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the three months were respectively 5'3 inches in July, 2*3 in August, 
and 2-7 in September. The rainfall in July was more than double 
the average amount ; the amounts in August and September dif- 
fered but slightly from the average. The average rainfall at the 
various stations of observation between latitude 50° and 55^ was 
10'3 inches ; between 50° and 51° the average fall was 8*9 inches, 
whereas between 53° and 54° it was 11 '9 inches. 
Back to the year 1815 there have been only four instances in 
July with falls so large, viz., in the year 1828, when it was 7-0 
inches; in 1834 it was 5-3 inches ; in 1853 it wa 6'0 inches, and 
in 1869 it was 5 8 inches. The fall of rain in July at nearly all 
stations greatly exceeded its average ; it fell for the most part 
between the 13th and 23rd days, causing floods of very great 
violence in Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire, and in the Mid- 
land Counties generally. The fall of rain on the 14th day in 
Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire was as large as from 3 to 5 
inches, and in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire from 1 to 3 inches, 
and exceeded 1 inch at many places. 
Very heavy rain fell every day from the 13th to the 23rd of July 
inclusive, at one part of the country or other, but the north of 
England till the 17th was free from heavy rain. The falls of rain 
were so heavy that the natural drainage failed to carry off the 
water, and, wherever there was high ground in the watershed, the 
adjacent rivers became swollen, and caused injury to all property 
for considerable distances from the river, and in several instances 
loss of life. The rainfall measured in the large English towns 
ranged from 7-6 inches in Leeds, to 14*5 inches in Manchester. 
During the nine months ending 30th of September last, the rainfall 
at Greenwich, for London, amounted to 20-1 inches, and exceeded 
the average amount in the same period of 60 years by 1'9 inch. 
Cut— 
The earliest. The latest. 
Wheat, August 2, at Cardington; August31, atNorthShields. 
Barley, July 30, at Llandudno ; August 17, atNorthShields. 
Oats, July 27, at Strathfield Turgiss ; August 1 7, at Calcethorpe, 
Fourth Quarter (October, November, December'). — The month of 
October was cold and wet, the deficiency of temperature during the 
first 33 days of the quarter being l°-8. From ord to 20th Novem- 
ber a warm period prevailed, during which the excess of tempera- 
ture averaged 3°-8. The weather was bitterly cold from 20th 
November to 16th December, and the average deficiency of tem- 
perature was 7°-4. During this period the sky was generally 
overcast, snow fell in all parts of the country, and the wind was 
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