( III ) 
The mean temperature of the quarter was 51°-7 and l°-3 below the 
average for the corresponding period in 105 years. In April the 
mean was 47° - 2 and 1 0, 1 below the average; in May the mean was 
49°-4, and the deficiency 3° - l ; and in June 58°-5, or in excess by 
0°-3. The mean temperature of tlio quarter at 42 stations of 
observation ranged from 47°-9 at Calcethorpo (Lincolnshire), to 
o3° - 3 at Barnstaple. 
The amount of rain measured during the quarter at Greenwich 
was only 3*5 inches, and was 2-3 inches below the average amount 
for the corres])onding period in 61 years. The amounts measured 
in the three months were respectively 1*3 inch in April, and 
1*1 inch both in May and June; these monthly amounts showed 
a deficiency of nearly half an inch in April, and of about an inch 
in May and in June. The average rainfall at the various stations 
of observation between latitudes 50° and 55° was 5 - 6 inches, against 
4-4 and 5*9 inches in the corresponding periods of 1874 and 1875. 
The average rainfall was 4-4 inches between latitudes 50° and 51°, 
whereas between 54° and 55° it averaged 7*1. The measured rain- 
fall during the 13 weeks ending 1st July in those of the twenty 
large English towns furnishing returns, ranged from 3-5 in London 
and 4-6 both in Bristol and Liverpool, to 7*3 inches in "Wolver- 
hampton and Manchester. 
The earliest. 
Field elm in leaf, April 5th, at Strathfield ; 
Wych elm „ „ 16th „ Guernsey ; 
Oak „ „ 9th „ Oxford; 
Lime „ „ 8th „ Strathfield ; 
Sycamore „ „ 5th „ Strathfield ; 
Hawthorn „ „ 8th „ Calcethorpe; 
Hazel „ „ 5th „ Oxford ; 
Lilac in blossom, ,, 1st „ Helston; 
Honeysuckle „ May 16th „ Llandudno ; 
Mountain ash „ „ 13th „ Strathfield; 
Laburnum „ April 26th „ Helston ; 
Yellow broom „ ,, 9th „ Weybridge 
Apple „ „ 20th „ Llandudno 
Pear „ „ 1st „ Strathfield 
Plum „ „ 10th „ Milltown; 
Cherry „ „ 6th „ Strathfield; 
Wheat in ear, June 15th „ Helston ; 
Wheat in flower, „ 22nd „ Weybridge 
Barley in ear, „ 23rd „ Llandudno 
Oats „ „ 20th „ Weybridge 
Cuckoo arrived, April 1st „ Helston ; 
Swallow „ „ 8th „ Helston ; 
Nightingale „ ,, 19th 
The latest. 
May 12th at Milltown. 
Oxford. 
Cardington ; 
Third Quarter (July, August, September). 
April 24th 
„ 25th 
May 24 th 
„ 7th 
April 23rd 
May 20th 
„ 29th 
June 20th 
May 24th 
„ 31st 
„ 28th 
„ 15th 
April 28th 
May 8th 
„ 9 th 
June 23rd 
„ 30th 
„ 27th 
„ 30th 
May 6th 
„ 20th 
„ 23rd 
Milltown. 
Milltown. 
Milltown. 
Llandudno. 
Milltown. 
Calcethorpe. 
Hull. 
Llandudno. 
Calcethorpe. 
Caterham. 
Milltown. 
Hull. 
Silloth. 
Allenheads. 
Llandudno. 
Calcethorpe. 
Calcethorpe. 
Strathfield. 
Bywell. 
Allenheads. 
Streatley. 
Throughout July, and 
until the 22nd of August, the weather was generally fine and hot ; 
the temperature was particularly high during the four days ending 
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