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.1. HOPKINSON — THE WEATHER 



The summer (June to August) also was wann, and from the 

 same cause, the warmth of the nights, the days having a 

 temperature only slightly above the average ; the mean daily 

 range again being small. The air was rather dry and the sky 

 cloudy. The rainfall was very heavy, and the number of rainy 

 days was above the average. 



The autumn (Sept. to Nov.) was very cold, chiefly owing to 

 the low temperature of the days, thovigh the nights also were 

 cold, the mean daily range of temperature again being small. 

 The air was a little more humid than usual, and the sky was 

 rather cloudy. The rainfall was below the average for the 

 season, but there were more wet days than usual. 



Table XII. — Supplementary to Tables X and XI. 



M = gauge read monthly, iu each case a second gauge. 



There was one " partial drought " in the year, lasting for 

 33 davs (Jan. 17 to Feb. 18) at 30 stations, Tv-ith an average 

 rainfall of 0-008 iu. per day ; for 34 days (Jan. 17 to Feb. 19) at 

 20 of these stations, with the same average daily fall ; and for 

 37 days (Jan. 17 to Feb. 22) at three of these stations, with an 

 average daily fall of 0-009 in. There was no " absolute drought." 



The maximum falls of rain in any one day in each month, and 

 the stations recording them, were : Jan. 16, Odsey, 0-70 in. ; 

 Feb. 26, New Barnet, 0-54 in. ; March 15, Aldenham, 0-78 in. ; 

 April 9, Aldenham, 0-58 in. ; Mav 30, G-ilston Park, 1-58 in. ; 

 June 6, Hatfield St. Marv's, 1-52 in. ; July 9, Summerhill, 

 Barnet, 2-47 in. ; August 27, Weston Park, 209 ins. ; Sept. 25, 

 The Chilterns, Hitchin, 101 in. ; Oct. 29, Pendley Manor and 

 Broxbourne, 065 in. ; Nov. 1, Bone Hill, St. Albans, and 

 Nov. 10, Pendley Manor, 065 in. ; Dec. 7, Therfield, 038 in. 



