Venice.

TABLE III.

MEAN TEMPERATURE OF EACH MONTH IN THE CITIES OF ITALY, CALCULATED UPON OBSERVATIONS VARYING FROM SEVEN TO SEVENTY-FOUR YEARS.

January

February
March

April
May.

June

July.....

August September October...... November

December

5.8 8.4

1.8 0.6 0.6 2.1 5.0 8.3 4.4 7.1 90 10-8 3.9 3.4 2.4 4.5 7.3 10.0 9.8 10.7 7.9 8.2 7.0 9.2 10.5 10.5 7-9 10-6 119 12-2 12.6 12.9 11-5 140 146 12.7 12.5 14 1 15-214-7 17.4 17.9 16.8 19.1 18-8 16-7 16-9 18 2 19-8 18-2 213 214 202 22-9 21-9 20-6 19.7 211 218 21.7 23-9 23.7 22.7 25.9 250 232 22-7 23-9 24-9 24.3 23.2 23.1 22-9 25-0 24 4 23.6 22.7 23′7 250 24.6 19-0 190 18-0 20-0 21-0 21 4 18 8 209 21-3 22-6 137 13.5 12.5 15 3 15-9 17-1 147 17 0 17-7 19:5 7.0 7.1 5.9 8.8 10.4 12 9 8.4 11.6 12.7 15.2 4.4 2.4 0.7 4.0 7.6 9.8 5.4 8.6 10.9 12.6*

* Palermo has a low temperature, especially in summer, as compared with its latitude, which is owing to its being surrounded by mountains on the south, and more open to the north.

TABLE IV.

MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM OF TEMPERATURE OF THE

SEASONS, AND OF THE YEAR, AT

TABLE V.

AMOUNT OF RAIN IN CUBIC INCHES, IN DIFFERENT SEASONS, AND PROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF RAINY DAYS PER 100, IN VARIOUS TOWNS IN FRANCE, GERMANY,

This is probably an error; for it certainly does not rain much more at Vevay than at Geneva. A local publication states the number of rainy days in the year to be 75.

Belgium.

TABLE VI.

MEAN QUANTITY OF RAIN IN THE PRINCIPAL ITALIAN CITIES FOR EACH SEASON, AND THE WHOLE YEAR, WITH THE PROPORTIONATE AVERAGE of days.

The approximative proportion of rain in the plain of the Po, to that of the western side of Central Italy, and of Calabria and Sicily, may be estimated at 35, 30, and 20.

* By its exposure to the south, Nice may well rank among the climates of Southern Italy. It will be seen that the amount of rain is not very unequally distributed throughout the seasons.

TABLE VII.

AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS ON WHICH RAIN FALLS IN THE YEAR, IN COUNTRIES NORTH OF THE ALPS.

TABLE VIII.

The two following Tables, relating to the temperature and amount of rain at various places in England and abroad, are as given in Sir James Clark's work; and, on comparing them with the preceding ones, it will be perceived that considerable differences exist with reference to some localities, especially as respects the amount and distribution of rain.

MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR, AND FOR EACH SEASON, OF PLACES IN ENGLAND.

TABLE IX.

MEAN QUANTITY OF RAIN (IN CUBIC INCHES) FOR THE YEAR, AND FOR EACH SEASON, AND NUMBER OF DAYS ON WHICH RAIN FELL.