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not C(|iial in amount that of some previous Octobers, particularly 
in 1885, when nearly double the amount of rain fell. In the 
South of England, however, the rainfall was considerably in excess 
of that measured in the Eastern Counties. 
November. 
This was another stormy month, with great fluctuations of the 
barometer. The depression of the lltli was one of the most 
remarkable on record. After a period of high pressure, extending 
from the 27th October to the 8th November, during the greater 
part of which time the barometer stood from 30.50 inches to 
30.61), it fell with great rapidity from 30.17 inches at 0 a.m. on 
the 8th, to 28.611 inches at 1) a.m. on the lltli, and by noon on 
the same day to about 28.50 inches. A very severe and most 
destructive gale accompanied the depression, causing many disas- 
trous shipwrecks along the south coast. 'The recovery of pressure 
following was very rapid, the barometer rising .60 inch in nine 
hours. The weather of the latter part of the month was of the 
usual November character, with much fog and mist. The mean 
temperature of the month was about 1 degree below the average; 
and the rainfall slightly deficient, although the number of humid 
days made it appear as if more rain fell than was actually gauged. 
December 
The weather of December was very varied in character. During 
the first fortnight frequent cyclonic disturbances passed over the 
country, accompanied by violent south-westerly gales, heavy rains, 
and an unusually high temperature for the time of year. On the 
3rd, 4th, and 5th, the thermometer exceeded 55 degrees ; and on 
the 9th and 10th nearly approached that value, which is 13 degrees 
higher than the average day temperature for December. The mean 
temperature of the week ending December 10th was 46.2 degrees, 
or 2.2 degrees higher than that of the week ending 21st May 
1891 ; and at 9 a.m. on the 10th December the thermometer stood 
18 degrees higher than at the same hour on last Whit Monday. 
From the 17th to the 25tli, the weather underwent a complete 
change, with severe frost, and an almost cloudless sky. The 
lowest temperature observed was 18 degrees (11 degrees on grass) 
