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DIVISION II. -S. E. COUNTIES. 



Meteorological Observations on the Year 1880 and Jan. 

 1881, from Berkshire, Hampshire, Isle-op-Wight, Kent, Surrey 



and Sussex. 



Berks. Jan., Mch., May and Aug., very dry ; June, July, Sept. 

 and Oct., much wetter than av. ; largest total av. since 3 852 (Long 

 Wittenham). Oct., mild and wet to 13th; Dec, lovely weather (Pur- 

 ley). Min. rainfall, Wallingford, alt., 175 ft. ; ht., 9 ins. ; 29-12 

 ins., on 133 days : max.. Reading (Englefield), ht., 1 ft. 1 in. ; 37*71 

 ins., on 154 days. Min. temp., Purley, Jan. 17th, 1881, 0° : East- 

 hampstead, alt., 255 ft. ; Jan. 17th, 4°. 



Plants injured, 1880-81—17 (11), 38 (2), 4 (3), total at 2 places. 



Hants. Year remarkable for E. winds with rain ; of 170 days of 

 rain, 61 occurred with E. wind (Christchurch). Dry cold spring • 

 aut., very mild (Arlesford). First half of yr. dry ; latter half, wet 

 (Blackwater, Strathfieldsaye). Min. rainfall, Dogmersfield Pk., 

 28-93 ins. : max., Petersfield, alt., 216 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 37-64 ins., on 

 131 days. Min. temps. (N. Hants), Basing Pk., Jan. 16th, 3° : 

 StrathfieldrTurgiss, alt., 195 ft. ; Jan. 22nd, 3°-9 : Alton, Jan. 17th, 

 6° : Swarraton, alt., 310 ft. ; Jan. 17th, 6°-l : (S. Hants), Highfield, 

 alt., 140 ft. ; Jan. 24th, 8°-l : Southampton, O. S. 0., Jan. 15th, 

 13°-2 : Woolston, alt., 83 ft. ; Jan. 24th, 8°-4 : Portsmouth, alt,, 

 20 ft.; Jan. 22nd, 7°-4 : Hurst Castle, alt., 14 ft.; Jan. 22nd and 

 23rd, 15° : Bournemouth, alt., 184 ft. ; Jan. 22nd, 11°2 : Sth. 

 Bourne, alt., 90 ft. ; Jan. 24th, 12°-1. 



Plants injured, 1880-81—52 (1), 97(2), 53 (3), total at 4 places. 



Isle-of-Wight. Rainfall, above the av. (Newport). Min. rainfall, 

 Osborne, alt., 172 ft.; ht., 8 ins ; 29-45 ins , on 141 days: max., 

 Newport, alt., 57 ft. ; ht., 12 ft. 9 ins. ; 37-57 ins., on 145 days. 

 Min. temps., Ryde, alt., 100 ft.; Jan. 21st, 10°: Osborne, alt., 

 172 ft. ; Jan. 22nd, 13°-8 : Ventnor, alt., 80 ft., Jan. 22nd, 14°-9. 

 Temp, was below 32°, 19, and below 20°, 3 times. 



Plants injured, 1880-81—5 (11), 9 (2), 9 (3), total at 1 place. 



Kent. Year remarkable for extreme dryness of first half (Selling, 

 Ramsgate). Rainfall, heavy in latter half (Tenderden, Ramsgate, 



