Note.—The observations are taken at 9 a.m., except at Redhill, 
Reigate Hill (Nutwood Lodge), Addington (Park Farm), and Brixton 
(8 a.m.), Croydon (Woburn Road) (8.30 a.m.), and Sevenoaks 
(10 a.m.). 
NOTES. 
(April, 1898.) 
The month has been-dry and warm, but with a great prevalence of 
east winds. There were some rather severe frosts, particularly on the 
23rd and 24th. There has been a good deal of illness about. At 
Sidcup the pear and cherry were in bloom on the 10th, and the apple 
on the 24th. The nightingale was heard at Abinger on the 10th; and 
at Nutfield the swallow was seen on the 11th, and the wryneck on the 
12th, and the cuckoo heard at Sevenoaks on the 18th. Thunder was 
heard at Nutfield on the 26th. Solar halos were seen at Upper 
Gatton on seven days, and lunar halos were observed there on the 
6th and 7th; whilst lightning was seen there on the 26th. The rain- 
fall is about three-quarters of an inch below the April mean, and the 
want of water is already becoming serious in many places. The mean 
temperature of the month is about one degree above the average, and 
was at Croydon (Duppas House) 48°6°, at Chipstead 48°4°, at Walling- 
ton 48-1°, at Croydon (Whitgift) 47°9°, and at Waddon 47°6°. There 
were recorded at Wallington 166-8 hours of sunlight, which is one 
per cent. below the April mean of the ten years 1886-95. 
F’, Camppewy-Bayarp, P.R.Met.Soc., 
Hon. Sec. 
