BY THE REV. R. F. WHEELER, M.A. 323 



September. — 



September dries up wells or breaks down bridges. 



—Old Proverb. 



Greenwich. — The temperature was low but the weather was 

 fine and frequently nearly cloudless. This was particularly the 

 case during the last ten days of the quarter. The deficiency of 

 temperature below the average in the forty-three days ending- 

 September 30th was rather more than H daily. 



Upon the whole quarter, the period of warm weather having 

 been more above the average than the period of cold was below, 

 there was an excess of temperature of little less on the average 

 of 1° daily. 



The readings of the barometer at the beginning of September 

 were about 29*7 inches, and a depression, followed by a rise of 

 the same value, occurred during the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. A more 

 decided fall commenced on the 4th and lasted till the 7th, when 

 29 - 16 inches was recorded. An increase then occurred, and on 

 the 15th the readings passed above 30 inches, and remained in 

 excess of that value during the remainder of the month. 



The mean daily reading was 29 - 91 inches, and the absolute 

 range was 1 - 21 inches. 



The mean temperature was 55 '7°, being - 8° lower than the 

 average of 99 years, and lower than in any year back to 1863 

 when 53 - 7 was recorded. The rainfall was 0"8 inch in defect. 



A very fine display of the Aurora Borealis was seen at almost 

 all stations on September the 24th. It was reported from all 

 parts of the country from Guernsey to the Scotch border. 



Wallington.- — A remarkably fine autumn month with a plenti- 

 ful supply of rain. Vegetation of all kinds advanced well. The 

 highest maximum temperature was on the 26th, 28th, and 29th, 

 when 70° was registered on each day. The lowest minimum 

 reading was 30° on the 9th. 



Whitley. — Fine month on the whole. Very windy from the 

 4th to the 11th. On the 24th and 25th two very fine displays 

 of the Aurora Borealis. 



