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November. — Warm, with an atmosphere of about average 

 humidity, a very cloudy sky, and a heavy rainfall on a con- 

 siderable number of days. Both day and night temperatures 

 were above the average, and about equally so, giving an average 

 mean daily range. The minimum temperatvire was below 32° 

 on three or four days only. Scarcely any rain fell after the 

 20th. The 8tli was the wettest day at all stations. On the 4th 

 the rainfall was at least half an inch at 49 stations and three 

 quarters of an inch at 15 of these ; on the 6th at least half an 

 inch at 12 stations ; and on the 7th at 6 stations and three 

 quarters of an inch at one of these. On the 8th it was at least 

 half an inch at all stations, three quarters of an inch at 52, and 

 an inch at 33 of these. In the Cam river-district it was 132 in, 

 at Royston and 145 in. at Odsey. In the Tvel, l'16in. at 

 High Down, Hitchin, 1'21 in. at Preston, l'26in. at Wratten, 

 Hitchin, 1-28 in. at The Maples, Hitchin, and at The Chilterns, 

 Hitchin, and 1'36 in. at Baldock. In the Thame, 1*35 in. at our 

 only station, Bulbourne. In the Golne, I'Ol in. at Rosebank, 

 Berkhamsted, 103 in. at Bone Hill, St. Albans, and at Frogmore, 

 1-06 in. at Hill End Asylum, St. Albans, 107 in. at Rotharasted, 

 Harpenden, I'OSin. at Rose Cottage, Berkhamsted, l'09in. at 

 Cowroast Lock, Tring, and 1"54 in. at Kensworth, In the Brent 

 it did not quite reach an inch. In the Lea it was 1"00 in. at the 

 Red House, Ware, I'Olin. at St. Just, Northaw, 1-04 in. at 

 Much Hadham, l'06in. at Gilston Park, and at Broxbourne, 

 l'08in. at Danesbury, Welwyn, l'09in. at Eileen Cottage, 

 Bennington, and at Hamels Park, I'lOin. at Hadham Hall and 

 at Hatfield St. Mary's, Newgate Street, 1-13 in. at Throcking 

 Rectory, 1-14 in. at Bridge House, Welwyn, l"29in. at Weston 

 Park, 1*30 in. at Barley, and l"52in. at Therfield Rectory. 

 Mr. Mawley draws attention to the persistence of this fall, 

 stating that it began at Berkhamsted at 9 p.m. on the 7th and 

 continued without intermission until 4 p.m. on the 9th, or for 

 forty-three consecutive hours. 



December. — A rather cold month, with an atmosphere of 

 about average humidity, a very cloudy sky, and a rather heavy 

 rainfall on a large number of days. The day temperature was 

 twice as much below the average as that of the night, giving 

 a rather small mean daily range. The temperature was below 

 32° on about half the number of days in the month. The first 

 four days were very warm, the last seven were very cold. On the 

 coldest night, that of the 26th-27th, the thermometer exposed on 

 the surface of the snow at Berkhamsted registered a temperature 

 only 2° above zero, or 30° of frost, the greatest cold experienced 

 there since the 7th of February, 1895. The first fall of snow of 

 the winter occurred on the 13th. This was the wettest day at 

 17 stations, the 15th at 14, the 16th at 7, and the 25th at 16. 

 The rainfall reached at least half an inch at one station 

 (Datchworth) on the 13th, at one (Kensworth) on the 16th, 

 and at 6 stations on the 25th, this last fall, however, being in 



