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was very remarkable, as fifty-eight years have elapsed since so 
early a fall has been recorded in the eastern counties. A very 
sudden depression of the barometer occurred on the morning of 
the 30th, when it fell from 29. G2 in. on the night of the 29th to 
29.11 in. by 8 a.m. on the following morning. The recovery of 
prc.ssure was so rapid that 29. GO in. was again reached by the 
afternoon of the same day. The depression was accompanied by 
a short but violent storm of wind and rain. 
November. 
The mean temperature of this month was about 2 degrees 
below the average, ami 1 degrees lower than that of the previous 
November. Some sharp frosts occurred in the third week, the 
low minimum of 22.8 degrees being recorded on the morning of 
tlio 17th. Snow fell on the 14th and 15th, ami remained on tlie 
ground until the 21st Fogs of unusual density also occurred at 
times, and the month was the coldest November since 1879. 
December. 
This was on the whole a winterly month, but not so cold as the 
previous December. Like the four previous months tlie mean 
temperature was below the average, and frosts occurred on 
eighteen nights. Snow fell on ten days, but the falls were by no 
means heavy. The mean temperature of the last fortnight was 
32.2 degrees (about G degrees below the average), and the weather 
during the Christmas holidays was as seasonable as could be desired. 
The ground was covered with snoiv from the 19 th to the end 
of the year. The prevailing winds were from the west and 
north-west, and depressions of the barometer on the 9th and 15th 
were attended with gales from the south-west and west. 
y ear. 
Speaking generally, the weather may be said to have been very 
cold, drj', and ungenial until the end of May, the winter having 
been the most severe and protracted for many years, and the spring 
one of the coldest on record. June was remarkable for the very 
severe drought that prevailed throughout the month, and July for 
the extreme heat and somewhat cold nights for the season. August 
