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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[June 8, 1912. 



THE WEATH 



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The Following Summary Record of 

 weather throughout the British Islands, for 

 week ending June 1, is furnished from 

 Meteorological Office: 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



The weather continued fine and dry generally until after 

 the middle of the week, when there was a change to a 

 showery and thundery condition. Thunderstorms were 

 experienced over a large area in England on May 30 and 31, 

 and in some localities on June 1. At Markree thunder was 

 reported every day, and at Foynes a thunderstorm occurred 

 on Saturday. 



The temperature was rather more than 1° below the average 

 over the kingdom generally, but slightly above it in Scotland 

 \V. and the English Channel. Tne highest of the maxima 

 were recorded on somewhat irregular dates, and ranged 

 from 74° in England E. f and 73° in the Midland Counties to 

 67 u in England N.E. and Ireland N., and to 65° in Scotland 

 N. The absolute minima, which were generally registered 

 early in the week, were as low as 29 tf in England S.W. (at 

 Llangammarch Wells), 30° in Scotland E., and 32° in Scot- 

 land VV. and England S.E. to 86° in Scotland N., England 

 N.E., and Ireland S., and to 41* in the English Channel. 

 The lowest grass readings reported were 24° at Greenwich 

 and West Linton, 25° at Crathes and Birmingham, and 26 

 at Newton Rigg. Aberystwyth, and Dublin. 1 he tempera- 

 ture of the earih at a depth of 4 feet remained above the 

 average at almost all stations, but at the depth of 1 foot it 

 was below the normal over the greater part of the kingdom. 

 The mean temperature of the sea.— The water was colder 

 than during the corresponding week of last year very gener- 

 ally, but at most stations its temperature was above the 

 average. The means for the week ranged from 68° at East- 

 bourne, 57° at Margate, 56*° at Scilly to 48° at Lerwick, and 

 to 47° at Burnmouth. 



The rainfall was less than the average except in England 

 N.E., the Midland Counties, and the English Channel, the 

 dehcit bein-r large in Scotland. At Aberdeen the week was 

 rainless, and at tome other places in Scotland and the 

 northern parts of England and Ireland the fall was less than 

 0-1 inch. During a thunderstorm on Saturday 1 09 inch tell 

 at Foynes. 



The bright sunshine varied considerably in the different 

 parts of the kingdom, being more prevalent in the western 

 than in the eastern section. The daily mean equalled 10*4 

 hours in the English Channel, nearly 9 hours in England 

 S.W. and Ireland S., and 7'5 hours in England S.E. ; in 

 England N.E. it was only 38 hours. The percentage of the 

 possible duration ranged from 66 in the English Channel, 

 and 56 in England S.W. to 27 in Scotland E., and to 23 in 

 Scotland N. and England N.E. 



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THE WEATHER IN WEST HERTS. 



Week ending June 3. 



The wettest week for three months.— The first day of the 

 week was very warm, but since then there has been only 

 one moderately warm day, and but two warm nights. On 

 the coldest night the exposed thermometer fell to within 

 one degree of the freezing-point. The ground is at the 

 present time 1° colder at 2 feet deep, and 3? colder at 1 

 foot deep, than is seasonable. Rain fell on each of the 

 last six days, to the total depth of li inch— equivalent to 

 six gallons on each square yard of surface in my garden. 

 This was the wettest week since the beginning of March, 

 or for three months. On one day there occurred a sharp 

 fall of hail. There has been no percolation during the 

 week through the soil gauge on which short grass is 

 growing, but on the last six days 2£ gallons of rainwater 

 passed through the bare soil gauge. The sun shone on 

 an average for five hours a day, which is more than an 

 hour a day short of the mean duration for the early part 

 of June. Calms and light airs alone prevailed during the 

 week. The mean amount of moisture in the air at 3 p.m. 

 exceeded a seasonable quantity for that hour by two per 



cent. 



- ■ May. 



Remarkably warm f and even more exceptionally calm. — 

 There have been only three warmer Mays in the last 26 

 years. The days were, as a rule, rather more unseasonably 

 warm than the nights. On the warmest day the temperature 

 in the thermometer screen rose to 77°, and on the coldest 

 night the exposed thermometer registered 7° of frost. 

 Neither of these extremes is very unusual for the month. 

 Rain fell on 14 days, to the total depth of 2J inches, which is 

 slightly in excess of the May average. The sun shone on an 

 average for 5J hours a day. which is nearly three-quarters of 

 an hour a day short of the mean duration for the month. 

 This was the calmest May of which I have here, during the 

 past 26 years, any record. In no hour did the mean velocity 

 exceed 15 miles— direction W.N.W. There was a seasonable 

 amount of moisture in the air at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. 



The Spring. 



Verv exceptionally w*rm t and rather wet and sunny.— In the 

 last 26 years there has been here only one warmer spring, 

 and that was in 1893, or 19 years ago. All the months of the 

 season were warm, but March proved the most unseasonably 

 warm of the three. The total rainfall was slightly above 

 the mem amount for the quarter. In March about twice 

 the average rainfall was deposited. In April there was 

 scarcely any rain at all, and in May the fall was about 

 seasonable. This spring, taken as a whole, was rather a 

 sunny one. In both March and May there was much less 

 sunshine than usual, whereas April proved exceptionally 

 sunny. E. Af., Berkhamsted, June 5, 1912. 



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