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YEAR. 

 _ DEGREES. 



In 1782 the mean temperature was 45-2 

 1784 43.9 



44-7 

 45-0 

 45-1 

 45-3 



1881. 



1786 

 1817 

 1842 

 1881 



November, __^. 

 The month of November was fine and warm, being a -reat 

 contrast to that of October; the prevalent winds were fronr the 

 VV b.VV and S., and there was almost a total absence of north 

 and north-west winds. The mean temperature of the month at 

 Greenwich was 48°-7, being 3-4 warmer than in October, and 

 warmer than m any November back to 1852, which was 48°-9 

 In the year 1881 the mean temperature of November was 49°-2' 

 bemg the warmest November on record, and there was no other 

 instance back to 1771 of so warm a Xovember as this 



The mean temperature of the air for xVovember was 48^7 

 being G -4 and 5°-y above the average of 110 years and 40 years' 

 respectively; it was G-2 and 10°-4 higher than in LS«o and 1879 

 respectively. 



Back to the year] 771 there have been but three xNovembers 

 whose mean temperature exceeded 4«°, the instances are:- 



^'^•*^- DEGREES. 



1818 when it was 49-2 



^822 „ 48-2 



1852 „ 48-9 



1881 „ 48-7 



December, I88I. 



The weather in December for the first week was cloudy and 



generally warm; from the «th to the 25th it was cold, with ft". 



qnent fog, at times dense; on the -jiSth it became warmer, and 



continued so to the end of the year. The weather throughout 



he mon h was open. The range of readings of the barornete 



::iT\:i? " ^"^'^ ^ '°-' ^^ ^^'^^^-^ ^^^^--^ "-easing 

 to 1 5 and 1 -9 at northern stations. There was a good deal of 

 fog at stations in the Midland counties 



heJo^-^r '!7^'^'"^-^ '' ^he air for December was 39°-8, 

 being 8 above the average and 0°-l below the average of 110 



