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quarter at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, was 514*0, against 
352"1 and 457*8 in the two preceding corresponding quarters. 
Third Quarter {July, August, Septemher^. — The mean reading of 
the barometer during the quarter was 29*77 inches, and was 
slightly below the average for the corresponding period in 40 
years ; the mean showed an excess in Julj', but was below the 
average in August and September. 
The weather in July was very difTerent in different places, at 
many in England between the latitudes of 51° and 53° it was very 
fine, the temperature exceeding 90° on one or two days, and 
exceeding 80° on several days. The excessive heat caused a rapid 
ripening of crops, and the weather was all that could be desired 
for agricultural work in this part of the country ; but in Wales, 
between the same parallels of latitude, the temperature reached 80° 
at only a few places, and with the exceptions of the 8th to the 
16th, when the weather was fine, it was variable and showery. 
In Cumberland and Westmoreland the weather was cold and 
moist, the observer at Cockermouth says " the month was cold, 
cloudy, and wet, and was 1°*8 belovsr the average of 19 j-ears." 
In Cornwall and Devonshire the temperature was not remarkably 
high, and North of 53° the weather was cold. Tuesday, the 5th 
July, was generally a hot day, a thunderstorm occurred ; and on 
July 6th, at many stations, the maxima shade temperatures were 
20°, 30°, and 35° lower than the maxima temperatures of the 
preceding day. On the night of the 27th and 28th of July a 
reinarkabl}" low temperature occurred in Cornwall and Devonshire, 
extending into Wiltshire, seriously injuring young potatoes and 
French beans ; the temperature of this night was the lowest in the- 
quarter in those counties. 
The weather in August during the first week was generally fine 
and dry, then cold, cloudy, and unseasonable during the remainder 
of the month, with almost constant rain, interfering most seriously 
with the ingathering of the harvest ; wheat was generally injured, 
and in manj' places was mildewed. Falls of rain exceeding one 
inch in 24 hours took place at Bath on the 8th ; at Strathfield 
Turgiss on the 11th ; at Ramsgate on the 12th ; at Hull twice, on 
the 16th and 23rd ; at Wilton House twice, on the 19th and 20th; 
at Totnes and Torquay on the 22nd ; at Osborne on the 23rd ; at 
Leicester and Nottingham on the 24th; at Bolton twice, on the 
25th and 29th; at Halifax on the 26th; at Somerleyton on the 
29th ; and at Barnet on the 30th. From the end of the first week 
to the end of the month, both the pressure of the atmosphere and 
the temperature of the air were below their averages. 
