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Barley ivas cut on tlio IGth of July at Ilolston ; on the 2l.st at 
'^^'oybridge ; on tho 29tli at Taunton and Llandudno ; and on the 
30th at Cardington. On tho 13th of August at Culloden; and on 
the 18 th at Guernsey. 
Oats loere cut on the 7th of August at Helston ; on the 14th at 
Taunton ; on the 15th at Worthing ; on the 21st at Weybridge and 
Boston ; and on the 30th at Cardington. On the 3rd of August 
at Llandudno : and on the 5th at Miltown and Culloden. 
Fourth Quarter {^October, November, Decemhcr). — During the month 
of October there were constant alternations of temperature ; for two 
or three days together it was in excess of the average, and for 
two or three days together in defect. Upoij the whole month there 
was a deficiency averaging ^° daily. On November 1st a cold 
period set in and continued till the 19th ; the average daily 
deficiency of temperature for this period amounted to 4|°. This 
was followed by a period of ten warm days, the daily average excess 
of temperature being 4-4-° nearly. Another very cold period set in 
on the 30th of November, and continued to December 11th, the 
deficiency of temperature was on the average of days as large as 
7|°. From the 12th of December to the 20th, both days inclusive, 
the weather was warm; on the 14th, its mean value was 52°'5 or 
12° in excess of its average, the mean daily excess for the 9 da3's 
was 4j°. A very great change took place on the 21st, when the 
mean value was 27°*7 or 24'^-8 of lower temperature for the whole 
day than it was a few days previously ; snow-falls were frequent 
and heavy everywhere. On Christmas-day it was lower still, its 
mean value was as low as 20°'6 ; the day was painfully cold. 
With reference to extreme low temperatures, Mr. Glaisher shows 
that the day of lowest temperature since 1814 was on January 20, 
1838 (10°"7) ; the next in order of severity were 1816, February 9 
(12°-6), and 1841, January 8 (12°-8). Of these days of remarkably 
low temperature, eleven only have taken place in the last 30 years, 
six in January, two in February, and three in December, the last two 
occurring both on Christmas-day, the one in 1860, the other in 1870. 
The temperature on December 25, 1870, descended to a very low 
point ; it was the minimum for the month at many stations, but not 
at all. The lowest reading took place on the 23rd and 24th, at a 
few places, and on the 25th or 31st, at a greater and nearly an equal 
number of places. 
The cold in the eleven days ending December 31, 1870, was more 
rigorous than in any period of similar length since February, 1855. 
The mean temperature of the quarter under review was 41'^-6, 
or 2°*1 below the average of 99 years. The mean temperature 
of December was 33°'6, being 5°-6 lower than the average. 
