The Weather of the Past A(jricultural Year. 357 



ThroughDUt the whole of October there was an unusual 

 tendency for the formation of fog and mist. In the London 

 district fog occurred on as many as fourteen days, just double 

 the average number for the month, and greater than in any 

 October since 1888. 



November was extremely changeable throughout. In the 

 opening days sharp night frosts occurred, but on the 7th and 

 8th, when a mild southerly breeze sprang up, the thermometer 

 rose above the normal, shade readings of 60" and upwards 

 being recorded in several isolated parts of the country. Strong 

 gales from the westward and heavy falls of rain occurred very 

 generally on the 10th and 11th, a subsequent veering of the 

 wind to north-west and north being accompanied by thunder- 

 storms in many districts and hj showers of sleet or snow in the 

 north. Ground frost occurred on the 15th and 16th and again 

 on the 18th, the exposed thermometer falling on the latter 

 occasion to a minimum of 17 ' at Newton Rigg, in Cumberland. 

 Violent south-westerly to westerly gales occurred on the 26th 

 and 27th, and later on, when the wind subsided, a frost of great 

 severity set in over the entire northern half of the country, 

 and continued until about the 3rd of December. On November 

 29 and 30 the thermometer fell below 10" at many places in 

 North Britain, the lowest English readings reported being 

 3" at Scaleby and Allan's Green (Northumberland) and 6" at 

 Newton Rigg. Heavy falls of snow occurred at the same time 

 in many northern districts, and slight falls locally in the south. 



For the season, as a whole, the mean temperature was 

 below the average, the deficit being considerable in the south- 

 east. Kainfall was equal to the normal in the eastern counties 

 l)ut deficient elsewhere, the driest weather occurring in the 

 midlands. In the eastern and central parts of the country the 

 total duration of In-ight sunshine was small, but in other 

 districts it was in fair agreement with the average. 



Fredk. J. Brodie. 



12 Patten Road, 



Wandsworth Common, S.W. 



