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temperature, an atmosphere of average humidity and rather high 

 pressure, a rather bright sky, and about the average rainfall on the 

 usual number of days. Coldest day 2Gth, mean 52°'2 ; warmest 

 day 13th, mean 64°'8. ilin. below 52° on twenty days; max. 

 above 62° on twenty-eight days fall but 8th, 9th, and 2Gtli), 

 above 72° on one day (loth). There was an unusual absence of 

 thunderstorms, but tlie rather heavy falls of rain on the 19th 

 (()"42 in.) and 2oth (O'oo in.), and the smaller fall on the 31st 

 (0-23 in.), were due to thunder-showers in stoz-ms which did not 

 reach St. Albans. 



September. — Of nearly average temperature, with a very small 

 daily range, a very humid atmosphere of low pressure, a rather 

 cloudy sky, and an excessively heavy rainfall on a very large 

 number of days. Coldest day 21st, mean 47°*4 ; warmest day 

 9th, mean 62°-6. Min. below 42° on four days; max. above 52° 

 every day, above 62° on twelve days. The rainfall was about 

 three times the average and on nearly twice the usual number of 

 days, and as before stated the month was the wettest on my 

 record for twenty years (ten at Watford and ten at St. Albans). 

 The only days without rain were the 6th, 15th, 16th, 23rd, 29th, 

 and 30th. The fall exceeded half an inch on six days, three- 

 quarters of an inch on two of these, and one inch on one of these. 

 Thunderstorms were frequent, and severe in the early part of the 

 month. 



October. — A cold month, with a rather small daily range of 

 temperature, a humid atmosphere of low pressure, a sky of average 

 brightness, and a heavy rainfall on a considerable number of days. 

 Coldest day 2Mth, mean 35°-6; warmest days 3rd, mean 57°-0, 

 and 4th, mean 56°'8. Min. below 42° on twenty-one days, below 

 32° on four (19th, and 28th to 30th); max. above 52° on eleven 

 days. Rain fell every day from 2nd to 20th, and on 24th and 

 25th. There were slight thunderstorms on 14th and 24th, which, 

 however, were heavy in some parts of the county. 



NovEiiBER. — Also a cold month, with a small daily range of 

 temperature, an atmosphere of average humidity and high pressure, 

 a bright sky, and a small rainfall on a small number of days. 

 Coldest day 30th, mean 3l°-0; warmest days 12th, mean 43°"5, 

 and 22nd, mean 43°'7. Min. below 42° every day, below 32° on 

 nine days ; max. above 42° on twenty -three days. The 7th was 

 also a very cold day, mean 34°-0, and the last eight days were very 

 cold, having a mean temperature of 35°'5 (9 a.m. 34° 6, min. 

 32°-5, max. 39°-4). 



December. — Of about average temperature, with a small daily 

 range, a humid atmosphere of low pressure, a sky of average 

 brightness, and a very heavy rainfall on a large number of days. 

 Coldest days 17th, mean 29°-6, and 18th, mean 29°-3 ; warmest 

 day 26th, mean 43° 8. Min. below 42° every day but one (3'ist), 

 below 32° on fourteen days; max. above 42° on nineteen days. 

 The only cold period was from 1 6th to 24th, the mean temperature 

 of these nine clays being 31°-5 (9 a.m. 31°2, min. 28°-U, max. 



