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to 95*^ in the shade; thunder was heard at 2^ p.m. ; raui began 

 to fall in torrents for a short time. Early a.m. on the 6th there 

 was a halo round the sun ; and a rainbow appeared in the north- 

 west. The amount of rain was below the average. 



August. — The mean temperature of the month was 2° above 

 the average. The 1st was excessively hot and dry ; in the morn- 

 ing the sky was uniformly overcast ; soon after 2 p.m. thunder 

 was heard almost constantly, but without lightning or rain, till 

 3 P.M., when a few large drops began to fall ; the lightning soon 

 became vivid, and rain, mixed with hail, fell in torrents till 

 4i P.M. ; at 5 the wind veered from PI by N. to W., and thun- 

 der and rain again became heavy. Comparatively little damage 

 was done by the hail in the Garden, but on the south side of the 

 Thames, in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, the destruction 

 of glass and garden productions was greater than any one had 

 previously seen or heard of. The hailstones were so large that, 

 near Vauxhall, sheet glass, 16 oz. to the foot, could not with- 

 stand them. 



September. — The weather was hot, with very little rain, till 

 the 22nd. The mean temperature was 3° above the average. 

 The amount of rain was nearly an inch below the usual quantity, 

 and most part of it fell on the 23rd. Thunder, with showers, 

 occurred on the 6th, at 2 p.m. In the forenoon previous, the 

 clouds, in strata, were moved by the under current of air from 

 E. to W., and by the upper in the opposite direction. 



October. — This was a very wet month, the quantity of rain, 

 upwards of Sj inches, being more than double the usual quantity. 

 That which fell on the 14th, 15th, and 16th averaged fully half 

 an inch for each of these days. The mean temperatui'e was very 

 nearly equal to the average. Tfie 10th, 13th, and 14th were 

 boisterous. The barometer on the two last-mentioned days was 

 very low. 



November.— This month was damp and foggy ; but the amount 

 of rain was nearly an inch below the average. The usual tem- 

 perature was fully maintained. Frost was not indicated by the 

 common thermometer till the 26th. There was a rainbow on the 

 3rd, about 7 a.m. The 20th was boisterous, with rain in fore- 

 noon ; the evening was clear, and lightning was seen at night. 



December. — The mean temperature of the month was 8^° be- 

 low the average. With very few exceptions every night was 

 frosty, the most severe being that of the 13th. N., N.W., and 

 N.E. winds were prevalent. The barometer was exceedingly low 

 on the 23rd. 



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