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oreatest number of places, was recorded on the 4tli of September. 
Eain then set in, and from the 6th to the 21st fell on nearly eveiy 
day. The heaviest falls were in the eight days ending the 18th. 
No rain fell during the last week of the montli, and the weather 
was fine and warm. The month, upon the whole, may be con- 
Bidered a fine one ; and at the end of the month pastures and all 
root crops were reported in good condition. 
The mean reading of the barometer was below the average 
during July, showed an excess during August, and corresponded 
"with the average in September. 
The mean temperature of the quarter was Gl*^*-!:, and exceeded the 
average for the corresponding period in 109 years by 1°"7. The 
mean was almost identical with the average in July, while in 
August and September the average excess was equal to 1°"9 and 
3°"2 respectivelj'. 
The rainfall at Greenwich during last quarter was 8"8 inches, 
and exceeded by I'i inches the average amount in the correspond- 
ing periods of the preceding 65 years. Eain was measured on 41 
of the 92 days in the quarter; the aggregate amount measured was 
3"8 inches in July, I'O in August, and 4*0 in September. The 
rainfall was below the average in August, but showed a consider- 
able excess in July and September. 
The number of hours of bright sunshine recorded duiing the 
quarter at the Itoyal Observatory, Greenwich, was 394'8, against 
451-4 and 3o4'9 in the two preceding corresponding quarters. 
Fourth Quarter (October, November, December). — The weather in 
October was cold and wet, this being in fact the coldest October 
since 1842, and the Avettest on record at most places. Falls of rain 
exceeding one inch in 24 hours were unusually frequent. On 
the 20th, snow fell all over the country, but the fall was much 
heavier in the south than in the north of England : the direction 
of the wind was N., and the temperature of the whole day was 15° 
below its average. Between the 4th and 26th, the direction of the 
wind was mostly from E., N., or N.E. ; only a few days about the 
middle of the month were fine. 
In November, the first and third weeks were cold, and the second 
and last were warm ; the weather was variable ; on the 13th, the 
temperature for the day was 12^° in excess of its average, and on 
the 22nd it was as much below its average. Eain fell on every day 
from the 8th to the 26th. 
In December the weather was mild ; there was no rain during 
the first half of the month, but the rain was nearly continuous from 
the 16th to the end of the year. 
The mean reading of the barometer during the quarter corre- 
