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The year 1779 when the mean temperature of April was 50°- 7. 
„ 1821 „ „ 50°-4. 
„ 1844 „ „ 51°-7. 
1865 „ „ o2°-3. 
1869 „ „ " 50°-3. 
The mean temperature of May was 50°'5, being 2''0 lower than the 
average of 103 years, and 2°-4 lower than that of the preceding 33 
years ; it was 0°-l and 0^-4 colder than in 1873 and 1872 respectively. 
The mean temperature of June was 58°'0, being respectively 0^*2 
and 1°*0 lower than the average of 103 years, and the preceding 33 
years ; it was 0°-9 below the corresponding value for 1873, and 
l°-2 below that of 1872. 
The mean temperature of the quarter was 62°'8, the average tem- 
perature for the second 3 months of the year as deduced from the 
previous 103 years was 52°-2, and as deduced from the preceding 33 
years 53°'0 ; showing that the excess of temperature for the quar- 
ter over the former was 0°-6, and the defect below the latter 0°"2. 
The fall of rain in April was 1'4 inch, being 0*3 inch below the 
average, in May it was 0'4 inch only, and in June it was 2'4 inches, 
being 0*5 inch above the average. 
This continued deficiency of rain was very remarkable, and was 
general over the whole country. 
In the 4 months ending April, there is only one instance, back 
to the year 1815, of a smaller fall than in this year, viz., in 1854, 
when the amount was 3*5 inches. 
In flower — 
The earliest. The latest. 
Wheat, June 7, at Weybridge Heath ; June 26, at Hull. 
In ear — 
Wheat, June 6, at Strathfield Turgiss ; June 15, at Cockermouth. 
Barley, June 4, at Helston ; June 24, at Cockermouth. 
Oats, June 8, at Helston ; June 25, at Cockermouth. 
Third Quarter (July, August, Septemher). — -The cold weather which 
prevailed during the last three weeks of June was succeeded at 
the beginning of July by weather which was •generally warm, but 
frequently cold ; the average daily excess over the average daily 
temperature till the 2nd August was 21°. A period of moderately 
cold weather followed, and the daily temperatures were, with the 
exception of a few warm days, below their averages till the 19th 
day of September, the average daily deficiency for the 48 days end- 
ing 19th September was 1°: from the 20th of September the 
weather was warm till the end of the quarter, the average daily 
excess being as large as 5°. The mean temperature of July was 
6°-4 higher than in June; that of August was 4°1 lower than in 
July; and that of September was 2^-4 below that of August. 
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