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pastures, and meadows, wliicli in many places had lost the ricli 
green, and put on a brown dingy colour. Agricultirral spring opera- 
tions were generally in a backward state, and a great deal of 
ploughing and sowing remained to be done. 
The mean temperature of the air in the three months ending 
February was 44°-l, being G^"2 higher than the average of the 
preceding 98 years. 
From observations collected from about 50 meteorological sta- 
tions, it appears that the highest temperatures of the air were at 
Truro, 64°-0; Osborne, ri3°-2; Barnstaple, 62°-0 ; Liverpool, Gl°-7 ; 
Eoyal Observatory, 61°-6 ; Over Court, 61°-3 ; and Taunton, 61°-2. 
The lowest temperatures of the air were at Eipon, 9°-5 ; Halifax, 
17^'0 ; Strathfield Turgiss, 18°-3; and Cardington and Lampeter, 
22°-0. The greatest daily ranges were at Wilton, 16°"6 ; Osborne, 
15°-1; Nottingham, 14°-3 ; Streatley Vicarage, 13°-0; Leeds, 12°-8; 
and Aldershot Camp, 12°'4. The least daily ranges were at Ha war- 
den, 7°-3 ; Guernsey, 7°-4 ; Otley, 7°-9 ; Grantham, 8°-5 ; Worthing, 
8°*8 ; and Bournemouth, 8°-9. The greatest number of rainy days 
were at Stonyhurst, 72 ; Little Wratting, 63 ; Boston, 60; Helston 
and Hawarden, 58 ; and Tmro, 56. The least number of rainy days 
were at Wisbech, 34 ; Strathfield Turgiss and Norwich, 36 ; Carding- 
ton, 38 ; Otlej', 40 ; Eipon, 41 ; and Osborne, 42. The heaviest falls 
of rain were at Lampeter, 14"5 in.; Stonyhurst, 13"9 in.; Truro, 
13-2 in. ; Cockermouth, 12'8 in. ; West Harptree, 12*4 in. ; and Wey- 
bridge Heath, 11 "8 in. The least falls of rain were at North Shields, 
4*9 in.; Cardington, 5"6 in.; Liverpool, 5-7 in.; Bradford, 6*0 in.; 
Wisbech, 6'2 in. ; and Leeds, 6*4 in. 
Spring Quarter (April, May, June). — At Greenwich the cold period, 
which set in on the 2nd March, following the remarkably warm 
months of January and February, continued until the 5th of April. 
On the 6th there was a change, and the only warm period of any 
duration during the quarter set in, and extended to the 29th. The 
mean daily excess of temperature for these 24 days was b°\. From 
the 30th of April to the 12th of May, there were alternations of 
cold and warm weather ; but the cold predominated, and an average 
defect of temperature was registered of nearly six- tenths of a degree 
daily. On the 13th of May the weather turned colder, and so con- 
tinued, with trifling exceptions, until the 1st of June, the cold being 
most intense towards the end of May, when deficiencies of daily 
temperature were experienced amounting to 11° and 12°. From 
May 13th to June 1st the mean temperature was 3°-9 in defect daily. 
This deficiency occurred principally during the day, the mean 
temperature being then about 6° to 7° too low, while the night 
