The Weather during the Agricultural Year , 1907-1908. 393 
an unusually high level, readings of 65° and upwards being 
recorded in many parts of England and Wales. For so 
advanced a period in the season the temperatures recorded at 
about this time were nearly as remarkable as those observed at 
the beginning of the month. 
The mild weather continued through the opening days of 
November, but on the 4th the wind backed into the eastward, 
and after the 6th, when the polar current increased in strength, 
the thermometer fell very decidedly. On the night either of 
the 8th or 9tli a sharp frost occurred in many places, the ther- 
mometer on the grass falling to a minimum of 7° at Llangam- 
march Wells, 9° at Greenwich, and 13° at Birmingham. Up to 
the 10th the weather was generally very dry, but after that 
date, when a south-westerly breeze set in, it became mild and 
showery, and on the morning of the 13th a thunderstorm 
passed eastward along the south of England. Strong westerly 
winds prevailed between the 16th and 20th, and a heavy north- 
westerly gale on the 21st and 22nd, with considerable quantities 
of rain in the west and north, the amount on the 21st being as 
large as 1*7 in. at Darwen, and 1*6 in. at Stonyhurst, near 
Clitheroe. Mild unsettled weather continued from this time 
onward to the 28th, but at the close of the month the conditions 
became much finer, and on the two last nights a sharp frost was 
experienced in many northern and central districts. 
For the autumn as a whole the mean temperature was well 
above the average, and rainfall very deficient. In the east and 
north-east of England and the Channel Islands the total rainfall 
amounted to about two-thirds of the average, and in the south- 
eastern counties to less than two-thirds. In the midlands the 
duration of bright sunshine agreed almost precisely with the 
normal, but in all other parts of England it was in excess of 
the average. In the second week of November the weather in 
the east and south-east of England was more sunny than at any 
similar period in the season since a precise record commenced 
in 1881. 
Frederick J. Brodie. 
12 Patten Road, 
Wandsworth Common. 
