done 1 2th to i5th, then stopped till 26th. Good crop 

 of barley. April was stormy, and catching time for barley 

 sowing till latter end, when it was fine and warm. May. 

 Cold easterly winds. Cut watermead for hay 2ist ; carried 

 it 2Qth. July. Stormy the first week, after which 

 meadow hay made well. Swedes, good plant and grow 

 fast. August. Unsettled weather, but the wheat, oats, 

 and some barley put together sound, but not thoroughly 

 dry. September was wet from beginning to end. Barley 

 all black, but not sprouted. Began barley cutting August 

 20 ; finished October loth. October set in foggy the 

 first week, then easterly winds, and the barley not har- 

 vested got thoroughly dry. Wheat sowing done well in 

 this month and in November. Bright barleys scarce, and 

 make from 48^. to 56.?. December. Wet in general. 

 Wheat selling well, 60^. per qr., 24 score. Black barleys, 

 28.?. to 345-. ; oats, 26s. to 285-. Hill wheat, 6 sacks per 

 acre. Cattle plague nearly disappeared ( T. H. B.~). 



Under average wheat crop. July and August, 0*1 above 

 average temperature {Times). 



November 13-14. Remarkable shower of meteors 

 ( I. H. .}. 



Rainfall at Greenwich, 30*72 in. January, 3*68 in. 

 February, 4*03 in. March, i '63 in. April, 2*44 in. May, 

 i -94 in. June, 3*64 in. July, 1-62 in. August, 2-42 in. 

 September, 3-90 in. October, 2-09 in. November, 

 1-48 in. December, 1-85 in. (Glaisher). 



Rainfall at Leamington, 27*548 in. January, 1,726 in. 

 February, 1*365 in. March, 1*352 in. April, 1*573 in. 

 May, 1*513 in. June, 1*946 in. July, 3*355 in. August, 

 3*678 in. September, 5*831 in. October, 1*870 in. 

 November, 1*798 in. December, 1^540 in. (Jones). 



Barometer, 28*606 in. on February nth, when there 

 was a great gale. May i. The Cleveland Hills and 

 Yorkshire Wolds covered with snow. June 27. Great 

 thunderstorms. 



