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and in Noy. -71 inch on the 8th, 
coik ee a 10th, 
wAOin eee = oe bE 
Go). 5 wo . 2Obh. 
Besides those mentioned the falls of half an inch and upwards 
were 
In April *65 on the 25th, 
Dee, 58." ,, |. Lbth: 
The total fall of the year was 28-23 inches on 159 days. The 
average yearly fall has been 30-64 on an average of 176 days. 
The most rainy year was 1877, when the total fall was 39:07 
inches, and the least rainy 1884, when only 23-03 inches fell. 
Very little snow fell during the year, at no time was the 
ground covered at even depth with so much as one inch. Yet 
in January snow fell slightly on 14 days, and in February 
on 6 days. In March a little fell on 4 days. A very little in 
October, but not enough to measure; and one day in December 
snow and rain mingled, and on another day in the same month 
there was a slight fall but not sufficient to measure. 
Lightning was seen and thunder heard on the 23rd of 
January at about 10.30 a.m., attended by a strong gale which 
lasted the whole day. On the 10th of August was a thunder- 
shower from 9 to 10 p.M., again on the 21st, coming on about 
7 A.M., and again coming on about 12 hours later with rain and 
hail. Upon the whole there has been but little electrical 
disturbance during the year. 
Gales occurred from the 26th to the 28th of March, doing 
- little damage in this district, but in some parts of the Midland 
- counties it reached a hurricane, blowing down numbers of trees, 
chiefly elms. They were lying about the lanes and fields in 
Warwicksbire in hundreds. A heavy gale at night occurred 
on the 3rd of October; again a very heavy gale from the 
8.W. on the 10th of November; and gales from the N.E. on 
the 23rd and 24th. 
The year has, for the most part, been favourable in this 
