MH. A. W. 1-RESTON’s METEUltULOClCAL NOTES. -3o 
ot‘ in., ill fact hardly two days together were without rain ; 
much cloud prevailed, and there was scarcely a fine warm day 
throughout the month. The thermometer reached 74 degrees on 
the 15th, but the ma.xima of the following days being respectively 
65 and 58 degree.s, another instance, even at this late period, of the 
sudden change from warmth to cold, Avhich was so conspicuous 
throughout the summer, is here recorded. Un the morning of the 
:17th the thermometer fell to 33 degrees, and a ground frost 
prevailed of a greater intensity than had been known for many 
years so early in the autumn. The barometer oscillated much, and 
freipient depressions passed over the country, causing winds to 
blow from all (quarters and to constantly shift their direction. 
The mean barometric pressure was low for the time of year. 
OCTOJIER. 
The wet September was followed by an October whose total 
rainfall exceeded that of any month since November, 1878, when 
the memorable “Norwich Flood” occurred. Had it not been for 
the drought which prevailed all the summer, there is no doubt that 
serious conscipienccs must have followed this excessive downpour; 
as it was, the low-lying lands became flooded by the end of the 
month. The total rainfall of the month was G.77 in., falling 
on twenty-five days. The heaviest falls occurred on the Cth 
(0.77 in.), the 13th (1.06 in.), the 14th (0.47 in.), the -3rd 
(1.10 in.), and the 31st (0.63 in.). The mean temperature was 
about 5 degrees below the average, and the thermometer only 
reached 60 degrees upon one occasion (the 16th). "Winds Avere 
chiefly from the Avest and north-Avest, the mean barometric pressure 
very Ioav, and frequent deep depressions passed over the country. 
November. 
Although a very gloomy and Avet month, the rainfall aatis not 
half that of October, 3.22 in. being the total. There Avars, 
however, a remarkable absence of sunshine, and dull damp AV'eather 
continued for many days together, Avithout a ray of sunshine to 
vary the monotony. On the 1st of this month daily readings Avere 
commenced from a dry and Avet bulb hygrometer, and the result of 
the observations showed a mean relative humidity for NoA'cmber 
