198 A YEAR S WEATHER. 



day, leave a pleasant recollection, as I spent part of it at sea, when 

 even the porpoises sprang out of the ocean blue enjoying its good- 

 ness. 



The average monthly maximum heat in shade was 67-2, and 

 the average minimum heat was 51 "2 degrees. The mean height of 

 the barometer was 30"o-inches. An exposed minimum thermo- 

 meter on the 23rd registered 39 degrees. The nights of the i8th, 

 19th, and 20th, were very stormy and wild. The heaviest daily 

 rainfall was •49-inch on the 20th. The following are a few heavy 

 September rainfalls : — 1885,6-58; 1883,5735 1882,4-52; 1876, 

 5'57 ; '^75' 5'j3 J ^^74^ 5'9° '; ^^^71, 8-50 ; and 1866, 7-88-inche.s. 

 The rainfall of September, 1891, 3-o3-inches, is the heaviest for the 

 same month since 1887, when the rainfall was 3-87-inches. 

 For reference I append average rainfalls : — 



40 years' mean. 1890. 1891. 



January .. 4-85-ins 5-62-ins 3-40-ins. 



February ... 3-38-ins 1-84-ins 0-22-in3. 



March 2-91-ms 1-87-ins 3-90-ins. 



April 2-61-ins 4-01 -ins 2-48-ins. 



May 2-45-ins 5-06-ins 2-26-ins. 



June 2-39-ins 417-ins 2-86-ins. 



July 2-60-ins 3-67-ins 1-62-ins. 



August 3 01-ins. 3-79-ins 6-48-ins. 



September... 3-49-ins 2-63-ins. 303-ins. 



Total ... 27-69-ins 32-66-ins 26-25-ins. 



We are gradually gaining on the wet year of 1890. 



The weather and prospects of 1791 — 100 years ago — show 

 several coincidences, i Jth, thermometer 108 degrees in sun; nuts 

 very scarce. 12th, most of wheat got in in high condition ; crops 

 good; barley but slight ; oats tolerable. 13 th, red after sunset: a 

 mist arises. Not a cloud has appeared upon the sky from the i oth 

 to the 15th. Apples few but fine. 22nd, harvest finished ; weather 

 delightfull)' pleasant to end of the month. A Michaelmas summer. 

 Rainfall for month, 2"4o-inches. 



October 12th, 1891. 



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There has been a general desire to know how much rain we have 

 had this month. As I had to lecture at several of the large towns in 

 the North of England during the end of October and first ten days 

 of November, I must ask my readers to forgive the delay of this 

 communication on the subject. 



