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Very wet, gloomy, and cold part of July and August 

 A very bad year (Brumhani). 



1846 Wheat, 5 4 j. 8J. perqr. ; barley, 32^. 8^. ; oats, 23*. Sd. 

 {Official Returns). 



Value of ;ioo tithe rent charge, ,102 17^. 8J^. 

 (Official Returns). 



Seven years' average : Wheat, 585. Sd. ; barley, 33*.; 

 oats, 225. (Official Returns). 



Wool, i2\d. per Ib. (H. Baker}. 



Off-going ewes made 40 j. (John Phillips). 



Cows let at g per cow (H. Baker). 



Began harvest July 20 ; finished August 27 (H. Baker}. 



Wheat crop generally good, and over an average ; oats 

 and barley hardly an average (Clarke). 



July and August, 2-8 above average temperature. 



Corn Laws repealed (T. H. B.). 



Dry summer. Early harvest. Good crop. 



January, February, March, and April, mild. Early 

 spring. May, dry. June, scorching. July, dry and hot, 

 also August. September, hot and bright. October, 

 warm showers. November, fine and dry. December, 

 frost and snow (Almanack). 



June 19. Thermometer, 89 1 (Whistlecraff}. 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 23-54 in. January, 2*48 in. 

 February, 1^45 in. March, o'88 in. April, 3*07 in. 

 May, 1-47 in. June, 0-47 in. July, 1-37 in. August, 

 4-09 in. September, 173 in. October, 4-47 in. Novem- 

 ber, i '36. December, 070 in (Glaisher). 



Backward spring and very dry summer (Cox). 



This was a notably hot summer ( Whistlecraff). 



June, July, and August, 4*2 above average temperature. 

 The thermometer was 95 at Chiswick (Brumham). 



The hottest June on record. The mean temperature 

 was 6 5 '3 (Brumhairi}. 



The first 2 2 days of September were extremely droughty 

 (Brumham}. 



