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. 
(June, 1898.) 
The month has been cold, rather dry, and comparatively sunless, 
and may be divided into three well-defined periods, viz. 1st-9th wet 
and cold, 10th—22nd drying winds of a March character, and 23rd-30th 
fine growing weather. Thunderstorms occurred pretty generally 
throughout the district on the 2nd and 26th, and were accompanied 
by hail. The cold weather has on the whole been favourable for the 
blossoms on the various trees and flowers, and also for the hay crop. 
Apples are fairly plentiful, but pears are scarce. Hay cutting com- 
menced in most places about the 15th, and strawberries ripened on 
the 30th. Owing to the cloudy weather the evaporation of the month 
is below the average. The month has been unhealthy, but less so 
than last month. The mean maximum in the shade and the mean 
temperature of the month are the lowest in the Wallington record, 
which commences in 1886, for June. The mean temperature of the 
month is about 2° below the average, and was at Croydon (Duppas 
House) 58°, at Waddon 57:9°, at Chipstead 57°5°, at Redhill 57:8°, 
at Croydon (Whitgift) 57°1°, and at Wallington 56°7°. The maximum 
at Croydon was 70° and above on ten days, and below 60° on six days; 
whilst the minimum was below 60° on every day, and below 50° on 
twenty days. The rainfall is about one-quarter of an inch below the 
June average, and the total for the six months is about two inches 
below the average. There were recorded at Wallington 163 hours of 
sunlight, which is 9 per cent. below the June mean of the ten years 
1886-95, and is the smallest June total since 1890. 
F. Campspeuy-Bayarp, P.R.Met.Soc., 
Hon. See. 
