296 The Weather during the Agricultural Year, 1906-1907. 
latter half of November, mainly about the 19th, the 26th, or 
the 30th, on each of which occasions a sharp frost was experi- 
enced over a large portion of the country. At Garforth on 
the 19th, and at Marlborough on the 30th, the screened 
thermometer fell to a minimum of 19°. 
The autumn rainfall was slightly in excess of the average 
in the central and southern parts of the kingdom, but was 
deficient in all other districts. In the east of England the 
total amount was little more than three-fourths of the normal. 
Individual falls of any great weight were rare, but on October 
15 and 16 a heavy downpour was experienced, first in the 
south of Scotland, and afterwards in many parts of England. 
In the former country 2'5 in. or rather, more was recorded 
on the 15th at Leith, Glasgow, and Thornton Hall, while over 
England 1^ in. was collected in many places next day ; in 
Lincoln and its immediate vicinity the amount ranged between 
3 in. and 3^ in. Another heavy fall occurred in Cornwall on 
November 2, Falmouth registering as much as 2'2 in. Between 
September 7 and 30 many places in England and Wales 
failed to record any measurable quantity of precipitation and 
in some others the only water found in the rain-gauge was 
deposited either by dew or by wet fog. Thunderstorms 
were less frequent than in the earlier part of the year, the 
only case of anything like a general chai-acter occurring on 
November 27, when most places recorded either complete 
storms or thunder or lightning alone. The total duration 
of bright sunshine in the autumn was everywhere large, the 
greatest excess occurring in the north-eastern counties. 
Frederick J. Brodib. 
12 Patten Road, 
Wandsworth Common. 
