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DIVISION VII. — N. MIDLAND COUNTIES. 



Meteorological Observations on the Year 1879, from Derby- 

 shire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and 

 Rutlandshire . 



Derbyshire. The coldest Jan., the wettest Feb., and the driest 

 March (except March, 1875), in the Trent Records (Trent College). 

 Cold, damp and snnless (Spondon, Derby, &c). Rainfall, min., 

 Trent Col., alt., 120 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 25-60 ins., on 171 days : max., 

 Bnxton, alt., 989 ft. ; ht., 5 ft.; 51-90 ins., on 200 days. Heavy 

 hay crop, corn harvest very bad, not all gathered before the end of 

 Oct. Min. Temps., Buxton, alt., 990 ft. ; Dec. 7th, -3°-8 ; Jan. 

 28th, 12°-1 : Trent Col., alt,, 120 ft.; Dec. 6th, -3° : Ringwood Hall, 

 alt., 400 ft. ; Dec. 7th, 0° : Belper, alt., 354 ft. ; Dec. 7th, 4° : Hop- 

 ton Hall, Jan. 19th, 28th, 29th, 5° : Ashbourne Hall, Dec. 7th, 9°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—67 (1), 63 (2), 36 (3), total at 7 places. 



Leicestershire. Rainfall, excessive, first 9 months, with temp, 

 exceptionally low (Ashby Magna). Year cold and sunless (Dal by 

 Hall, Coston, &c). Min. rainfall, Market Harborough, ht,, 17 ft. 

 2 ins. ; 24*07 ins., on 151 days : max., Bruntingthorpe, alt., 400 ft. ; 

 ht., 1 ft. ; 32-20 ins. Great failure in cereal and fruit crops (Bel- 

 voir Castle, Coston, &c). Min. temps., Coston., alt., 300 ft. ; Dec. 

 2nd, -4°-5 : Barkby, alt., 212 ft. ; Dec. 2nd and 7th, 2° : Belvoir 

 Castle, Dec. 2nd, 0°; and 8th, 5°: Cottesbach, Dec. 6th, 0° : 

 Loughborough, alt., 169 ft.; Dec. 2nd and 8th, l°-5 : Leicester, alt., 

 237 ft. ; Dec. 2nd, 3° ; Dec. 7th, 4°-3 ; Jan. 29th, 17° : Birstall, 

 alt., 250 ft. ; Dec. 2nd to 7th, 10°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—80 (1), 96 (2), 61 (3), total at 7 places. 



Lincolnshire. A cold, wet and sunless year (Bloxham, Grantham, 

 &c). Rainfall, though the summer was wet, cold and sunless, yet 

 owing to dryness of early and later months, the total was below av. 

 of 3 previous yrs. (Doddington). MiD. rainfall, Crowle, alt., 10 ft. ; 

 20-32 ins., on 154 days : max., Sleaford, alt., 20 ft. ; ht,, 1 ft. j 

 31-64 ins., on 161 days. Mean temp., 3° below yearly av., (Lowth) : 

 8°-5 below av. for Dec. (Boston). Min. temps., Bloxholm, alt., 20 

 ft. ; Dec. 7th, -6° : Appleby, alt., 50 ft, j Dec. 7th, -4°-7 : Heming- 



