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DIVISION V.— S. W. COUNTIES. 



Meteorological Observations on the Year 1880 and Jan. 1881, 

 from Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Somersetshire and 



Wiltshire. 



Cornwall. Driest year since 1870 ; Rainfall, 9 ins. below av. 

 of 16 yrs. ; Jan. and Aug., direst on record; Sept., hottest month; 

 Oct., damaging floods about 5th ; Jan. 1881, the coldest month on 

 record; mean temp., 30 o, 2 ; snow drift on 17th, varying in depth 

 to 10 ft.; thaw on 27th (Altarnun). Min. rainfall, Penellick, alt., 

 240 ft. ; ht., 9 ins. ; 30-98 ins. : max., Launceston, alt., 470 ft. ; ht., 

 4 ins. ; 56-62 ins., on 187 days. Min. temps., Altarnun, Jan. 26th, 

 3°: Bude, alt., 16 ft. ; Jan. 22nd, 3°-7: Bodmin, alt., 232 ft. ; Jan. 

 [26th ?]* 12° : Truro, alt., 56 ft. ; Jan. 15th, 12° : Penzance, alt., 

 67 ft.; Jan. 22nd, 21° : Falmouth, alt., 200 ft. ; Jan. 22nd, 22°-8. 

 Scilly, temp. 32° on 3 days ; 29° on 2 days (J7. of Hort). 



Plants injured, 1880-81—18 (1), 5 (2), 4 (3), total at 1 place. 



Devonshire. Rainfall, Jan. and Aug., least for 16 yrs. ; Oct. 

 4th, 2-17 ins. fell ; total, 7 p. c. below av. (Torquay). Jan. 1881, 

 very cold, mean temp., 34°-6, or 7° below av. ; temp, below 32°, on 

 19 consecutive nights ; snow every day from 16th to 21st (Babba- 

 combe). Min. rainfall, Prawle Point, alt., 350 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. 9 ins. ; 

 27-87 ft., on 184 days : max., Princetown, alt., 1360 ft. ; bt., 1 ft. ; 

 75-85 ins., on 192 days. Min. temps., Cullompton, alt., 202 ft. ; 

 Jan. 20th, 7°-l : Barnstaple, alt., 43 ft. ; Jan. 26th, 8°: Bridgetown, 

 alt., 107 ft, ; Jan. 23rd, 8°-8 : Dartmoor, alt., 1360 ft. ; Jan. 25th, 

 10° : Brampford Speke, alt., 140 ft. ; Jan. 16th, 10°-6 : Arlington, 

 Jan. 15th and 26th, 11° : Teignmouth, alt., 235 ft. ; Jan. 22nd, 

 ll°-3 ; alt., 50 ft. ; 15°-7 : Prawle Pt. } alt., 330 ft. ; and Plymouth, 

 alt., 69 ft. ; Jan. 20th, 17°. 



Plants injured, 1880-81 — 18 (1), 20 (2), 34 (3), total at 2 

 places. 



* Jan. 6th, Qr. Jl. of Met. Soc. probably a misprint for 26th. 



