Note.—The observations are taken at 9 a.m., except at Redhill, 
Reigate Hill (Nutwood Lodge), Addington (Park Farm), and Brixton 
(8 a.m.), and Croydon (Waddon New Road) (10 a.m.). 
NOTES. 
(July, 1896.) 
The month has been warm, and, for July, very dry. It is the driest 
July since 1885. The want of rain is beginning to be much felt. At 
Nuifield a well 85 ft. deep with two headings of 50 ft. is pumped dry 
every day, and does not gather much over 1000 gallons in the twenty- 
four hours. At Croydon (Park Hill) the maximum temperature has 
been over 80° on ten days, and over 70° on twenty-four days. The 
. dry weather has been favourable for the harvest, which is very early. 
A thunderstorm was fairly general throughout the district on the 15th, 
and at Croydon a house near Waddon Bridge was struck by lightning, 
and a boy on Duppas Hill was stunned. At Upper Gatton solar halos 
were seen on eight days, and a solar corona on the 20th, and a lunar 
halo on the 24th. The temperature of the month is about 15° above 
the average, and was at Croydon (Duppas House) 64:7°, at Waddon 
and Wallington 64°, at Upper Gatton, Kenley (Ingleside), and Croydon 
(Whitgift) 63-9°, and at Chipstead 62-8°. There were recorded at 
Upper Gatton 209-5 hours of bright sunshine, and at Wallington 
226°5 hours of sunlight, which latter is 7 per cent. above the July 
average of the ten years 1886-95. 
F. Campseti-Bayarp, F.R.Met.Soc., 
Hon. See. 
