( IV ) 
ON 
THE METEOROLOGY OF ENGLAND 
DURING 
THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30, 1862. 
By JAMES GLAISHER, Esq., F.R.S., 
SEC. OF THE HKITISH METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETT, 
Thk warm weather wliich set in on the 24th of March continuecT 
only till the 7th of April; the mean daily excess from the 1st of 
April was 5°. On the 8th of April a cold period set in which 
continued till the 16th, the mean daily defect being 5°. This was 
succeeded by a period of very warm weather, which continued, with 
little exception, until the 8th of June ; the mean daily excess of the 
53 days ending the 8th of June was 3° nearly. On several days 
during this period the weather was above its average to large 
amounts, as on the 25th of April it was 12°-G in excess; the 4th, 
5th, and 6th of May were 8°-5, and IS^-G in excess. On the 
9th of June a cold period set in, which continued till the end of the 
month, the mean daily defect being greater than 4°. The average 
temperature for the month of April was 48°-4, being 4° higher than 
in 18G1, and higher than in any April since 1854. That for May 
was 55°-4, being 3^° higher than in 1861, and higher than any Maj'- 
since 1848. In June it was 56°-3, being 3° lower than in 1861, and 
lower than any J\me since 1854. 
The mean high day temperature in April was 0°-8 in excess, in 
May 2° in excess, and in June 4°"1 in defect of their respective 
averages. 
The mean low night temperature in April was 3''-2 above, in 
May 3°-8 above, and in June 0°-9 below their respective averages. 
The mean temperature of the air was 2°-l in excess in April, 
2°'6 in excess in May, and 2°*9 in defect in June ; and this is the 
first month in the present year in which the mean temperature has 
been below its average. 
The mean temperature of the dew-point was 3°-l in excess in 
April, 4°-9 in excess in May, and l°-6 in defect in June ; the mean 
for the quarter was a little more than 2° in excess. 
The mean pressure of the atmosphere was 0°'l inch in excess in 
April, 0-04 inch in defect in May, and 0-08 inch in defect in June. 
The fall of rain in April and May was 2-8 inches in each month, 
and in June was 1-8 inch. The total fall for the quarter Avas nearly 
7i inches, exceeding the average of the preceding 43 years by a 
little more than It inch. 
The mean temperature of the air at Greenwich in the tliree 
months ending May, constituting the three spring months, was 
48'''9, being 2°-5 in excess of the average of the preceding 91 years. 
