Note 1 — Chapter XXXIV · FROM NERTCHINSK TO STRETINSK.
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The following table gives for 1875 the number of days of rain and snow, the mean temperature of winter, spring, summer, autumn, and the whole year, and the difference between the mean temperatures of summer and winter, for London and four Siberian towns:—
WINTER. SPRING. SUMMER. AUTUMN. YEAR. Diff.
DaysTemp. DaysTemp. DaysTemp. DaysTemp. DaysTemp. betw.
Nikolaefsk 281·27 3625·70 2859·05 3932·23 13129·56 57·78
Barnaul 226·60 2642·93 3061·83 3029·10 10835·11 55·23
Irkutsk 10-1·27 172·14 2561·54 1130·65 6323·27 62·81
Nertchinsk 5-1·40 172·81 2660·70 1224·90 6021·75 62·10
London 4740·0 3453·70 4260·40 4443·50 16749·40 20·40
The precipitation (rain and snow) in inches stands as follows at Barnaul, Nertchinsk, and London:—
Inches Inches Inches Inches Inches
Barnaul 0·92 1·77 6·39 2·93 12·01
Nertchinsk 0·75 0·60 8·77 7·42 17·54
London 4·76 5·13 9·94 8·21 28·04