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June The month has been very dry, and also cool, though the sunlight is rather above the average.
Both the day and night temperatures have been below the average. The rainfall is the smallest June
fall since 1895. The mean temperature of the month is about one and a half degrees below the average,
and was at Wallington 57.6. There were recorded at Wallington 218.4 hours of sunlight, which is 12.4
hours or two per cent, above the June average of the 15 years 1886.1900.
July.—An exceedingly warm and also a dry month. With the exception of July 1899 and 1900, the
mean temperature is the highest for July for a great many years. The rainfall varies in amount from
the mean to about one half the mean. The mean temperature is about three degrees above the average,
and was at Wallington 65.1. There were recorded at Wallington 278.7 hours of sunlight, which is 68.6
hours or 14 per cent. above the July average of the 15 years 1886.1900, and has only been exceeded in
1887 and 1900.
August.—The month has been dry, in fact it is the dryest August since 1899, and fairly warm
though the nights have been somewhat cold. There was a thunderstorm on the 4th through the
district, and a slight one in places on the 22nd. The mean temperature of the month has been slightly
above the average, and was at Wallington 61.6. There were recorded at Wallington 242.6 hours of
sunlight, which is 44.3 hours or ten per cent. above the August average of the 15 years 1886.1900, and
has only been exceeded in 1887 and 1899. The sunlight on the 3rd viz.: 14.2 hours, is the highest daily
value for August in my record.
September.—The month has been dry and very cold. It has also been somewhat unhealthy, there
having been many cases of influenza. The rainfall is nearly an inch below the average. The mean
temperauwe of the month is about Wo degrees below the average, and was at Wallington 55.0 degrees.
l?ogs occurred on several days between the 15th and 28th. There were recorded at Wallington 180.1
hours of sunlight, which is 19.9 hours or five per cent. above the September average 1886.1900. The
five days 17th to 21st had a mean sunlight of over 91 per cent., and the amount 12.2 hours on the 5th
has only been exceeded on September 4th, 1899.
October.—The month has been dry and mild, but somewhat unhealthy. The rainfall is about one
inch below the average. The mean temperature of the month is about one degree above the average,
and was at Wallington 50.8 degrees. There were recorded at Wallington 97.4 hours of sunlight, which
is three hours below the October average of the 15 years 1886.1900.
November.—The month has been cold and dry, and extremely foggy from the 11th to 19th. Snow
fell on the 22nd and 23rd throughout the district, and the cold from that date till the end of the month
was severe. The rainfall varied from one.half to one.quarter below the average, and was at Wallington
42.0 degrees. There were recorded at Wallington 65.3 hours of sunlight, which is 14.3 hours or six per
cent. above the November average of the 15 years 1886.1900.
December.—The month has been warm, very foggy, and with a rainfall above the average. The
mean temperature is about 1.8 above the average, and was at Wallington 40.8. There were recorded
34.9 hours of sunlight, which is 4 hours or two per cent. below the December average of the 15 years
1886.1900.