Wet summer. Temperature below average. Great 

 hailstorms (F. A.). 



November 22. Dreadful storm on west coast {Hone). 



The memory of man supplies no recollection of so wet 

 a season as from September, 1824, to March, 1825. It 

 produced the rot in sheep to an alarming extent (Hone). 



A very wet summer, but not cold. Crops of corn 

 light, of hay heavy (Cox). 



A comet in January and February (Boyle}. 



Average wheat crop. Moderately fine and warm 

 (Times}. 



Never within the memory of living man was there such 

 a scene as that along the western coast, caused by the 

 November gale of 1824. Wild sky, pouring rain, and 

 terrific thunder (Pulman). 



November 23. Barometer, 27-5. In May, in London, 

 30-48. The latter end of the year was almost constant 

 and incessant rain. 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 32*98 in. January, 0^94 in. 

 February, 2^34 in. March, 1*69 in. April, 1^89 in. May, 

 3-77 in. June, 3-51 in. July, i'8i in. August, 3-95 in. 

 September, 3-21 in. October, 2*44 in. November, 3-88 

 in. December 3-55 in. (Glaisher}. 



September 2 was the hottest day ever recorded in that 

 month at Greenwich, 86|. 



Rain fell this year on 180 days (Boyle). 



It was remarked that the temperature on the longest 

 night this winter (December 21) was 48, whilst on the 

 shortest night of the following summer (June 21, 1825) 

 it was 40, or 8 colder (Boyle}. 



January, February, and March were remarkably mild, 

 there being very little snow or frost in Middlesex, and not 

 even sufficient ice to accommodate the confectioners. 

 July 14. One of the most terrible storms of thunder and 

 lightning ever witnessed visited the metropolis, and it 

 extended to the coast of France. September i. Ther- 



