MR. a. w. tueston’s meteorological notes. 
G01 
and as much as l.G degrees above the warmest of the six preceding 
years. In fact we have to go back to 1884 for a year as warm. 
January was the only cold month, all the other months were equal 
to, or in excess of, the average, many of them largely so. The 
deficiency in rainfall at Brundall was 7.54 inches. This deficiency 
was, however, less in the western portions of the county. January, 
February, and November were the only three months which gave 
a rainfall slightly in excess of the average. All the other months 
were abnormally dry. In fact the great feature of the year was 
the drought, which commenced on March 2nd, and continued till 
June 22nd, when it slightly broke up, but was followed by no 
unusual excess of rain, as sometimes happens after a dry season. 
During this period of one hundred and thirteen days, rain was 
recorded on twenty-one days only, and on some of these the 
amounts gauged were most trivial. The total for the period was 
1.82 inches, of which 0.G3 fell on May 21st, and 0.47 on June 4th. 
A second dry period (although it can hardly be called a drought) 
set in on August 5th, and continued till September 2Gth, during 
which period of 52 days only 1.21 inches of rain fell. Another 
unusual circumstance was the complete absence, during the period 
March to October inclusive, of any one single day which could be 
called a “ wet day,” according to the popular acceptance of the 
term, i.c., continuous rain from early in the morning until late in 
the afternoon. The total year’s rainfall was the least since 18G4. 
The number of gales recorded during the year was fifteen, nearly 
all of which occurred during the months of November and 
December. 
It should be mentioned that owing to change of residence the 
instruments from which the observations were taken (which are 
the same as during the previous six years) were, in April, removed 
from lUoiicld to Bradestouc House, Brundall, where they are now 
exposed in a situation which could hardly be improved upon. 
The distance of removal was only one mile, and the two stations 
are practically in sight of each other. Under these circumstances 
there is no reason why the observations from the instruments in 
their present situation should not be looked upon as a continuance 
of the previous records. 
