282, THE WEATHER OF SEPTEMBER. 
METEOROLOGY OF THE MIDLANDS. 
THE WEATHER OF SEPTEMBER, 1879. 
BY W. JEROME HARRISON, F.G.S. 
RAINFALL. TEMPERATURE, 
Ss | Greatest fall/5-J|Greatest ht.Great’st cold 
STATION. OBSERVER. s zl 24 hours.- 32 . 
In.| In| Date. |@ ‘3 Deg} Date. |Deg| Date. 
GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 
Cheltenham .......cceccceee R. Tyrer, Esq. .ccoccsecces| 326) 72) 7 16 | 66°7 8 35°6 
Mirondil passer ensoceb cen seer 8. J; CoLCY; ESQ. 0 cence vence| S82) Gal)» D4 16 | 67°0 3 |389°0| 1 & 25 
SHROPSHIRE. 
WAaughton Hall, Shifnal ....|Rev. J. Brooke .......-.+ 2°69) 60) 24 17 | 67-0 6 330} 30 
WWOOIRtABHON ye cactus ecisinsies REV; 3, D AGRE Jc ccibisccese 8°93) 1:06 7 20 |675| 3&6 |375) 2 
Leaton Vicarage ..........++ Rev. E. V. Pigott.......... 2°87| -69 7 17 | 69°0 8 33°0} 38) 
More Rectory, Bishop’s Castle|Rev. A. Male ........... oo.| 3°31] °93 % 22 | 72°0) 6 |800) 380 
Warden Hal es wccssleaccrcace Miss F. R. Boughton ...... 3°08) °67 7 19 
Bishop’s Castle E. Griffiths, Esq. .......00+ 3°25 16 | 710 35°0) 380 
ALAIN PtON cna ie vascpqasn'e ens Rey. Wm. Elliott ..... eeeee| 3°69] “94 7 7 
HEREFORDSHIRE. 
Sigkavblins we dies dsccevcces Rev. G. E. Alexander......| 423/156} 30 17 | 66°0 8 |460/ 7&9 
WORCESTERSHIRE. 
Orleton, Tenbury.........+ ~[i. H. Davis, Hsq ...esecces 3°25) -44) 13 18 | 773 6 83°0} 380 
WWEEE Malverny ocd cise sec veal A. H. Hartland, Esq. ...... 3'14| °67 23 15 | 710 3 37°0 
TRSSUIMLOLE (areec(t siemicisimajoiciisias # E. B. Marten, Esg. ........ 3°60) 59) 28 18 | 67°0| 4 &17 | 370 
Longlands, Stourbridge...... J. Jeffries Hsq...secssesces 3°63) °56| 24 & 28) 17 | 70°0) 2, 6, 7 | 340] 24 & 29 
Dennis, Stourbridge ........ Mr. C. Webb...... HO RORR SO oe 3°45] °78) 24 14 | 72:0 360 
STAFFORDSHIRE. 
Thorganby Villa,Wolverhmtn|G. J. C. Broom, Esq. ...... 2°89) *59} 28 19 x 
WMO GISY piace mses sinic\nivicviace Mire MIBREP oso cieje nici | 3" 52) 24 20 |78'0} 28 34°0| 24 
BEAR Ye ida cdblsidvlesisletievsinweis Mr. C..Beale '. 1.5. eee oo] 3" 68} 928 19 | 65°0 3 88°0| 24 
Kinver ...|Rev. W. H. Bolton i) 28 20 |67°016 & 7 |32)| 29 
Walsall Mr. N. E. Best ...... 52) 24 20 | 650 3 |380) 24 
Grammar .)C. U. Tripp, Esq. 60} 28 17 | 740 4 35°0| 380 
Weston-under-Ly Beet R tory Hon.and Kev.J. B 53] «24 18 |70°0| 3 & 6 |33°0} 3c 
IWEOGUGBIGY: oeicccins <iciae oie .|E. Simpson, Esq 58] 28 16 | 68-2 4 37°4 0 
Heath House, Cheadle . .|J. C. Philips, Es 48) 28 13 | 68° 3 380, 30 
Alstonfield Vicarage ........ Rey. W. H. Purchas .. 61 8 14 | 67°8 3 815} 30 
WARWICKSHIRE. 
