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Bristol, Whitehaven, Margate, Canterbury, Newmarket, 

 etc. In Lincolnshire the storm was accompanied with 

 a very extraordinary tide ; being eighteen inches higher 

 than the high tides of 1735 an d 1763 (London Magazine). 



July 20 and following days, disastrous thunderstorms. 



October 19. The violent blowing weather we have 

 had for several days has done a great deal of damage 

 {London Magazine). 



Prices so low that very general complaints have been 

 heard of ruined farmers and distressed landlords. Wool 

 is only i2s. a tod. Wheat and all sorts of grain are 

 greatly fallen (A. Young). 



Wheat, 33^. &/. per qr. (Official Returns). 



Barley, 26s. ; oats, 13^. 6d. (London Magazine). 



Season of great fertility ; the crop one-fourth above a 

 medium (Clarke). 



Land worth 24 years' purchase (Townsend). 



Frost and showers to the end of January. To April 

 21, warm, dry weather. To May 8, rainy. To June 7, 

 dry and warm. To July 6, hot weather with frequent 

 rain; to i8th, dry, hot weather. To August 8, hot 

 weather, with frequent rains. To end of August, fine, 

 dry harvest weather. To the end of November, fine, 

 autumnal weather, with intervals of rain. To the end of 

 the year, rain, with frost and snow (Gilbert White). 



Mean temperature in July and August 2*3 above 

 average (Times). 



Very great heat all spring and summer. Thermometer, 

 94 in Suffolk (Brumhairi). 



January i. One of the greatest storms ever known. 

 Extended its ravages round London, where scarcely a 

 building escaped damage. A frost continued for eighty- 

 four days this winter (Boyle). 



Destructive thunderstorms latter part of July and 

 beginning of August. Violent winds about middle of 

 October (London Magazine). 



