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The weather in November was on the whole fine, dry, and dull, 
being generally very warm from the 3rd to the 25th, and cold from 
t he 26th. The temperature of the air was below its average on the 
first two days, and from the 26th to the 30th. The mean tempera- 
ture for the month was 44 - 3°. The fall of rain was small, and 
below its average at all stations. 
The weather in December was generally cold till the 15th, being 
particularly so on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 12th days ; warm from 
the 16th to the 24th, then cold again to the end of the month. The 
mean temperature for the month was 37 -6°. The fall of rain was a 
little below its average at some stations, and a little above at others. 
Fogs were frecment. 
Hay Harvest Forecasts, 1889. — The results of the checking of 
the Hay Harvest Forecasts issued during the hay-making period of 
1889 show that, notwithstanding the very unsettled weather which 
prevailed during the latter half of the period, the general percentage 
of successful forecasts (89) was the highest ever reached. 
The telegrams were transmitted daily between 3.30 p.m. and 
4 p.m. on each week-day for about five weeks, beginning on June 10 
in the Eastern and Southern districts of England, and ending on 
August 3 over the greater part of Scotland, and a week later in 
Ireland. 
The largest general percentage (95) was reached in the Midland 
Counties, while the smallest (82) was in Scotland E. and Scotland W. 
Summary of Results. 
Percentages 
Total 
Districts 
Names of Stations 
o 
V m 
0) 
1 3 
Partial 
Success 
Partial 
Failure 
Total 
Failure 
Per- 
centage 
of 
Success 
Scotland, N. 
Scotland, E. . 
England, N.E. . 
England, E. 
Midland Counties 
England, S. 
Scotland, W. . 
England, N.W. 
England, 8.W. 
Ireland, N. 
Ireland, S. 
Munlochy and Golspie 
j Aberfeldy, Rothiemay, and i 
t Glamis . . . . . J 
Chatton and Ulceby 
1 Rothamsted, Thorpe, and i 
t Thetford . . . J 
Cirencester and East Retford . 
( Downton, Horsham, Maidstone, i 
t and Reading . . . ) 
Stranraer, Islay, and Dumbarton 
Leyburn and Prescot 
(■Spring Park (Gloucestershire),] 
\ Clifton, Bridgend (Glamor- - 
| ganshire), and Glastonbury . ) 
Moynalty .... 
( Moneygall, Kilkenny, and Ard- 1 
\ fert Abbey . . . J 
57 
51 
67 
64 
61 
60 
52 
63 
50 
50 
56 
33 
31 
26 
29 
34 
30 
30 
30 
40 
40 
29 
10 
13 
7 
7 
3 
10 
14 
12 
9 
7 
10 
5 
2 
4 
5 
1 
3 
5 
90 
82 
93 
93 
95 
90 
82 
83 
90 
90 
85 
Mean for all districts 
57 
32 
9 
2 
89 
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