The maximum thermometer fell from 52 degrees at
the beginning of the month to 37 degrees at the end of
the month. The mean for the month was 45.6 degrees and the
mean for the month for the 30 years previously was 43.8 degrees.
The minimum thermometer followed somewhat the variations of the
maximum, the mean for the month being 36.2 degrees as compared
with 33.6 degrees the mean for the preceding 30 years. The lowest
temperature registered was 21 degrees on the 15th.
Rainfall. Rain or snow fell on 8 days during the month as
compared with 16, the mean for the month for the
preceding 35 years. The rainfall was 0.52 inches being below the
mean for twenty years, which was 2.01 inches.
Wind.
The wind was westerly veering from S. to N.W. for
the first ten days, then N.E. for the rest of the month.