386 [Proc. B. N. F. C, 



September was wet and cold. At the close of the month, there came two 

 days of sharp frost, cutting off dahlias, and other late annuals. Prevailing 

 winds S.W. and W. ; average force 1, or 10 miles per hour velocity ; mean tem- 

 perature 2 "25 deg. below the average ; and rainfall l^ inch in excess of the 

 mean. The wettest month in the whole year, 



October.— Temperature again below the average ; rainfall less than the 

 mean ; cold N. and N.W. winds, frequent, but very little frost. 



November was above the average temperature, cloudy, and little sunshine. 

 The frosts were few, and of short continuance. There were three periods of 

 unseasonable warmth ; once the thermometer rose to 59, which was 10 degrees 

 above the mean for that day; and rainfall 1-20 inch below the average. 

 Swallows last seen on the 7th. Very remarkable and almost unf oretold meteoric 

 showers on the 27th. 



December. — Temperature above the average 2-61 degrees ; eleven nights 

 frost ; rainfall 2 inches below the mean. On the 16th, the shaded thermometer 

 rose to 61, a degree of warmth never before recorded for December in Aghalee, 

 and was 14 degrees above the mean for that particular day ; monthly range of 

 temperature 42 deg. 



. Mean temperature of the whole year 1-59 deg. lower than 1884, and 1*04 deg. 

 minus the average mean of 16 years ; rainfall 6*20 inches, or 626 tons to the 

 statute acre less than 1884, with 23 less w'et days, and 7"91 inches, or about 

 800 tons to the acre minus the mean ; and rainy days 14 below the average. 



Lancelot Turtle. 



