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of the mouth were general, and in the north were very heavy, 
causing serious interruption to railway traffic ; the main line north 
of Newcastle was blocked for two or three days, and many trains 
were fast in the snow. Till the 18th there was an excess of E. 
winds; on the 19th a change of wind to S. and S.W. took place, 
which continued to the end of the month; there were thunder- 
storms on the 29th and 31st. 
The mean temperature of the air for the quarter was 36° • 5, and 
was 2° -3 above the average for the corresponding period of 115 
years. 
The rainfall measured at Greenwich during the quaiter was 
5*36 inches, and was 0'14 inches above the average amount in 
the corresponding period of 45 years. The rainfall was below 
the average in February and March, but in excess of the average 
in January. Rain was measured at Greenwich on 22 days in 
January, 10 in February, and 15 in March, or on 47 of the 90 days 
in the quarter. The rainfall recorded at 41 stations of observation 
ranged from 4' 31 inches at Cambridge, 4*01 at Cardington, and 
3-93 at Lowestoft, to 11-99 inches at Stonyhurst, 8*80 at Bath, 
11*65 at Truro, and 11-60 at Torquay. 
Second Quarter (^April, May, June). — The mean reading of the 
barometer at Greenwich was 29-712 inches, and was 0*069 below 
the mean reading for the corresponding period of 45 years ; the 
mean reading was below the average in April and May, while that 
in June was below the average. 
The weather in April, after the first week, was cold and stormy 
till the 18th, and variable afterwards, being at times fine and warm 
till the 28th, which was a warm day, being 6° • 0 above its average ; 
a remarkable sudden fall of temperature took place during the 
afternoon of this day of 20°; on the 29th at 9 a.m. the tempera- 
ture was fully 20° lower than on the 28th at the same hour, and 
the mean temperature of the day was 8^° below its average. The 
atmospheric pressure was generally below its average till the 11th 
day, and afterwards was for a few days together alternately a 
little in excess or defect of its average. The E. wind was unusually 
prevalent. Snow fell on eight days, chiefly in the Midland and 
Northern counties. 
The weather in May after the first three days, and up to the 
10th day, was fine and generally bright ; after this, with the ex- 
ception of a few days between the 18th and the 22nd, the remainder 
of the month was cold and stormy. The atmospheric pressure was 
generally above its average till the 9th, and between the 19th and 
the 23rd days, and was generally below during the remainder of 
