244 mr. A - w - preston’s meteorological notes. 
It will be seen that the winter and spring were each about 
one degree above the average temperature, the summer nearly 
two degrees above (being the warmest summer, on the mean, 
since 1884), and the autumn 2.7 below the normal, constituting 
the coldest autumn since 1887. The winter’s rainfall was 
about an inch deficient, that of the spring about normal, the 
summer, owing to the dry July, was .89 under average, and 
the autumn very slightly above it. 
The Year 
The mean temperature of the year was 0.4 degrees above 
the average. The warmest months (relatively) were February, 
March, and July, and the coldest October and November. 
The other months approximated the average. The rainfall 
of the year was about three and a quarter inches below the 
mean, but an inch and a half in excess of that of the previous 
year. June and October were the wettest months, but the 
rainfall of January and July was less than an inch, and that I 
of December but slightly exceeded that quantity. The winter 
was mild, and the spring variable. The summer was a remark- 
ably fine one, with a steady heat throughout, without exhibit- 
ing any great extremes. The autumn was generally cold and 
chilly, and unusually damp. Harvest commenced about 
August 2nd. The fruit crop generally fell far short of the 
fine display of the previous year. 
N.B. — The above observations were taken at Brundall, 
Norfolk, from January 1st to September 30th, afterwards 
(rainfall excepted) at Eaton, Norwich. The rainfall results 
throughout the year are given from Brundall. The instru- 
ments had their periodical inspection on September 6th from 
the Royal Meteorological Society’s Inspector, who also viewed 
the new station at Eaton, with which he expressed his 
satisfaction. 
