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VI. 
NOTES ON THE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 
Recorded at Norwich during the year 1878. 
By John Quinton, Jun., Assistant-Secretary, 
Registrar to the Norwich Meteorological Societg. 
Read 25 th March, 1879. 
January. 
The year commenced with cloudy gloomy weather, and a very 
remarkably thick fog in the evening and night of the 2nd. The 
first three weeks, with the exception of the 9th, 10th, lltli, and 
12th, were unusually mild, but the sky was generally overcast. 
The barometer readings decreased from 30.189 on the 5th, to 
29.443 at 3 p.m. the 7th, with light W. winds; hut early on the 
8th the wind veered to N. and the readings increased to 30.G30 at 
9 p.m. the lltli. Strong W.S.W. gales prevailed on the 14th and 
16th : the velocity of the wind was 303 miles on the 14th, and 317 
miles on the 16th, hut no unusual barometric variation occurred. 
The barometer fell from 30.476 011 the 19th, to 29.854 on the 21st, 
attended by a very strong S.W. gale on the 21st; the total velocity 
in the 24 hours was 426 miles. At 6 a.m. the 22nd the wind 
veered to N.W., and the barometer rose about 2-lOths; at noon 
the wind veered to E., the barometer again falling, and at 6 p.m. 
the wind veered to S.W., and was followed by another strong S.W. 
gale, which lasted until 9 a.m. the 24th ; the total velooity on the 
23rd and 24th was 400 and 299 miles. The barometer rose 
slightly on the 24th, hut again fell to 29.256 at 9 a.m. the 25th, 
followed by a W.N.W. gale. The temperature fell very quickly 
from the 21st to the 25th; the maximum on tho 21st was 56.5, 
but on the 25th the highest was only 33.5, followed by n night 
