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and was 0'-5 above the average for the corresponding period of 
112 years. 
The amount of rain measured at Greenwich during the quarter 
was 4*57 inches, and was 2*59 inches below the average amount in 
the corresponding periods of 68 years. The rainfall was below the 
averajje in October and November, but in excess of the average in 
December. Eain was measured at Greenwich on 12 days in 
October, 12 in November, and 18 in December, or on 42 of the 92 
days in the quarter. The rainfall recorded at 41 stations of obser- 
vation ranged from 3-72 inches at Nottingham, and 4-06 inches at 
Cambridge, to 11-93 inches at Barnstaple, and 12-15 inches at 
Bolton. 
The number of liours of bright sunshine recorded during the 
quarter at the Eoyal Observatory, Greenwich, was 101-6, against 
134-3 and 143*2 in the two preceding corresponding quarters. 
