Note.—The observations are taken at 9 a.m., except at Redlull, 
Reigate Hill (Nutwood Lodge), Addington (Park Farm), and Brixton 
(8 a.m.), Croydon (Woburn Road) (8.80 a.m.), and Sevenoaks. 
(10 a.m.). 
NOTES. 
(July, 1898.) 
The month has been very close and dry, with temperature and 
sunlight rather above the average. The mean barometer at Walling- 
ton—30°108 in.—is the highest July mean in the record. Fruit crops 
are in the district very variable in quantity and quality, being abundant. 
and good in some places, and bad and deficient in quantity in others. 
The want of water is becoming very serious in many places. Owing 
to the cloudiness of the weather, evaporation has been small. The 
rainfall is about two inches below the average. A thunderstorm 
occurred on the 27th throughout the district. At Sidcup the lime 
flowered on the 11th. At Croydon the maximum thermometer was 
80° and above on two days, 70° and above on seventeen days, and below 
60° on two days; whilst the minimum was below 60° on every day, 
and below 50° on twelve days; and at Redhill the maximum was 70° 
and above on nineteen days. The mean temperature of the month is 
about the average, and was at Chipstead 62°5°, at Croydon (Duppas 
House) 62°3°, at Wallington 61-:9°, at Waddon 61°6°, and at Redhill 
60:1°. There were recorded at Wallington 212:2 hours of sunlight, 
which is 4 per cent. above the July mean of the ten years 1886-95. 
At Lower Kingswood, near Reigate, the rainfall was °73 in. 
F. Campsenu-Bayarp, P.R.Met.Soc., 
Hon. Sec. 
».*,, Nore.—The name of the station at Ashtead has been changed 
to D’Abernon Chase, owing to altered postal arrangements. 
