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. 
(September, 1896.) 
The month has been an exceedingly wet one. There is no such 
wet September in the long record at Greenwich, and Mr. Baldwin 
Latham reports that it is the wettest September recorded in 207 years 
in this part of the country. The fall on the 1st is especially noticeable, 
ranging as it does from 2°62 in. at Tower Fields, Keston, to ‘01 in. at 
Eltham. There was a slight frost on the grass on the 20th in some 
parts of the district. Thunderstorms occurred on the Ist, 5th, 8th, 
and 12th in many parts of the district, and a very heavy gale on the 
22nd and 28rd... Solar halos were seen at Upper Gatton on the 8th, 
llth, and 21st, and at Nutfield on the 28th. The mean temperature 
is about the average for September, and was at Wallington 57-7°, 
at Croydon (Duppas House) 57°5°, at Croydon (Whitgift) 57:3°, at 
Waddon 56°4°, at Chipstead 55-9°, and at Upper Gatton 531°. There 
were recorded at Upper Gatton 71-5 hours of bright sunshine, and 
/ at Wallington 94:5 hours of sunlight, which latter is 18 per cent. 
below the average for September of the ten years 1886-95. 
| F. Campseti-Bayarp, F.R.Met.Soc., 
Hon. Sec. 
