Report of the Meteorological Sub- Committee for 1892. 59 



June. 



The month has been a cool and tolerably wet one, though on 

 the whole rather favourable for out-door occupations. The mean 

 temperature has been rather low, about 1° below the mean, being 

 at Wallington 58-3°, at Beddington 57-1°, and at Waddon 

 57'6°. Sunlight at "Wallington was 48 per cent, of the possible 

 duration, and was 6 per cent, in excess of the mean. 



July. 



The month has been a cool, dry one, with a great absence of 

 sunlight, and an increase in the amount of cloud. The mean 

 temperature was between 1° and 2° below the mean, and was at 

 Wallington 60-4°, at Beddington 59-3°, and at Waddon 61-5°. 

 Sunlight at Wallington was only 38 per cent, of the possible 

 duration, and was 3 per cent, below the mean. 



August. 



The month has been a warm, but rather a wet one, more 

 especially in the latter part of it. The mean temperature in the 

 shade was the highest since 1886, and was between 1° and 2° 

 above the mean, being at Wallington 62-5°, at Beddington 61'3°, 

 and at Waddon 62-0°. This high temperature gave rise to a good 

 deal of sickness. Sunlight at Wallington was 47 per cent, of the 

 possible duration, and was 2 per cent, above the mean. 



September. 



This month is noticeable for its comparatively low means of 

 temperatures, and its fi-eedom from extremes. It was wetter 

 than any September since 1887, and it was not good weather for 

 harvesting, for though the first half was fairly dry, yet there was 

 a want of sun and dry air. The mean temperature is about 1° 

 below the mean, and was at Wallington 67'1°, at Beddington 

 56-0°, at Waddon 56-6°. Sunlight at Wallington was 40 per cent. 

 of the possible duration, and was 4 per cent, below the mean. 



October. 



A cold, wet, cloudy month, the coldest since October, 1887 ; 

 and the frost of the 25th-26th will long be remembered as being 

 especially severe for October. The mean temperature would 

 appear to be between 3° and 5° below the average, and was at 

 WalUngton 46-2°, at Beddington 45-1°, and at Waddon 45-3°. 

 There has consequently been a very great deal of illness about. 

 Sunlight at Wallington was only 24 per cent, of the possible 

 duration, being no less than 11 per cent, below the mean. 



