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Blackheath to the depth of 0-24 inch by 5 p.m. ; after this snow 
began to fall, and was 8 inches in depth at 10 p.m. ; it continued 
to fall till 2 or 3 o'clock on the 27th, and at 8 a.m. on level places 
there was snow to the depth of 12 inches. The density of this 
snow caused great injury to telegraph poles, and broke off many 
branches of trees. 
The mean temperature of the air during the quarter was 44°* 6, 
and was 0° • 9 above the average for the corresponding period in 
115 years. 
The rainfall measured at Greenwich during the quarter was 
8 "03 inches, and was 0-91 inches above the average amount in the 
corresponding period of 71 years. The rainfall was above the 
average in November and December, and below the average in 
October. Eain was measured at Greenwich on 14 days in 
October, 15 in November, and 18 in December, or on 47 of the 92 
days in the quarter. The rainfall recorded at 36 stations of obser- 
vation ranged from 8 • 03 inches at Eoyal Observatory, 8 • 38 inches 
at Blackheath, and 8-47 inches at Lowestoft, to 18*31 inches at 
Guernsey, 19-27 inches at Bath, and 19*67 inches at Barnstaple. 
Wind Observations. — The number of days the wind blew at 
eight points of the compass in each month of 1886, at the Eoyal 
Observatory, Greenwich, was as follows : — 
Direction of Wind. 
UONTHS. 
N.W. 
N. 
N.E. 
E. 
S.K. 
s. 
S.W. 
W." 
days. 
days. 
days. 
days. 
days. 
days. 
days. 
days. 
January . . 
7-00 
1-50 
1-75 
4-50 
4-75 
2-25 
7-75 
l-oo 
February . . 
4-50 
3-25 
5 'OO 
8-25 
1-25 
I'CO 
0-50 
0-75 
March 
2-25 
0.75 
4-25 
8'oo 
0-75 
2'00 
IO-75 
2-25 
April 
2' 00 
5-50 
8-00 
O'OO 
2-75 
5-25 
2-75 
May . . 
I "CO 
0-25 
1-75 
io'5o 
1-75 
4-50 
6-75 
4-50 
June .. 
4*75 
4-75 
2' 00 
7-75 
0-25 
1-50 
3.50 
5-50 
July .. 
2*00 
3 -oo 
o-oo 
2" 00 
I* 00 
7-co 
11 00 
5-00 
August 
7 '00 
I- 00 
2 "00 
0 00 
O'CO 
2 -co 
i6-oo 
3*oo 
September 
2-50 
1-50 
8-50 
0*00 
0*50 
2-00 
13-00 
2" 00 
October 
1 - co 
1*00 
4*oo 
2" 00 
8- 00 
2*O0 
12 -oo 
I 'OO 
November . . 
5 "00 
0-50 
5-50 
I'OO 
2-00 
1-50 
i3'oo 
1.50 
I)ecember . . 
7' 00 
2" 00 
3 - oo 
0*00 
3-00 
3 - CO 
9-00 
4*00 
Totals for\ 
1886 ../ 
46*00 
22-75 
43*25 
52*00 
23-25 
31-50 
108*50 
33-25 
The following tables give the Meteorological Observations 
recorded at the Eoyal Observatorj', Greenwich, for each month of 
the year 1886. 
