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JuNE opened with a wet period, but after the gth little rain fell, 
and the total was again below the average. The temperature was 
very high, 70° being exceeded on 14 and 80° on two days. 
There was a heavy hailstorm on the 7th. 
Juty was also warm and dry, the rain nearly all falling near 
the beginning and end of the month. The shade temperature 
exceeded 70° on 18 and 80° on 4 days. 
Aucust.—The rainfall was again below the average, and nearly 
all fell in the last fortnight. The temperature was much below the 
average, 70° being reached on two days only. 
SEPTEMBER was a very wet month, only four days being 
rainless, and the total fall being much above the average. 
Temperature was about normal, warm nights making up for the cool 
days. There was one frost, on the the grass only. A gale from the 
W. occurred on the 23rd. 
OcToBER.—The first ten days were mild, but the remainder of 
the month was cold. Rain fell on 26 days, but the total was below 
the average. The first snow of the winter fell on the roth and 
the 11th, the hills being covered on the latter day. There were 
7 frosts in the shade and 16 on the grass. Gales from the S.W. 
blew on the 5th and oth. 
NovEMBER.—Temperature and rainfall were both below the 
average. There were 6 frosts in the shade and 23 on the grass. 
No snow fell. 
DECEMBER began wet and gloomy. From the 15th to the 23rd 
was dry with a good deal of fog and frost, a little snow falling on 
the 21st. The last week was very mild and wet. There were 12 
frosts in the shade and 1g on the grass. A sharp shock of earth- 
quake occurred in the early morning of the 17th. 
RAINFALL AT BURTON-ON-TRENT FOR 20 YEARS, 
1876-1895. 
5 Years’ average. 5 Years’ average. 
foO7Or <. 30-90 EOOO sa. 93274 
1877 ..5 31°29 TOS7E e.05 18°72] 
fe7Se ss, 30°53 r 30°48 1888 ... 22°99 24°53 
RO7O! | ic: et ESO)" lace 28°42) 
1880 ... 29°68 18go0 ... 19°80 
EOOTO.-. 2773 LOQGL) ees 2 702e 
EOBZe Gs. 437597 TEG2s ose a ae 
1883... 27°95; 28°69 1893... 19°72} 22°91 
TOOASe: £25) 23°24. TSQ4) 2. eer 
1885 ... 26°96 1895... 23°35 
Ten years’ average) , Ten years’ average : 
1876-1885 | ; 29°98 1886-1895 43;78 
Twenty years’ average, 1876-1895 26°65 
