MR. A. W. PRESTON’S METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 587 
XI. 
METEOROLOGICAL NOTES, 1907. 
(From observations taken at Norwich.) 
By Arthur W. Preston, F.R. Met. Soc. 
Read 25 th February, 1908. 
January. 
The barometer was above 30 ins. continuously from 8 a.m. 
on January 4th to 2 a.m. on the 28th, or a period of just 
24 days. On the 23rd it reached 30.90 ins., which was the 
highest reading recorded here since the 9th January, 1896. 
The first half of the month was mild, and the last half cold. 
On the 27th the sheltered thermometer fell to 14.8 degrees, 
and that on the grass to 11 degrees, and on the 23rd and 24th 
it did not exceed 29 degrees and 27.4 degrees respectively in 
the day-time. The snow of the previous Boxing Day lay on 
the ground until the 7th, and during the last week snow again 
fell almost daily. Great fogs occurred on the iSth and 19th. 
On the whole it was the most winterly January since 1897. 
February. 
Winter continued to reign during the first half of the 
month, during which time the ground was covered with 
a mantle of snow. The lowest temperature recorded was 
20.6 degrees, in the screen on the 8th, and 1S.2 degrees on 
the grass on the same day. but although no very exceptionally 
severe frosts occurred, the continued low day temperatures 
made the winter appear long and monotonous. The 
thermometer did not reach 50 degrees once between December 
