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northwards with great severity, was hut little felt in Norwich, and 
although the temperature was somewhat reduced, great heat 
continued till the 24th, when a maximum of 85 degrees was 
registered. During this period the sky was nearly cloudless, and 
more perfect weather for the harvest could not have been desired. 
A northerly current set in on the 25 th, producing a most 
extraordinary change in tlie temperature, the maximum reading 
for that day being only G4 degrees, or 21 degrees less than on the 
previous day. Showery and cooler weather continued to the end 
of the month. The rainfall was but 1.2G in., and more than half 
this quantity fell during the last week. The mean temperature of 
the month was GG.l degrees, being the hottest month since July, 
187G, and only exceeded in any August during the past forty years 
in 1842, 184G, 185G, 1857, 18G1, and 18G8. 
September. 
Unsettled weather prevailed during the first nine days with 
requent heavy rains, that of the 4th being almost unprecedented 
in the East of England. I registered 2.09 in. in the twenty-four 
hours ending at midniglit of tire 4th ; and in Suffolk the fall was 
even greater, exceeding three inches in some places. A great 
improvement set in on the 10th, the warm dry weather which had 
characterised the entire summer again returning. Hardly any rain 
fell during the remainder of the month, and bright cloudless days 
continued till the last week, when the autumnal equinox brought 
more cloud and lower temperature. The total rainfall for the 
month was 3.08 in., but more than two-thirds of this fell upon 
the fourth day. The prevailing currents during the first nine 
days -were south-westerly, but the warm and clear weather Avas 
accompanied by light easterly breezes. From the 23rd to the end 
of the month the Avind Avas again south-westerlJ^ With the 
exception of the first Aveek it was a delightful month, and a fitting 
conclusion to the finest summer avc have had for many years. 
October. 
A variable month Avith no extremes of temperature, the Aveatlier 
being on the Avhole of a fine autumnal character. A rather Avet 
period, hoAvever, prevailed betAveen the Gth and 14tli, the rainfall 
on the 10th being 1.71 in., and during thirty hours’ continuous 
