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May), to be 2.5 in. below the average of the 30 years 1341 — 70. 
The line mild weather continued until the 10th of June, the un- 
usually high temperature of 85.0 was recorded on the 4th. From 
the 10th to the 21st of June the sky was generally overcast, 
frequent slight showers of rain, and the temperature below the 
average, the maximum on the 21st was only 59.0; from the 22nd 
to the 30th it was rather milder, but the sky was still generally 
overcast. The barometric pressure averaged at about the average 
during May and slightly below the average during June, but no 
remarkable oscillation was recorded. July was remarkable for the 
excessive rainfall and low temperatures. The rainfall was 2.94 in. 
in excess of the average, being the heaviest fall recorded in July 
since 1850. The mean temperature was about 5 degrees below the 
average ; this deficiency occurred chielly in the day temperatures, 
which were about 7.5 degrees below, whereas the night temperatures 
were only about 1 dogroe below the average. The barometric pres- 
sure averaged high during the first week, with X. and X.E. winds; it 
fell rapidly from 30.315 on the 7th to the minimum for the month, 
29.323 at 9 p.m. the 9th, followed by strong W. and S.W. winds 
on the 10th and 11th. From the 12th to the 17th the winds were 
chiefly from the E., and the days very cold, sky overcast, and 
frequent showers of rain, with thunderstorms on the 17th and 18th. 
From the 18th until the 24th the barometer oscillated slightly at 
29.7 and 29.8 ; the winds were mostly from the W. and S.W., and 
the unusual amount of 3.34 in. of rain was recorded during the 
week, 1.32 in. fell on the 21st, 0.75 of which fell in one hour, from 
11 a.m. to noon. The last week was much finer, with light E. and 
N. W. winds. The first week in August was fine and dry, but very 
cold, with X. and X.E. winds ; the maximum temperature on the 
1st was only 02.8, followed by a night temperature of 47.5. A 
strong X.X.W. gale with a daily velocity of 323 miles was recorded 
on the 5th. On the 8th a period of much milder weather com- 
menced and lasted until the 28th, with light S.W. and W. winds ; 
but from the 8th to the 13th the sky was generally overcast, and 
slight showers of rain were recorded ; an unusually heavy fall of 
O. 51 in. in one hour, fell on the 13th between 9.30 and 10.30 a.m. 
After the 13th no rain fell until the 29th, and the days were mostly 
line and bright. The last three days of the month were consider- 
ably colder, and a W.S.W. gale of 324 miles was recorded on the 
