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on the 9th ; at Wallington on the 9th ; at Cresswell on the 9th 

 and 13th ; at Whitley on the 6th and 9th ; at Sunderland on the 

 2nd and 9th : at Gainford on the 9th and 10th ; at Greta Bridge 

 on the 9 th and 10th ; at Acklam on the 16th. 



December. — 



" Thunder in December presages fine 'weather." 



— Old Saying. 



Greenwich. — The mean temperature of December was 38'3°, 

 being 0-8° below the average of 100 years, and 4 - 7° higher than 

 in 1870. The cold which marked the end of November con- 

 tinued till December the 12th. From the 1st to the 12th the 

 average deficiency of mean daily temperature was 9J°. The 

 difference from the average on the 7th, 8th, and 9th of December 

 was more than 14° ; on the 8th it was as large as 19 - 3°, the 

 mean temperature of the day being lS^ . The following table 

 gives the lowest readings at various places on those days : — 



MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON THE 

 7th. 8th. 9th. 



Guernsey 34-0° 30-5° 25'5° 



Ilelston 27*0° 28-0° 29-0° 



Brighton 28-4° 22'0° 21-0° 



Tilbury (Essex) 16-0° 19-5° 29-2° 



Bath 22-2° 20*8° 23'8° 



Greenwich 26-0° 18'6° 21-3° 



Leamington 28-5° 23-0° 22-3° 



Norwich 24'0° 9-0° 13-0° 



Holkham 27-2° 7-6° 164° 



Liverpool 31-G° 22-9° 25-0° 



Halifax 26*0° 16-0° 250° 



Allenheads 22-2° 21-7° 28-8° 



Carlisle 26-8° 28*7° 33-5° 



Bywell 31-0° 30*0° 33-0° 



North Shields 30-0° 25-0° 27*0° 



It will be remarked that the cold was most severe in Norfolk 

 (Holkham and Norwich). The temperatures were not particu- 

 larly low at Guernsey, in Cornwall, and Northumberland. The 



