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The weather in June was dry, the temperature very variable; 
it was warm till the 8th ; then cold for three days, and warm on 
the 12th, 13th, and 14th, after which it was mostly cold. The 
atmospheric pressure was variable throughoTit the month ; the 
East wind was prevalent. During the last week or ten days the 
weather was favourable for haymaking; vegetation was backward 
but generally luxuriant. 
The mean temperature of the air for the quarter was 52°-4, and 
was 0°-l above the average for the corresponding period of 114 
years. 
The rainfall measured at Greenwich during the quarter was 
5-82 inches, and was almost identical with the average amount for 
the corresponding period of 70 years. The rainfall was above 
the average in April and May, and below the average in June. 
Eain was measured at Greenwich on 9 days in April, 19 in May, 
and 7 in June, or on 35 of the 91 days in the quarter. The rain- 
fall recorded at 37 stations of observation ranged from 3*34 inches 
at Llandudno, and 4-35 inches at Carlisle, to 9*37 inches at Barn- 
staple, and 9-51 inches at Bolton. 
The number of hours of bright sunshine recorded during the 
quarter at the Eoyal Observatory, Greenwich, was 524'0, and 
exceeded the amount in any corresponding quarter on record. 
Third Quarter (July, August, September'). — The mean reading of 
the barometer at Greenwich was 29'835 inches, and was 0-043 
above the mean reading for the corresponding period of 44 years ; 
the mean reading was above the average in July and August, 
while that in September was below the average. 
The weather in July was warm, the temperature being gene- 
rally above the average. The barometer readings were high 
throughout the month. There were but three days in the month, 
viz., the 18th, 19th, and 20th, when the atmospheric pressure was 
a little less than the average. The month was remarkably dry, 
the fall of rain was less than half an inch at very many places, 
and at some the fall was less than a quarter of an inch, and at 
AVhitchurch was less than the tenth of an inch. There was only 
one thunderstorm, viz., on the 13th, and that was only experienced 
at, about, and a little north of London. The almost total absence 
of either lightning or thunder was remarkable, and no hail fell. 
The want of rain at the end of the month was severely felt by all 
root crops. 
The month of August was cold, there were only two days in the 
month, viz., the 16th and 17th, when the mean temperature 
reached its average. The atmospheric pressure was variable, for 
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