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May as to make the 20th of the month the second warmest 

 May day in 23 years. That day's mean temperature (64*6 

 degs.) was no less than 13*4 degs. warmer than the- normal. 

 It would have been a hot day even in August. 



Temperature. + Rainfall. 



Date. Actual. Average. or - Actual. + or - 



deg. deg. deg. in. in. 



May 25-31 53'1 ... 54-2 ... -1-1 ... O03 ... -0-39 



June 1-7 51-6 ... 55*1 ... -3*5 ... 0'47 ... -0'02 



June 8-14 51*1 ... 54*8,... -3-7 ... 0*14 ... -0*35 



June 15-21 52*8 ... 55*9 ... -3*1 ... O'OO ... -0-49 



June 22-28 55*9 ... 57'9 ... -2*0 ... 0*08 ... -0'41 



June 29- July 5... 55*0 ... 58*1 ... -3*1 ... 0*37 ... -0'©5 



July 6-12 56-8 ... 59*8 ... -3*0 ... 0*72 ... +0-30 



July 13-19 58-0 ... 60*8 ... -2*8 ... 0-07 ... -0^5 



July 20-27 59-5 ... 60*9 ... -1-4 ... 0*00 ... -0'42 



The 9 weeks 54*9 ... 57*5 ... -2'6 ... 1*88 ... -2-18 



Following this prolonged cold interval August proved 

 warm — it was the warmest month of the year — and the 3rd, 

 with a mean temperature of 65*7 degs., the warmest day. It 

 was altogether a delightful summer month with abundance of 

 sunshine in the first half in addition to a pleasant seasonable 

 temperature throughout. The harvest was reaped under per- 

 fect conditions of weather, and in every parish the fields of 

 corn or other grain erect and waving in the breeze, were in 

 striking contrast to the beaten down and " tangled skein " 

 aspect not infrequently presented— the result of rain and 

 wind. 



Autumn, which in the seasonal division of the months 

 begins with September, worked the inevitable change, slowly 

 .perhaps,/ but surely. October, very mild in the first half, was 

 an unsettled period taken as a whole, but it gave no specially 

 heavy rainfalls at Guernsey. Neither, with one exception, 

 did November, another disturbed month with unusually big 

 fluctuations in pressure. Twice in the first week the passage 

 of deep depressions reduced the barometer to 29 in. and below ; 

 in the second week the mercury ranged much above 30 in. ; 

 in the third week (on the 18th) an extremely deep cyclonic 

 swirl sent the barometer down to 28*6 in., and in the fourth 

 week readings considerably above 30 in. were again being 

 taken. The fiercest gale of the month (from south) raged 

 throughout the night from the 4th to the 5th and was esti- 

 mated to reach " whole gale " force., 



The Sark lighthouse keepers reported an interesting 

 occurrence on November 22nd. Just before midnight, the 



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