MR. A. W. PRESTON’S METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 239 
VII. 
METEOROLOGICAL NOTES, 1905. 
By Arthur W. Preston, F.R. Met. Soc. 
Read 27 th February, 1906. 
January. 
This was a fine month, with normal temperature, and about 
half the usual rainfall. It was the sunniest January for 
many years past, and snow fell on two days only. There 
were some seasonable frosts, but no great severity ; there 
was, however, sufficient frost to allow of several days good 
skating on the marshes at Brundall. An excessively high 
state of the barometer prevailed during the last week, a 
maximum of 30.87 inches being reached on the 29th, this 
having been the highest reading recorded here since 1896. 
It was the eighth mild January in succession. 
February. 
On the mean the temperature was 40.5 degrees, or 2.3 
degrees above the average. There were no very severe frosts. 
Rainfall was again somewhat deficient, but it was not such 
a dry month as January. Snow fell on six days, but to no 
great depth. Strong winds and gales from the north-east 
and east set in about the 19th, and continued for some days, 
and these were exceptionally penetrating and uncomfortable. 
Thunder occurred on the 26th and 27th. 
March. 
This was a fine, growing, genial month, with a mean 
temperature 4.5 degrees above the average, and, excepting 
