( III  ) 
there  was  a snowstorm,  and  snow  fell  at  Liverpool  and  Bolton. 
The  instances  of  rain  exceeding  an  inch  in  one  day,  were  on  the 
1st  at  Plymouth,  on  the  12th  atTotnes,  on  the  13th  at  Stonyhurst, 
on  the  25th  at  Caterham  and  London,  on  the  29th  at  Wrottesley, 
Bolton,  and  Bradford,  and  on  the  30th  at  Halifax. 
The  weather  in  May,  with  the  exception  of  about  a week  in  the 
beginning  of  the  month,  was  warm  and  genial.  The  fall  of  rain 
at  most  places  was  less  than  the  average.  The  atmospheric  pres- 
sure, except  from  the  20  th  to  the  26  th,  was  generally  above  the 
average.  The  month  was  favourable  to  all  growing  crops,  grass 
abundant ; there  was  no  instance  at  any  of  the  stations  of  a fall  of 
rain  to  the  depth  of  an  inch  on  one  day  during  the  month. 
The  weather  in  June  was  cold  and  unseasonable  throughout,  the 
temperature,  with  the  exception  of  2 or  3 days  at  the  beginning 
of  the  month,  was  below  its  average.  The  atmospheric  pressure 
was  below  its  average  from  the  3rd  to  the  14th,  and  from  the  18th 
to  the  24th ; the  weather  was  variable ; the  fall  of  rain  was  in 
excess  of  the  average,  it  was  a wet,  ungenial  month,  and  bad  for 
hay-making,  and  proved  to  be  the  coldest  June  since  1871. 
The  mean  temperature  of  the  air  for  the  quarter  was  53o-0,  and 
exceeded  the  average  for  the  corresponding  period  of  111  years 
by  0°-7. 
The  amount  of  rain  measured  at  Greenwich  during  the  quarter 
was  6T3  inches,  and  was  about  the  third  of  an  inch  below  the 
average  amount  in  the  corresponding  periods  of  66  years.  The 
amount  in  May  was  0-71  of  an  inch  below  the  average,  whereas  an 
excess  of  0-65  and  036  of  an  inch  respectively  was  recorded  in 
April  and  June.  Rain  was  measured  at  Greenwich  on  13  days  in 
April,  11  in  May,  and  19  in  June ; in  all,  on  43  of  the  91  days  in 
the  quarter. 
The  number  of  hours  of  bright  sunshine  recorded  at  Green- 
wich during  the  quarter  was  5106,  showing  an  excess  of  48-7  hours 
upon  the  average  amount  recorded  in  the  corresponding  quarters 
of  the  five  years  1877-81. 
Tlnrd  Quarter  {July,  August,  September ). — The  mean  reading  of 
the  barometer  was  29'709  inches,  and  was  0086  below  the  mean 
reading  for  the  corresponding  periods  of  40  years  ; the  mean  read- 
ing for  each  month  was  below  the  average. 
With  the  exception  of  the  first  three  days,  which  were  fine  and 
warm,  the  month  of  July  was  cold  ; the  maximum  temperature  in 
the  month,  at  many  stations  south  of  latitude  52°,  did  not  rise 
above  73°  or  74°,  and  it  exceeded  78°  at  a very  few  places  indeed 
over  the  country ; it  was  in  this  respect  a great  contrast  to  July 
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