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rainfall was less than the average at all stations, at Truro about 2-3rds. I 

 may again note on how few days rain fell at Land's End ; only 3 such are 

 registered there, whilst Helston has 13, and Truro 18. The mean tempera- 

 ture of the month was nearly 3o above the average, but the maxima were not 

 very high at Penzance, Truro, and Bodmin, being 73°, 78°, and 76° respec- 

 tively, but Helston reached 82°, and Altarnun 87°. At this place " the 

 " shade temperature was above 80° on 6 days, and the nights were very warm. 

 " Hay, corn, and peat all harvested together, during this month and the next, 

 "when possible — Eivers very low." 



August was unsettled and showery during the first fortnight, afterwards 

 finer with fresh easterly winds, and again unsettled the last week. The 

 rainfall and the number of days with rain were both about one-third beyond 

 the average at all the stations. On the 31st more than an inch was gauged. 

 The mean temperature was about one degree above the average. The highest 

 point reached at Penzance was 70|° ; Helston, 77° ; Truro, 79° ; Bodmin, 

 76°. At Altarnun it was above 80° on five days. Mr. Tripp notes " glorious 

 summer weather after the 18th." This was less marked in the west, although 

 harvest operations were not much impeded. The restoration of the equili- 

 brium of rainfall, which commenced in August, was strongly marked in Sep- 

 tember, when the quantity gauged was about 2-5ths in excess of the average 

 for that month at most stations, and the number of rainy days was nearly 

 in the same proportion. The temperature was slightly above the mean, 

 there being little cold at night. The greatest warmth was towards the end 

 of the month. On the 25th, the maximum was 76° at Helston, 74° at Truro, 

 72° at Bodmin, and the mean of day and night was 65° at Altarnun. There 

 was no heavy gale about the equinox, but the nearest approach to it occurred 

 on the 21st and 22nd, when the velocity of the wind was 45 miles an hour. 



Mr. Glaisher's remarks on the quarter correspond nearly with the facts 

 stated above. In the rainfall, the differences between this County and 

 Greenwich deserve mention ; the quantity at the latter place being rather 

 above the average in July, 1 inch below it in August, and again a little defi- 

 cient in September, in each case the reverse of what it was here. 



October was still wet and warm. The rainfall was rather below the 

 average at Truro, but more or less above it at the other stations ; and at all 

 of them the number of rainy days was in excess. The temperature of the 

 month was just the mean of 25 years ; but this was mainly owing to the 

 absence of cold at night. There was no frost, even on the grass, as far east 

 as Bodmin ; and only 8 slight touches at Altarnun. The minimum on the 

 stand was at Falmouth, 44-2° ; at Truro, 88° ; at Bodmin, 42° ; at Altarnun, 

 38o. Westerly gales occurred on the 6th and 21st, but not extremely 

 violent, the greatest velocity being 45. This was on the 21st, when there 

 were serious wrecks on the Scotch coast. 



November was still more remarkable for mildness. The mean tempera- 

 ture was 3 degrees above the average, and frost was noted on one night 

 only at Truro ; this was on the morning of the 12th, when' the minimum 

 was 31° here; at Helston, 26°; Falmouth, 36'2°; Bodmin, 34°; and at 



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