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being at Beddington over 70° on three days only. Strawberries 

 and apples promised well, but plums and peaches were exceed- 

 ingly scarce. Insects were few in number. The rainfall was 

 rather low. 



June. 



The month was very cool and wet. The low daily maxima 

 were remarkable ; at Beddington the maximum thermometer was 

 only twice above 76°, and only five times above 70°. The rain- 

 fall at Kew was the heaviest for June since 1879, and was 

 1-20 in. above the average for the past 30 years. At Kew, of the 

 amount 0*96 in. on the 28th, no less than 0-45 in. fell in forty 

 minutes, namely, between 8.40 and 9.20 p.m. The hay crop 

 was generally good, and, as regards fruit, apples, currants, and 

 strawberries were fairly plentiful, but there were no plums, pears, 

 or peaches. 



July. 



This month may be divided into two portions, the first eighteen 

 days being very wet, and the latter part of the month dry. It was 

 the wettest July since 1888. At Kew, the fall on the 17th, 

 2-28 in., exceeds any previous record by 050 in. : it lasted from 

 5 p.m. on the 17th till 6 a.m. on the 18th, and of this fall 0.50 in. 

 in thirty minutes, between 6.45 and 7.15, on the 17th. The 

 maximum temperature was very low ; at Beddington the maxi- 

 mum thermometer never touched 70° till the 15th, and the 

 maximum, 75-2°, was on the 16th. 



August. 



This month has been cold, dull and wet, and of a very similar 

 character to August, 1888. The maximum temperature of the 

 month occurred on the 5th, and was at Wallington 81-9°. 



September. 

 The month was very dry and warm, with a remarkably small 

 rainfall. At Kew the rainfall was no less than 1-90 in. below 

 the September mean for the past 30 years, and was the smallest 

 fall since 1865. The mean temperature was much above the 

 average. 



October. 



The first fifteen days of the month were warm, and the latter 

 part much colder. At Kew 121| hours of bright sunshine were 

 registered, giving a mean percentage of 39, which was 10 per cent, 

 above the average of the past 13 years, and was the highest 

 October value recorded there. The rainfall of the month was 

 extremely low, and was at Kew 1-50 in. below the average of the 

 past 30 years, and the smallest October fall since 1879. 



