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average till tlie 20th and below from the 21st. The fall of rain 
was generally somewhat less than its average. There was an 
excess of E. and N.E. winds. Snow fell on one day at a few places, 
fog was very prevalent. The month was dull, with very little 
sunshine. 
The weather in December was gloomy, damp, and foggy. The 
temperature of the air was generally below the average during the 
first half of the month, and generally above it afterwards. The 
atmospheric pressure, with the exception of the days between the 
4th and 7th aud from the 28th, was high. The fall of rain was 
below the average. Snow fell frequently, but soon disappeared. 
The mean temperature of the air during the quarter was 42''8, 
and was l°-0 below the average for the corresponding period in 
114 years. 
The rainfall measured at Greenwich during the quarter was 
7'37 inches, and was 0-25 inches above the average amount in the 
corresponding period of 70 years. The rainfall was above the 
average in October and Xovember, and below the average in 
December. Eain was measured at Greenwich on 23 days in 
October, 17 in Xovember, and 13 in December, or on 53 of the 92 
days in the quarter. The rain fill recorded at 36 stations of obser- 
vation ranged from 5'82 inches at Carlisle, 6'29 inches at Rodmer- 
sham, 6'76 inches at Leeds, and 6-82 inches at Blackheath, to 
13*02 inches at Guernsey, 13-90 inches at Bath, 15"60 inches at 
Bolton, and 15-85 inches at Truro. 
The mimber of hours of bright sunshine recorded during the 
quarter at the Eoyal Observatory, Greenwich, was 113-3, against 
143-2 and 101*3 in the corresponding periods of 1883 and 1884. 
