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bo mentioned that that portion of it from the 1 1th to the 22ml 
Avas very ungenial and gloomy, but from the 22nd to the 28th 
there was much sunshine. On the last-named day it became very 
warm in the morning, and the wind veered to the south. The 
thermometer stood at 68 degrees at 9.30 a.m., but at 11 a.in. the 
wind shifted to the north Avith a great fall of temperature ; by 
2 p.ni. the thermometer registered 50 degrees, or a fall of 
18 degrees in four caiul a half hours. There Avas but little frost 
during the month, but the cold Avinds, and great prevalence of 
gloom during the first three Aveeks kept back vegetation to such an 
extent that the spring Avas the latest for seven years past The 
barometer Avas fairly steady on the Avhole, the mean being 29.81 in. 
^Iaa’. 
On the 'first three mornings of this month keen frosts Avoro 
registered of an intensity not frequent so late in the season. The 
minima were respectively 28.2, 29.8, and 30 degrees. On the 4th 
tlie cold east Avinds gave place to a brief period of delightful spring 
Aveather. The thermometer reached 70 degrees and upAvards on the 
5th, Gth, 7th, and 8th, a maximum of 74 degrees being attained 
on the 7th. This fine Aveather Avas not, hoAvever, destined to last 
long. On tire 9th the wind shifted to the east again, and a cold 
rainy period sot in and continued to the 20th. The excessive rains 
of the midlands (Avhich exceeded any that had occurred there for 
many years) did not extend to Norfolk, Avhere not more fell than 
Avas required to refresh the dry land after the long period of 
parching Avinds. From the 18 th to the end the Aveather aams 
Avarnier but unsettled, with many shoAvery days. The mean 
temperature of the month Avas 52.7 degrees, and although higher 
than that of the previous May, Avas slightly under aveiTige. 
June. 
AVith the exception of the last week, this was an exceptionally 
colli and ungenial month. The mean temperature was 55.7 degrees, 
the loAvest recorded for any June during the last fifteen years. 
The rainfall Avas slight (only half an inch), and it is remarkable 
that this Avas the third dry June in succession. The first ten days 
