WEATHER REPORT FOR 1960
| JANUARY. | ||||||||
| An average month for temperature,but it was mostly cloudy and wet, | ||||||||
| with some snow and frost, but no days of unbroken frost. | ||||||||
| FEBRUARY | ||||||||
| An average month but the last few days were very mild. | ||||||||
| MARCH | ||||||||
| Cloudy and cold with persistent east winds. | ||||||||
| APRIL | ||||||||
| A variable month, some warm days and some very rough cold winds. | ||||||||
| Fairly dry with some night frosts. | ||||||||
| MAY | ||||||||
| A pleasant Spring month with some very warm days and only average | ||||||||
| rainfall. A little frost during the last week. | ||||||||
| JUNE | ||||||||
| A very variable month, some very high temperatures and several sunny | ||||||||
| days, but severe thunderstorms brought the rainfall total well above average. | ||||||||
| JULY | ||||||||
| A cool, wet, stormy month thunderstorms, sometimes with hail, | ||||||||
| reported from several stations. | ||||||||
| AUGUST | ||||||||
| A cold, wet month with sunshine below average. Storms were varied | ||||||||
| thunder heard on 10 days. | ||||||||
| SEPTEMBER | ||||||||
| A very wet, cool month. Some days the rainfall was well above average | ||||||||
| OCTOBER | ||||||||
| Most recorders stated this was the wettest October for which they had | ||||||||
| records. There was little sunshine, and Easterly winds for most of the Month. | ||||||||
| NOVEMBER | ||||||||
| Another very wet month few days without some rain. However, | ||||||||
| there was an unusual lack of frost and fog, and sunshine was slightly above | ||||||||
| average. | ||||||||
| DECEMBER | ||||||||
| Rather cold and wet, but little snow or sleet. | ||||||||
| GENERAL REMARKS | ||||||||
| All recorders stated that this year's rainfall was the highest they have ever | ||||||||
| recorded. On average it was about 8.00" above the normal, and more than 13.00" | ||||||||
| higher than in 1959.. | ||||||||
| A very disappointing summer with little sunshine. | ||||||||