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14-6 in.; Lampeter, 13-8 in.; Truro, 12-1 in.; Silloth, 11-9 in.; 
Culloden, 11-G in. ; and Barnstaple, 11"5 in. The least falls of rain 
were at AVoriliing and "Wisbech, 3 -9 in. ; York and Eipon, 4-3 in. ; 
North Shields, 4-!) in. ; a,nd Grantham and Leeds, 5-2 in. 
Spring Quarter {April, May, June). — At Greenwich the weather 
during the whole quarter was remarkahly fine and warm ; the tem- 
perature was almost constantlj^ over the average, exceptions being 
few in number and small in amount. I'he average daily excess of 
temperature for the 91 daj's ending 30th of June was 3°'l, and for 
171 days (from January 12th to June 30th) was more than 3^° in 
excess. 
April was warm (48°-l), biitnot in a remarkable degree, for since 
the year 1771 there have been twenty-four Aprils of higher mean 
temperature. 
May was of higher temperature than any since the year 1848, 
when the mean was 59°-7, or 2°-4 warmer than in this year; the 
next and only other instance back to 1771 was in 1833, when 
the mean temperature of May was 59°'4. The mean temperatures of 
all other Mays were less than 57°. That of last May was 57°*3. 
June was of high temperature (62^-0), but this was greatly ex- 
ceeded in the year 1846, when it was 65^"3, or 3^'3 warmer ; the other 
instances of higher temperature in June back to the year 1771 were 
in 1842, 1822, 1818, 1781, and 1775. The highest was 62°-9 in 
1842 and 1818, the lowest 62°-5 in 1781. 
The mean temperature of the three months ending June was 
65°"8 ; for the same period in 1775 it was 55°-5 ; in 1822 was 55°'0 ; 
in 1844 was 55°-l ; in 1846 was 55°-7 ; in 1848 was 55°-3 ; and in 
1865 was 56°-2 ; the only instance in 98 years of higher temperature 
in the corresponding quarter than that of the present year, was in 
18G5. In the latter year the temperature in April was 52°-3, being 
higher than that of any other April on record. 
The other years since 1771, when the mean temperature of the 
three months ending with June exceeded 54° and was less than 55°, 
were 1778, 1779, 1788, 1798, 1811, 1826, 1833, 1834, and 1858. 
The five months from February 1st to June 30th : — The mean tem- 
perature of this period for 1868 was 50"*9, the mean temperatures 
of the corresponding period of other years distinguished by high 
temperature, were as follows: — In the year 1775 it was 50^-0; in 
1779 was 51°-1; in 1794 was 49°-4 ; in 1822 was 51°-1 ; in 1826 
was 49''-5; in 1846 was 50°-8; in 1848 was 50°-6 ; and in 1859 it 
was 50°- 1. The mean temperature of these five months for all the 
other years since 1771 was less than 50^*0. In two instances there- 
fore, viz., the years 1779 and 1822, have these five months been of 
