"The autumn is perhaps the most enjoyable season of the year, it is very dry and warm without heat and with few storms. Although there is no reason why patients suited to the climate should not begin their sojourn in any season convenient to them, perhaps September or October are on the whole best, because they then approach the cold nights of winter gradually. TABLE I.--MEAN TEMPERATURE. +-----------+------------+------------+-----------+-----------+---------+ | | At 7 a.m. | At 10 a.m. | At 2 p.m. | At 9 p.m. | [A]Day. | +-----------+------------+------------+-----------+-----------+---------+ | January | 17.8 | 27.3 | 36.0 | 20.9 | 24.4 | | February | 21.3 | 36.3 | 42.0 | 27.1 | 29.4 | | March | 31.4 | 46.6 | 52.4 | 37.4 | 36.6 | | April | 38.9 | 50.8 | 54.7 | 42.2 | 43.9 | | May | 50.2 | 57.9 | 62.9 | 51.7 | 49.9 | | June | 61.5 | 66.1 | 72.6 | 60.2 | 65.9 | | July | 66.2 | 75.2 | 77.6 | 65.0 | 69.7 | | August | 64.9 | 74.3 | 76.9 | 63.6 | 68.1 | | September | 50.1 | 60.4 | 68.8 | 54.2 | 57.2 | | October | 37.9 | 52.0 | 60.6 | 42.7 | 47.8 | | November | 27.9 | 43.9 | 48.2 | 31.3 | 35.5 | | December | 20.2 | 22.8 | 38.2 | 23.2 | 27.6 | | Spring | 40.2 | 51.8 | 56.7 | 43.8 | 42.8 | | Summer | 64.2 | 71.9 | 75.7 | 62.9 | 67.9 | | Autumn | 38.6 | 52.1 | 59.2 | 42.7 | 47.1 | | Winter | 19.8 | 28.8 | 38.7 | 23.7 | 27.1 | | Year | 40.7 | 51.1 | 57.6 | 43.3 | 46.4 | +-----------+------------+------------+-----------+-----------+---------+ [A] The daily mean is one-fourth the sum of the readings at 7 a.m., at 2 p.m., and double the reading at 9 p.m. TABLE II.--MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN WINTER AND SPRING. PART I.--MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES. 1873-'74. 1874-'75. 1875-'76. 1877-'78. A B A B A B A B December 65.0 44.1 59.0 41.7 67.0 51.6 69.0 -- January 63.0 46.6 60.0 35.1 62.0 45.5 59.5 -- February 59.0 40.2 58.0 40.8 64.0 51.6 61.5 47.1 _Winter_ 65.0 43.6 60.0 39.2 67.0 49.6 69.0 -- March 61.0 48.2 67.0 42.0 65.5 49.1 70.5 -- April 82.0 53.6 71.0 -- 79.0 60.8 72.0 60.4 May 92.0 74.7 84.0 70.3 84.0 67.6 80.0 65.1 _Spring_ -- 58.8 -- -- -- 59.2 -- -- June 101.0 85.6 91.0 82.2 93.0 77.2 84.0 71.5