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^ Tho mcau b.iroincti-ic prossiiw war, about 0.200 in. doricient. 
Ibo mean tempeiaturo was 4.5 degrees below the average, and was 
tho lowest recorded during the la.st 10 years. The total rainfall 
was 2.33 inclies above tlie average, and was the largc.st amount 
recorded in July since 1875. 
Augu.st. 
liiis niontli commenced witli a severe tlnmdcr storm and unusually 
heavy ram on the night of tlie 2iul, which lasted until G a.m. the 
3rd ; tho rainfall registered at !) a.m. tlie 3rd for tho preceding 
21 liours was 1. 07 in. From tlio Ith to the 9tli the wcjither wal 
c oudy, uith light h.W. winds, the barometer oscillating slightly at 
about wJ.bOO. Iho 10th, 11th, and .12th were line bright day.s, 
with light and E. winds. On the 1 3th the Aveather again 
became cloudy and unsettled ; tho barometer fell from 30.05 1 at 
9 p.m. the 14th, to 29.455 at 9 a.m. the 17th, followed by a heavy 
shower of hail at noon on the 1 7th, and a fall of 8.5 degrees in 
the ma.ximum temperature. -Owing to tho numerous depressions 
h-om the Atlantic, which passed in a N.N.E. direction along tho 
. and E.W. coasts ot tho Eritish Isles, tho weather during tho 
last fortnight was e.xccodingly unsettled and unusually Avet° tho 
largo amount ot 2.75 ins. of rain being registered in ten of the 
last fourteen days of tho month. Tho winds wore from the S.W., 
S., and S.S. E. Frequent oscillation was recorded in the barometrij 
pressure, but the variations were of small value; all the readings 
were below 30 inches from the 15th to the 30th. Tho chief 
A'ariation was a tall on the 27th, from 29.653 at 9 a.m. to 29.396 
at 9 p.m., followed by a rise to 29.492 at 9 a.m. the 28th, a slight 
tall to 29.419 in next six hoiu-s, succeeded by a quick rise to 
30.236 at 9 p.m. the 31st. 
The mean barometric pressure Avas about 0.100 in. deficient; 
the mean tempenduro was about 2 degrees below the average; the' 
rainfall AA'as 2.48 ins. in excess of the aA'erage. 
4 ho mean temperature of tho summer months, June to 
August, was, like tho two preceding quartei-s, below tho average, 
being 2.6 ilegrees ilelicient; tho mean barometric pressure Avas 
0.150 in. beloAv the averac'e. 
Iho totid rainfall for the quarter Avas unusually heavy; it 
exceeded the avci-ago of the last nine summers by 5.24 inches. 
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