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 CLIMATE TABLE I RESULTS OF CLIMATOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR EACH STATION, 1887-0 Temperature of the Air Hu- Rain Stations Means Extremes midity Cloud, Mean Min. Max. Range Min. Max. Per O IO Amount Days deg. deg. deg. deg. deg. deg. cent. ins. Royston. 49-0 40-8 57-1 16-3 3'5 93-0 83 6-7 22-21 161 Berkhamsted 48-1 40-3 55-8 15-5 7'5 91-0 82 7-2 25-60 I 7 6 St. Albans. . 48-3 41-1 55'4 14-3 IO-I 91-0 82 6-7 26-OO 181 Bennington. 48-0 40-7 55'3 14-6 9'5 90-9 81 7'3 23-89 182 New Barnet 48-1 38-8 57'5 18-7 I'O 94'5 83 6-2 2373 139 County. 48-3 40-3 56-2 15-9 i-o 94'5 82 6-7 24-29 168 Tables II., III., and IV. give the means at these five stations of the same elements of climate (air-temperature, humidity, cloud, and rain), with the extremes of temperature, for each of the twelve years, for the average of the twelve years in each season and in each month, and the annual results for the whole period, which of course are the same as in the first table. It will be seen that the second half of this period was much warmer than the first half, had a greater range of temperature, both mean daily and absolute, a drier air, a little brighter sky, and a rather smaller rainfall. TABLE II RESULTS OF CLIMATOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR EACH YEAR, 1887-98 Temperature of the Air Hu- Rain Year Means Extremes midity Cloud, Mean Min. Max. Range Min. Max. Per I-IO Amount Days deg. deg. deg. deg. deg. deg. cent. ins. 1887 47-0 38-9 SS'i 16-2 8-0 89-4 81 6-5 19-07 I$I 1888 47-0 39'9 54'i 14-2 14-6 86-5 85 7'4 24-94 !8 4 1889 47-8 40-5 55-2 147 12-7 85-0 85 7-0 27-09 179 1890 47'9 40-0 55-8 1.5-8 4-3 837 83 6-8 22-40 170 1891 47'5 397 55'3 I5 '6 7-5 83-4 84 6-7 28-58 187 1892 47-0 38-9 55-0 16-1 I I-O 86-0 82 6-S 25-02 1 66 1893 50-0 41-0 59-1 18-1 I2'O 94'5 78 6-0 22-28 152 1894 49-0 41-4 56-6 15-2 4-0 85-0 83 6-7 27-58 192 1895 48-1 39-6 56-6 17-0 I'D 86-9 81 6-5 24-08 150 1896 48-9 41-0 56-9 15-9 15-0 89-5 82 6-9 26-09 165 1897 49-1 4i-3 56-9 15-6 15-0 88-8 82 7-1 24-76 163 1898 50-2 42-0 58-3 16-3 16-0 91-8 81 6-9 19-57 i55 Mean. 48-3 4'3 56-2 15-9 IO'I 87-5 82 6-7 24-29 1 68 37