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XII. 
METEOROLOGICAL NOTES, 1906. 
(From observations taken at Norwich.) 
By Arthur W. Preston, F.R. Met. Soc. 
Read 26 th February, 1907. 
January. 
This was a mild and wet month, the mean temperature 
having been 3.4 degrees, and the rainfall 2.26 ins., above 
their respective averages, indeed the rainfall at Norwich was 
greater than had been recorded there in the month of January 
since 1867. Strong winds and gales sprang up suddenly at 
times, dying away as abruptly as they had come. The high 
temperature and the almost entire absence of winterly traits 
made it sometimes appear more like spring than mid-winter, 
and on some days the mean temperature was higher than on 
a normal April day. 
February. 
The most remarkable feature of this month was an ex- 
ceptionally severe thunderstorm which occurred on the 
afternoon of the 8th. Thunder was first heard at Norwich 
