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October. 
The weather during the first fortnight was generally fine and 
mild, with a few slight showers of rain ; the winds were mostly 
light from the S.W. and S., and a gradual fall in the barometric 
pressure was recorded from 30.329 on the 2nd, to 29.41G on the 
8th, followed by a slight rise to 29.620 at 9 a.m. the 9th. This 
was succeeded by a further fall to 29.241 at 9 a.m. the 10th, 
attended by a S.S.E. and S.S.W. gale on the 10th, and followed 
by a rapid rise to 30.303 on the 12th. The weather during the 
last fortnight was generally cloudy and gloomy, with slight showers 
of rain and considerable barometric variation, all the readings 
being below 30 in. The readings decreased from 29.818 at 9 a.m. 
the 20th, to 29.206 at 9 p.m. the 21st, increased to 29.564 at 
9 p.m. the 23rd, but fell quickly to the unusually low reading of 
28.953 at 1 p.m. the 24th. At 1.30 p.m., the 24th, the wind 
veered from S.S.E. to S.W., and a strong gale was recorded from 
1 to 3 p.m., the barometer rising to 29.277 at 9 p.m. Another 
fall to 29.008 at 3 p.m. the 26th, was followed by a rise to 29.626 
at 9 p.m. the 27th, and slight oscillations were recorded during the 
remaining days. A little snow fell on the morning of the 30th. 
The mean temperature was about two degrees above the average. 
The mean barometric pressure was about 0.100 in. below the 
average. The rainfall was 0.99 in. delicient. 
November. 
This month was remarkable for the excessive rainfall and great 
barometric variations, and will long be remembered by the terrible 
flood which occurred on the 16th and 17th, caused by the overflow 
of the river Wensum above the New Mills. A very large area, 
especially in the neighbourhood of Ileigham, St. Martin’s and 
St. Miles’, was under water, in some parts six and seven feet deep ; 
and hundreds of houses were rendered tcnantless. By a register 
kept at the New Mills it is stated that no flood had reached so 
great a height since 1646. The rainfall was 2.63 ins. above the 
average, and has only been twice slightly exceeded in November, 
in the last 37 years. The total fall was 4.97 ins.; this amount 
however was greatly exceeded at several places in the neighbour- 
hood, 8.40 ins. being registered at Thorpe, and 8.13 ins. at Drayton. 
