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on the loth at Wrottesley, and at this time the mountains in 
Wales were white with snow, as also were those in Cumberland at 
the end of the month. 
The month of Kovember was fine and warm, being a great 
contrast to that of October ; the prevalent winds were from the • 
W., S.W., and S., and there was almost a total absence of north 
and north-west winds. The mean tempeiatnre of the month at 
Greenwich was 48°' 7, being 3°-4 warmer than in October, and 
warmer than in any November back lo 1852, which was 48°-9. 
In the year 1818 the mean temperature of November was 49°-2, 
being the warmest November on record, and there was no other 
instance back to 1771 of so warm a November as this. 
The weather in December for the first week was cloudy and 
generally warm ; from the 8th to the 25th it was cold, with 
frequent fog, at times dense ; on the 26th it became warmer, and 
continued so to the end of the year. The weather throughout the 
month was open. The range of readings of the barometer was 
great, being as large as l°-5 at southern stations, increasing to l°-8 
and 1°'9 at northern stations. There was a gcod deal of fog at 
stations in the Midland counties. 
The mean temperature of the air in the quarter was 44°-6, and 
l°-2 above the average for the corresponding period in 110 years; 
the mean was 3°*5 below the average in October, whereas an excess 
of 6°-4 and 0°-8 respectively prevailed in November and December. 
At 41 stations of observation the mean temperature of the quarter 
ranged from 41°-9 at Wolverhampton to 48°-3 at Truro and in 
Guernsey. 
The rainfall measured at Greenwich during the quarter was 
7*52 inches, and was within the third of an inch of the average 
amount in the corresponding periods of 66 years. The recorded 
amount showed a slight deficiency in October and November, 
whereas it exceeded the average by rather more than half an 
inch in December. Eain was measured at Greenwich on 13 days 
in October, 16 in November, and 15 in December; in all, on 44 of 
the 92 days in the quarter. At 41 stations of observation the 
recorded rainfall of the quarter ranged fi om 7'22 inches at Ilolkhiuu, 
to 18*40 inches at Totncs. 
The number of houis of bright sunshine recorded during the 
quarter at the Koyal Observatory, Greenwich, was 187-9, against 
151'6, the average amount recorded in the corresponding quarters 
of the four years 1877-80. 
