A year's weather. 391 



we registered in the sunshine temperatures from 96 to 104 degrees. 

 Whitsuntide fell this year amidst this display of heat. A wet 

 Saturday was followed by a beautiful Whit- Sunday and a scorching 

 hot Whit-Monday. I spent the day in company with friends 

 dredging in Helford River, and we enjoyed the warmth very much. 

 June this year was not exceptionally dry for Truro — we have 

 had many drier. Of those of the last 40 years 15 have had a less 

 rainfall, the driest being that of June 1887, with only "o^ inch 3 

 next, June 1859, 0*26, about a quarter of an inch, whilst the June 

 of 1870 was almost as dry with "32 inch; the wettest June we 

 have any record of during the above period was June i860, 7 '3 8 

 inches of rain. 



The comparative rainfalls are : — 



40 year's mean. 1891. 1892. 



January 4"85-ins 3"40-ins 2-27-ins. 



February ... 3'38-ins 0-22-ins 4*43-ins. 



March ... 2-91-ins 3-90-ins 1-07-ins. 



April 2-61-ins 2-48-ins 1-36-ins. 



May 2-45-ins 2-26-ins. ... .. 1'55-ms. 



June 2-39-ins 2-86-ins 1-83-ms. 



Total ... 18-59-ins l5-12-ins 12-51-ins. 



The rainfall of the last six months in Kennal Vale, taken by 

 Mr. Davey, is nearly three inches heavier than ours : — 



January ... 2-89 inches. 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



511 

 1-46 

 1-32 

 1-72 



2-85 



15-35 



A glance shows we have had a very dry six months ; we are 

 six inches under our mean rainfall, and nearly 2^ inches drier than 

 the first six months of last year. 



The glass kept very high, close on 30 inches, during the 

 whole month ; the winds were chiefly south-easterly. The average 

 heat in shade was 67*5 degrees, the average coldness of nights 

 48*9 degrees ; we had no registration of frost ; our highest 

 temperature in shade during the day was 78 degrees on the 

 28th, the thermometer in the sun registering 104 degrees. 



