MR. A. W. PUE-STOn’s METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 67 
5G tlcgrccs upon tho 30th. On the evening of the 23rd the 
haronieter fell to 29.28, and a heavy gale and rain prevailed. 
Pressure recovered itself tho following day ; but on the 2Gth it again 
gave way, and by 10 p.ni. a minimum of 28.52 was attained, which 
is stated to be the lowest recorded here this century. The depression 
was accompanied by a violent gale and heavy rain, thunder, and 
lightning. Slight snow fell the following day, which was tho only 
occasion throughout the month upon which snow was recorded. 
Tho thermometer fell to 31 degrees upon tho 1st, and to 32 degrees 
upon tho 2Gth and 27th; but those were tho only frosts (slight 
as they were) throughout tho month. Tho rainfall amounted to 
1.31 in. 
F EimUAKY. 
Altliough tho mean temperature of tliis montli was slightly 
lower than that of January, mildness and drouglit were tho 
prevailing features. Tho southerly and south-westerly currents 
continued till tho 14th day, accompanied by quiet and mild 
weather, and for the most part a high and steady barometer. A 
change occurred on the 14th to easterly winds, and a fall of 
temperature; but on the 19th the old conditions returned fora 
few days. The last three days of the month were much colder, 
M’ith sharj) east wind, and a tendency to snow ; the thermometer 
on the 29th falling to 26 degrees, Avhich was the sharpest frost of 
the Avinter. The rainfall was trilling, there not having been a 
single heavy fall throughout the month ; in fact it is said to be tho 
driest February in Norfolk for twenty years past. Tho total fall 
for tho month Avas but little over half an inch. 
JIarcii. 
Tho first tAA ‘0 days Averc a continuance of tho cold Avinds and 
sleet shoAvers AA’hich closed February ; but on the 3rd the southerly 
current again set in, and continued until the equinox. After a 
Avet night on the 3rd the AA’eather continued mild and quiet, Avitli 
occasional rain until the 13th. On the last-named day the tempera- 
ture reached 5G degrees, and the folloAving day 60 degrees ; and 
from this time to the 20th a most unusual outburst of Avarmth and 
summerlike conditions prevailed, for Avhich the month Avill remain 
as remarkable as the previous March aa'rs for its severe cold. Ob 
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