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during the latter part of the month, the fall between the 1st and 

 17th being 0-51in,, and between the l8th and 31st 4-37 ins. This 

 is the exact amount which fell between the 2nd of March and the 

 1 7th of July, or for four and a half months ; and from the beginning 

 of February to that date, or for more than five and a half months, 

 only 4-62 ins. fell. There was a very severe thunderstorm at 

 about 1*30 p.m., followed by hail, on Friday the 19th, when a 

 house in St. Albans was struck by the lightning and considerable 

 damage was done. 



August. — Of average temperature, with an average daily range, 

 an atmosphere of average humidity and pressure, a bright sky, and 

 a very heavy rainfall on a large number of days. Coldest day 1st, 

 mean 56°- 1 ; warmest day 22nd, mean 69°-0. Min. below 52° on 

 14 days; max. above 62° on 29 days (everyday but 3rd and 13th), 

 above 72° on 6. Rain fell every day but one (9th) from 2nd to 

 14th, and every day but one (23rd) from 21st to 28th, to the 

 extent of 3'20ins. in the first period and 0-90 in. in the second. 

 Much of the rain was due to thunderstorms, some of which were 

 of exceptional severity. The first was on the 4th, between 5 and 

 5.30 p.m. Then came a very severe one, on Saturday the 10th, 

 between 9 and 10.30 p.m., when damage was done in St. Albans 

 to buildings, and to trees in the neighbourhood. Rain fell heavily, 

 flooding the low-lying lands and doing much damage to the crops. 

 Early in the morning of Thursday the 22nd (between 3 and 

 5 o'clock) there was another very severe thunderstorm, with hail, 

 which did much damage, but St. Albans did not suffer so much as 

 other parts of the county. In the evening the storm was renewed. 

 On the afternoon of Saturday the 24th there was another thunder- 

 storm, but it was not severe at St. Albans. 



SEPTEiiBEii. — An unprecedentedly warm month, with a very 

 great daily range of temperature, a rather dry atmosphere of very 

 high pressure, an exceedingly bright sky, and a very small rainfall 

 on very few days. Coldest clay 21st, mean 52°*6; warmest day 

 27th, mean 68°-4. Min. below 52° on 14 days; max. above 62° 

 on 29 days (every day but I'ith), above 72° on 16 days. Nearly 

 all the rain in the month was due to a thunderstorm early in the 

 morning of Saturday the 7th, 0'66 in. then falling, while only 0-06 

 fell during the rest of the month, on 10th, 18th, and 19th. The 

 mean temperature of September exceeded the average for any of 

 the three summer months for the previous eight years at St. Albans. 

 The last nine days had the very high mean temperature of 64°-4, 

 and on each of these days the sky was absolutely cloudless at 9 a.m. 



October. — Very cold, with an average daily range of tempera- 

 ture, a rather dry atmosphere of nearly average pressure, a sky of 

 average brightness, and a little less than the average rainfall on 

 the usual number of days. Coldest day 26th, mean 39° 8 ; warmest 

 day 1st, mean 62°-3. Min. below 42° on 17 clays, below 32° on 7 

 (2^lth to 3(ith) ; max. above 52° on 17 days, above 62° on 2 (1st 

 and 3rd). The first half of the month was much warmer than the 

 second half, the mean temperature from 1st to 15th being 51°0 