Coundon, Coventry .......... Lieut.-Col. R. Caldicott ....|3°14) 56} 28 15 | 66:0) 2 & 7 | 42" 
GOVENEFY <cnec cc cccacsceceece J. Gulson, Esq. ....... 3°32) *62 23 18 |680| 7 & 8 |38| 1&30 
Bickenhill Vicarage.........- J. Ward, Hsq......... 3°39} ‘59/ 2+ 14 | 63°0 37'°0 
St. Mary’s College .......0-- Rev. S. J Whitty...... 3°15] *54| 28 18 | 71:0 3 366} 30 
Henley-in-Arden .......e008 T. H. G, Newton, Esq.. 327| °60' 23 13 | 70°0 3 3860 1 
Rugby School.......... a mopinc OVS Es Ne Hutchinson ....| 2°96 62| 23 16 | 6'8 3 37°2| 30 
DERBYSHIRE. F 
Stoney Middleton........++++ Rey. U. Smith ..... saves) a: ‘67 8 12 | 670) 4 |29°:0) 29 
Fernslope, Belper......+.++++ J. G. Jackson, Esq. .. 3°21) *60)} 28 15 | 67°0 7 (340) 30 
Linacre Reservoir .......-.+ 0. EK. Jones, Esq. .. 36 8 15 
SNODAOD Gs seis 0 aicieepinuy eins J. T. Barber, Esq... 58} «28 16 | 65°0 30°0 1 
ThivtiiGit bp at esa ao oe asc -++|W. Bland, Hsq. .......-00e- "88| 44) 18 15 
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 
Blesley Halll .i..-c.eeecssecls B. J. Whitaker, Hsq. ......| 1°64) -41} 14 |10/71:0}) 4 |30°0) 380 
Hodsock Priory, Worksop ..|H. Mellish, Esq. ..........| 2°06] *41] 13 15 | 710 3 308) 80 
Park Hill, Nottingham......)H. F. Johnson, Esq 92) 24 15 | 67°5 7 39°0| 26 
LEICESTERSHIRE. 
Loughborough ..........e8- W. Berridge, Esq.......... 3°39] °68) 24 15 | 70°9 3 82°7| 380 
Ashby Magna.......csseceoes Rev. E. Willes .... -| 3°41] 69) 23 17 | 70°0 6 83-0] 30 
Market Harborough ........ S. W. Cox, Esq..... =| 2°87} °80}' 23 64:0} 1 &15 |31°0) 30 
Leh iG) NBS Ripesecse-cebuen T Macaulay, Esq. .. -/ 3°14 61]. 23 19 
Town Museum, Leicester ....|W- J. Harrison, Esq. -| 3°33} 68) ~ 14 15 | 6971 3 35°2) 30 
Belmont Villas, Leicester....|H. Billson, Esq. ...... -| 3°29) 65) 138 16 | 69°0 3 84°8} 30 
BYSCOR Se). a newicnicinploe «ine sen, J. Hames, jun., Esq. 8°12) *59 13 16 | 72°0 4 35°0| 30 
Waltham-le-Wold.. E. Ball, Esq. ........ «| 3°47] 60) 24 14 | 68°0 7 (360) 24 
Little Dalby Hall.. G. Jones, Esq. .... | 3°23] 50) 13 15 | 75,0 4 320 30 
Coston Rectory, Melto Rey. A. M. Rendell .. 3°29} 61] 13 17 | 68°0 8 29°3| 27 
NoRTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
Towcester Brewery J. Webb, Esq... 2°95) *52) 23 13 
Castle Ashby ... R. G. Scriven, Es 2°72) °65) 28 18 390, 29 
Kettering....... J. Wallis, Esq 2°54) *61] 23 17 | 67°0 8 |420) 25 
ATH Orie acduencs vacsecs .|G. S. Groom, Esq.. -| 2°90] -72| 28 15 | 65°0 7 (1330) 29 
Pitsford EEG eer a C. A. Markham, Esq....... 2°67} °*70) 28 14 | 73°0 3 1330) 29 
UTLAN. 
West Deyne, Upiinehacnt: .|Rev. G. H. Mullins ........ | 2°95) *80} 23 17 | 68°3 8 369) 25 
Northfields, Stamford ...... W. Hayes, Hsq. .........00- 2°58] °68} 23 14 | 60°0 1 33°0| 15 
Ratcliffe Observatory........ H. E. Bellamy, Esq........ 2°89| ‘56] 28 15 | 680 3 40°3} 24 
Ventnor Hospital .|W. T. Ryder, Esq... «.-| 3°46] °92) 23 6 | 68°6 6 43°2 25 
Altarnun Vicarage .....+-.-- Rev. J. Power, M.A.........! 5°17) 1:00 9 16 | 76°0} 7 35°0' 1 & 30 
The first week of September turned out dry and fairly fine, and 
there was another interval of similar weather between the 14th and 20th; } 
with these exceptions, however, rain fell almost daily, and in sufficient 
