Meteorology records and notes on the meteorology and mortality of the month of January, 1871

Meteorological records recorded at the Observatory, Hobart Town. Also includes leafing, flowering, and fruiting times of a few standard plants in the Royal Societies gardens for the month of January,1871.
The year 1871 opened with weather of a very anomalous character, there being a considerable covering of snow on Mount Wellington, and a fresh cold south-east wind, with sprinkles of rain. Nevertheless, the mean temperature of the whole month was above the average, and nearly every other of the records departed more or less from the adopted mean. On the whole, this month following the very dry one of December—was not very favourable to health and life, the deaths being within a trifle of the 14 years' average.