MK. A. W. PRKSTOn’s METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 
671 
The miiifull of the mouth was ^reatly e.\cessive, nearly double tlie 
avera"c, but, although there were several thunderstorms, haj>pily 
the neighbourhood of Norwicli was not visitc'd by such terrific 
storms and floods as places near the metropolis. In some of the 
(usually) driest parts of Suffolk nearly 7 in. of rain were recorded. 
Tlie constant humidity of the atmosphere may be illustrated by 
the fact that the returns given at 1) am. were 9 per cent, in 
e.xcess of duly, 1880, and 18 per cent, above duly, 1887. The 
month was, in fiict, as cold, wet, and ungenial as could well be 
imagined, and was very much in character with the same month in 
1800 and 1879. The following table shows a comparison between 
the didy of 1887 and that of 1888, and illustrates the uncertainty 
of our climate in the summer : — 
JULT, 18S7. 
JCI.T, 18S8. 
Temper ATU HE : 
Ma.vimum 
... 8G.H 
73.0' 
Mininnnu 
... 4:1.0'* 
:u:.o“ 
Mean daily inaxiinum 
... /O.l 
04.7 
Moan daily niininmiu 
r):i.*r 
50.4“ 
Mean of month .. 
... 04 5“ 
57.0“ 
Mean daily nm^e 
.. 21.2“ 
I4.:i“ 
Jlcan at t) a.iu. 
... 00.5“ 
58.8 • 
Mean rel. lunnidity, a.in. 
05 p.c. 
8:i n.c. 
Kaineall : 
Total fall of rain 
... 1.22 in. 
4.88 in. 
Number of days with rain 
... 12 
20 
Mean estimateil amount of 
cloud (0.10) 5.0 
7.7 
August. 
With the exception of the second w'eek, wdiich was line, warm, 
and dry, the weather throughout this month was of a similar 
character to that which had so long prevailed, and was ungenial in 
the extreme. The rainfall, although excessive in some parts of the 
kingdom, was not nearly so heavy in the Eastern t’ounties as in 
duly, and was, in fact, slightly under the average. The first and 
last weeks of the month were the wettest. Temperature, except 
from the 7th to 12th, and 24th to 20th, was low throughout the 
month, and on the morning of the 19th was only Oi degrees above 
the freezing point. The mean of the month (58.2 degrees) was 
about a degree warmer than duly, but 4 degrees below the average. 
Although it was not such an unprecedentedly cold month as July, 
