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mean monthly excess was equal to 3°-9 in January, 3° 5 in February, 
and 0°-9 in March. 
The fall of rain was below its average in each month ; the amount 
in the quarter was 3 inches, and back to 1815 there have been only 
four instances of so small an amount in these three months, viz. : — 
■ In the year 1820, when it was 3 inches ; in 1829, when it was 
2-4 inches ; in 1850, when it was 2*8 inches : and in 1874, when it 
was 2'4 inches. 
The readings of the barometer were high upon the whole qiiarter. 
In January the mean reading was 29'979 inches. In February the 
mean reading was 30"101 inches ; and there are only two Febniaries 
back to 1841 in which this reading was exceeded, viz. : — In 1849, 
when it was 30"106 inches ; and in 1863, when it was 30-141 inches. 
Second Quarter (April, May, June). — The weather was cold and 
ungenial until 11th April, when a warm period set in and lasted 
until 19th May. From 20th May till 19th June the weather was 
again cold ; after the latter day, high temperatures prevailed until 
the end of the quarter, especially on 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th 
June. 
The mean temperature of the quarter was 54^"6, and exceeded the 
average for the corresponding period in 107 years by 2'-3. The 
mean temperature of each month was considerably above its respec- 
tive average; the excess was equal to 2°'l in April, 2°-7 in May, 
and 2°*1 in June. 
The rainfall of the quarter at Greenwich was no less than 13'2 
inches, and exceeded the average amount in the corresponding 
period of 63 years by 7*6 inches ; 4*3 inches were measured both in 
April and May, and 4-6 inches in June. The excess of rainfall was 
equal to 2-6 inches in April, 2*3 in May, and 2-7 in June. So far 
back as 1815, there is no record of so heavy a rainfall during the 
three months ending J une, as that measured last quarter ; the 
nearest approach to it was 10"7 inches in 1860, which was, how- 
ever, 2"5 inches less tban the amount measured last quarter. At 
the various stations of observation, the smallest recorded rainfall of 
the quarter was 5*5 inches at Llandudno ; while at the other stations 
the amounts ranged upwards to 14"6 inches at Bath, and 15-6 at 
Camden Square, London. Kain was measured on but 41 daj^s at 
Hull and Ventnor, and on 63 and 64 days respectively at Torquay 
and Truro. 
On the lOlh and 11th of April the rainfall in the London district 
was very reiiiarkable. At Caterham the fall in the two days was 
1-6 inch; at Croydon, 2-2 inches; at Blackheath, 2 inches nearly; 
at Greenwich Observatory, 2-8 inches ; north of London, at Camden 
