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slightest shower between 8, A. M., and 10, P. M., is included; 

 "whether the Meteorological Tables of the Royal Society do the 

 sarae, we are unable to determine. The summer and autumn 

 of the past year, 18^54, had some peculiarities with regard to rain, 

 which it is right to mention. Along the south-eastern coasts of 

 England hardly any rain at all fell, and all the inconveniences of a 

 long drought were experienced j whereas, in London, there was no 

 complaint of deficiency j and on the western coast, rain was so 

 abundant that two crops of hay were generally secured, and the 

 autumnal grass was most luxuriant. 



NUMBER OF DAYS ON WHICH RAIN FELL. 



The following are the general results of the foregoing compari- 

 son — whether they are applicable in a series of years, more 

 extended observations alone can determine : — 



1. The temperature of London, during the summer months, is 



about 5° higher than at Malvern, partly attributable to the 

 greater effect of the sun's rays among crowded buildings 

 than in the open country, and to the elevation af the latter 

 place. 



2. The temperature of London during the autumn is 2^° higher 



than at Malvern, attributable to the same influences operat- 

 ing in a minor degree. 



3. The fluctuations of the barometer are simultaneous, and the 



daily range very nearly (if not quite) the same. 



4. The mean range for the summer quarter,, in London, was 



.687 in- 3 in Malvern, .7^7 in. : for the autumnal quarter, in 

 London, 1.255 in. j in Malvern, 1.242 in. 



5. The dew-point, during the summer, is 2^° higher in London 



than in Malvern, and the same in autumn j an effect no 

 doubt arising entirely from the altitude of the latter locality. 



6. The temperature of winds, northerly or southerly, is about 



4° degrees higher in London than in Malvern, during the 

 summer. The reasons for this are included probably in (I.) 



7. The temperature of southerly winds during the autumn is the 



same in both places, but northerly ones are 2° colder in 

 Malvern at this season. 



8. The dew-point, with north-easterly winds during the summer, 



is 2* higher in London than in Malvern, and 1 ° higher with 

 south-westerly. 



9. The dew-point, with north-easterly winds during autumn, is 



2j^ higher in London, but there is hardly any diflference at 

 this season with south-westerly ones. 



