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THE METEOROLOGY OF ENGLAND 
DURING 
THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30, 18G1. 
By JAMES GLAISHEE, Esq., F.E.S., 
SEC. OF THE niUTISlI METEOKOLOGICAL SOCIETl'. ' 
The weather was cold iill the middle of May, the mean daily 
temperatures of the air for the 44 days ending IMay 14th being 3° 
below the average for this period. The loth and 16th of May were 
warm, followed by 3 cold days. From the 20th of May to the end 
of June the weather was generally warm; the average daily excess 
of temperature of the last 42 days was 1°. 
In June the temperature reached 82° nearly ; in the preceding- 
June the highest point reached was 74°. On June 14th the mean 
temperature of the whole day was 67°, exceeding by 4^° that of the 
v/armest day in the preceding year. 
The mean high day temperature in April was lf°, in May 1°, and 
in June 0°-4 below their respective averages for the preceding 20 
years. 
The mean low night temperature in April was 2J° below, in May 
1°*2 below, and in June 1°*1 above their respective averages for the 
preceding 20 years. 
The mean temperature of April and May was a little below the 
average ; that of June diifered but very little from its avei'age. 
The mean temperature of the dew point in April was 0°-3 above, 
in May was 1°'9 below, and in June was 2°-3 above the average. 
The mean pressure of the atmosphere in April exceeded its average 
by i inch, in May by -J- inch, and in June differed but little from 
its average pressure. 
The temperature of vegetation, as indicated by a thermometer 
placed on grass, was below 40° on 48 nights, and above 40° on 43 
nights ; the^highest reading at night during the quarter was 55J°, 
and the lowest 14°. 
The fall of rain in April was 0-8 inch, in May was 1-8 inch, and 
in June was 1'9 inch. The total fall during the quarter was 4*5 
. inches, being 1"3 inch below the average of the preceding 46 years. 
Tlie mean temperature of the air at Greenwich for the three 
months ending May, constituting the three spring months, was 
46°"7, being 0'-3 above the average of the preceding 90 years. 
