The Weather of 1891. 
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Third Quarter. — The weather in July was cold, dull, and un- 
settled, with a great want of sunshine. The temperature of the air 
was below its average on every day excepting the 16th and 17th, 
the 21st, 22nd, and 26th days, and particularly so during the last 
week. The atmospheric pressure was below its average till the 8th 
and from the 27th, and generally above from the 19th to the 26th. 
The fall of rain was variable, but generally less than the average ; it 
fell during the first week and from the 27th. There was very little 
good hay-making weather during the month. 
The month of August was cold, wet, stormy, and ungenial. The 
temperature of the air, with the exception of two or three days, was 
below the average, and particularly so till the 7th. The atmo- 
spheric pressure was below the average, with the exception of a few 
days, and particularly so from the 21st to the 27th, during which 
interval the weather was stormy, and there was a great gale on the 
25th and 26th. Rain fell frequently and for several days together 
from the 18th ; at Blackheath on the 21st more than one inch in 
depth of rain fell. The weather greatly delayed the hay crops, and 
also did damage to the grain crops. The gale of the 25th did much 
injury to hops and fruit. 
The weather in SejAember was for the most part fine and warm ; 
very little rain fell during the first half of the month. The tempe- 
rature of the air till the 7th, and from the 21st to the 24th, was a 
little below the average, and was above -on all other days. The 
atmospheric pressure was below the average till the 7th, and was 
generally above from the 8th. Till the 18th but little rain fell, and 
then light rain fell for a week. The hay harvest was generally 
secured, and a good deal of grain was gathered in at the end of the 
month. 
Fourth Quarter. — The weather in October was mild and very 
wet, with frequent high wind. The temperature of the air was for 
a few days together a little above the average, and then for a few 
days a little below, till the last two days, which were very cold. 
The atmospheric pressure was low from the 6th to the 26th, par- 
ticularly so on the 13th, 21st, and 22nd ; on the 13th the readings 
were lowest at the northern stations, and were below 28'5 inches. 
Around London the lowest readings were about 29 inches. There 
was a very heavy gale of wind on the 13th and 14th : many ships 
were wrecked, trees were blown down, and some lives were lost. 
The fall of rain was heavy, causing floods in many places. In 
London the rainfall was about 4^ inches in depth, at Greenwich it 
was 4’3 inches. Back to 1815, the instances in October of a rainfall 
as heavy are as follows : — 
1882 it was 6-4 in. 
1880 „ 7-7 „ 
1872 „ 4-3 „ 
1865 „ 6-0 „ 
1855 it was 4 9 in. 
1853 „ 4-3 „ 
1846 „ 5-1 „ 
1843 „ 4-3 „ 
1841 it was 6-0 in. 
1831 „ 6-5 „ 
1827 „ 4-4 „ 
1823 „ 4-4 „ 
The floods in several parts of the country caused great incon- 
venience ; wheat sowing on heavy lands was stopped. 
