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May was a month of very varied weather, cold winds blowing from 

 1st to loth, followed by warm and even hot weather from nth to 13th, and 

 then by a short spell of wintry weather from 14th to 17th, with snow and 

 sleet storms. Thence the weather was, on the whole, cold, until the 30th 

 was reached when it became warmer. The rainfall was normal, and there 

 were 2 frosts in the air and 10 on the grass. 



June. — With the exception of three cold days, 5th — 7th, the temperature 

 was about normal, but the rainfall, although above the average, was concen- 

 trated on the first five days and on 23rd— 25th, the remainder of the month 

 being dry. There were two thunder-storms, one, a very violent one, 

 on the 25th, r5 inches of rain falling in two hours. There was one frost on 

 the grass. 



July was, on the whole, cold, the last four days being particularly so : 

 the rainfall was somewhat below the average. There were three thunder- 

 storms. 



August was cool throughout and very wet. There was one thunder- 

 storm and one frost on the grass. 



September. — A warm month, and especially so from 9th— 13th, during 

 which period the maximum shade temperatures of the year were recorded. 

 The rainfall was low and evenly distributed. A violent gale blew from S.W. 

 on 1st, and fogs were recorded on 2nd and 3rd, and from 9th to 12th. There 

 were no frosts. 



October was mild and wet, only seven days being without rain, and 

 the last day being the only really cold one. It was very free from fogs. 

 There were three thunder-storms, only one frost in the air but ten on the 

 grass. From 12th — 15th was very stormy, with thunder and heavy rain. 



November,— A mild and damp month, though with little rain, and 

 alniost free from fogs until the last week. Dense fogs were recorded on 

 27th, 29th, and 30th, and a violent gale from W. on nth. There were 8 

 frosts in the air and 17 on the grass, but no snow. 



December,— Froin ist--i6th the weather was mild and wet, with 

 frequent gales. Frost set in on 17th, accompanied by dense fog and 

 hoarfrost, which, by the 25th, had formed heavy deposits on the trees, &c. 

 No very low temperatures were registered, but the Trent was frozen over in 

 still places, and there was skating from 20th — 35th. A remarkably sudden 

 thaw took place on 25th, the difference in the shade temperatures of that 

 date and the preceding one being as much as 19 degrees, and from thence to 

 the end of the month the weather was mild and wet. Sleet fell on nth and 

 1 2th, and there were n frosts in the air and 18 on the grass. 



