92 MR. A. W. PRESTON’S METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 
the month was much felt. The haymaking proceeded with 
but little interruption, and garden fruits ripened early. 
July. 
This was a very fine and hot month, the thermometer 
reaching 86.8 on the 15th (which was a higher July reading 
than had occurred since 1900), and it exceeded 80 degrees 
on six other days. There was no rain whatever between the 
3rd and the 19th, and the drought was severely felt. During 
the last week a highly electrical state of atmosphere prevailed, 
and the weather broke into heavy thunderstorms, with 
tropical downpours in places. As is usual in such cases, 
however, the storms were exceedingly partial. The chief 
falls at Brundall were .60 ins. on the 25th, .52 ins. on the 
26th, and .22 ins. on the 27th, and the accompanying thunder 
was severe. The storm of the 27th was more severely felt 
at Norwich, where it lasted for nearly two hours continuously, 
the electrical outbursts being exceedingly violent. The 
western side of the city had the worst of the visitation, and 
at Keswick no less than 2.65 ins. of rain fell during the storm. 
August. 
Continued great heat prevailed during the first week, the 
reading of the thermometer on the 4th (87.6) being in excess 
of any of the July readings. A cooler period followed, but 
the weather continued generally fine till the 17th. The 
third week was somewhat rainy, with exceedingly low day 
temperatures for the season, maxima of but little over 60 
degrees being recorded for several days in succession. 
Considerable thunderstorms, particularly on the evenings of 
the 21st and 22nd, occurred during this period, but in the 
last week ;there were many lovely i days of nearly ’cloudless 
sunshine. 
September. 
The chief characteristic of this month was the absence of 
really warm days, with no very cold nights. During the 
earlier part of the month there were some days of a rough 
