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APPENDIX V. 



January. 



The month may be divided into two portions, the first fort- 

 night being exceedingly cold and the latter part of the month 

 very warm. The mean temperature is the lowest for January 

 in the Wallington record, which goes back to 1885. Owing to 

 the want of snow the frost went very deep into the ground. The 

 lowest temperature in the shade occurred on the 5th, being 9*0° 

 at Beddington and Waddon. The mean temperature in the 

 shade was about 3-0° below the average, and was at Beddington 

 33-9°, at Waddon and Kenley 34-1°, and at Wallington 34-6°. 

 Sunlight at Wallington was very deficient, being only 4 per 

 cent, of the possible duration. 



February. 



Since 1885 it is the first time that this month has been mild, 

 there having been seven cold Februarys in succession. It was 

 the wettest February since 1883, and more rain fell than during 

 the last three Februarys put together. The mean temperature 

 was about 5*0° above the average, and was at Kenley 40*8°, at 

 Beddington, 41*5°, and at Waddon and Wallington 41*7°. Sun- 

 light was about the average, being at Wallington 22 per cent, of 

 the possible duration. 



March. 



This was a remarkably fine month, certainly the finest since 

 1882, and its superior in smallness of rainfall, low relative 

 humidity, mean daily maximum, and duration of sunshine. 

 Had there been fewer cold nights during the latter half of the 

 month it would have been warmer than any March since 1822. 

 As it was, its mean was equal to that of 1842, and only 0*4° 

 below that of 1859, being at Greenwich 0*2° higher than that of 

 1882. Vegetation was nearly a month earlier than 1892. The 

 mean temperature was about 5*0° above the average, being at 

 Beddington 45-2°, at Waddon and Kenley 45*4°, and at Walling- 

 ton 46'5°. Sunlight at Wallington was 52 per cent, of the 

 possible duration, being no less than 22 per cent, above the 

 average. 



April. 



Very seldom has a finer April been recorded, and it will long 

 be noted for its sunshine, its low relative humidity, and its small 

 rainfall. The nights were relatively colder than the days, and 

 owing to this the monthly mean was 0'9° below that of April, 

 1865 — the warmest known — and 0-3° under that of 1844 ; but, 

 excepting these two years, it was the warmest April at Green* 



