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The rainfall of the season was marked by frequency, 
rather than by intensity. In the western and central parts 
of the kingdom the total amount was in excess of the average, 
but in all the eastern and southern districts there was a con- 
siderable deficit, the eastern counties receiving little more than 
two-thirds, and the Channel Islands less than two-thirds of the 
normal quantity. All districts reported more than the average 
number of rainy days, but in the eastern parts of the country 
the departure from the normal was extremely small. The 
largest individual falls of rain of anything like a general 
character occurred on July 10 in the west of England, on July 
21 and 22 in many parts of our western and southern counties, 
on August 14 at a number of places in tbe west and north, and 
on August 17 at a few southern stations. 
Thunderstorms occurred at frequent intervals but were, 
as a rule, of no great severity, the chief exceptions being noted 
on July 21 and 22, when storms of extraordinary violence 
(accompanied in many places bj' destructive hail showers) 
were experienced in several parts of Wales and the west of 
England. At Bath the rain which fell during this storm 
amounted, in the space of three hours, to more than 2^ in. 
The Autumn of 1907. 
The cool, changeable weather of the summer continued 
through the early days of September. At the close of the first 
week, however, a decided improvement took place, and for 
the remainder of the month the weather was extremely fine, 
the temperatures recorded in the south and east of England 
on the 25th being the highest of the whole year. In October 
the conditions were very unsettled, with frequent falls of rain 
in all districts, but with a temperature in excess of the 
average. November proved much drier, and was again mild, 
the tendency for fog being quite in accordance with the 
tradition attaching to the month. 
For the season as a whole the temperature was well in 
excess of the average, especially in the south and east of 
England. The warmest weather occurred at various times 
in September, mainly on the 12th to 13th, or on the 25th, but 
at some north-western stations on the 28th. On each occasion 
the thermometer rose to between 75” and 80" in many places, 
and on the 25th the latter point was exceeded in inland 
portions of the south and east of England, the highest readings 
reported being 84" at Epsom and 83" at Greenwich. After the 
close of September no place in the United Kingdom appears 
to have experienced a shade temperature as high as 70". The 
lowest autumn temperatures occurred at varying times in the 
