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DIVISION I. — (ENGLAND) MIDDLESEX. 



Meteorological Observations on the Year 1880 and Jan. 

 1881, prom Middlesex. 



Jan., mild at first, then frosty, cold and dry to end ; 26 days of 

 frost. Feb., rainy ; March, seasonable ; spring being promising and 

 remarkable for luxuriant crops of vegetables, but little promise of 

 fruit. July, rainy ; changeable to mid. of Sept., followed by heavy 

 rainfall. Close hot weather succeeded ; Sept. 4th, 84°. Oct., cold 

 and rainy, with severe snow-storm on 20th. Nov., unsettled and 

 rainy with 14 nights of frost (Isleworth). Dec, first 12 days, fine 

 and mild ; excepting 2 days, rain every day to end of month ; total, 

 1 in. above av. of 8 yrs. (Muswell Hill). Jan., 1881, dull, hazy or 

 clear ; temp., mostly above 32°, till 12th. Very great snow-storm 

 and gale, Jan. 18th, with severe weather till 26th. Thaw. Min. 

 rainfall, 1880, Westminster, alt., 95 ft. ; ht., 66 ft. 4 ins. ; 24-70 

 ins., on 146 days : max., Uxbridge (Harefield Pk.) ; alt., 296 ft. ; 

 ht., 8 ins. ; 3411 ins., on 143 days. Min. temps., 1881, Isleworth, 

 alt., 68 ft.; Jan. 17th, 4°-6 : Chiswick, Jan. 17th, 5°: Harrow 

 [alt., 400 ft. ?], Jan. 15th, 7° : Chelsea, Jan. 17th, 8° : Finchley, 

 alt., 275 ft. ; Jan. 15th, 8°-4 ; Regent's Park, alt., 125 ft. ; Jan. 

 15th, 9°-8 : Hornsey, alt., 125 ft. ; Jan. 17th, 10° : Camden Sq., 

 alt., Ill ft.; Jan. 17th, ll°-8 : Hackney, alt., 59 ft.; Jan. 17th, 

 12°-6. 



Plants injured, 1880-81—9 (1), 12 (2), 10 (3), total at 1 place. 



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