590 MR. A. W. PRESTON’S METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 
last recorded here during the year, although other parts 
of England were visited by severe electrical disturbances on 
several dates later in the summer. 
July. 
This was the coldest, cloudiest, and most unseasonable 
July since 1888, although not nearly so wet as in that year. 
Both the mean temperature and the maximum day 
temperature for the month were the lowest for July on our 
records. Not once did the thermometer touch 70 degrees 
between June 9th and July 15th. During the third week 
(whilst very warm weather was prevailing in the West of 
England) conditions became temporarily anticyclonic, but 
the temperature here kept low, and there was considerable 
cloud on several days. Rough winds frequently prevailed, 
and fruits were late in ripening, and nearly all the summer 
garden flowers came into bloom much behind their usual 
time. Corn was late in maturing, and generally the outlook 
was unfavourable. The total amount of rainfall for the month, 
however, was an inch deficient, and the mean temperature 
was 4.5 below the average. 
August. 
In the opening days of the month the thermometer rose to 
a higher degree than had been noted since the second week 
of May, and although no great summer heat was recorded, 
there were more warm days than in July. There were some 
cold nights at times, and mean temperature was 1.2 degrees 
below the average, but the month was a decided improvement 
on July, though a continued frequency of cloud caused an 
unusual absence of sunshine, and kept down the temperature. 
Rain fell on sixteen days, but the total fell short of the average 
by nearly an inch. Wheat harvest commenced about the 
22nd, fortunately just at the time when the weather, which had 
been unsettled for so many weeks, began to take a turn for 
the better. The hottest day was the 4th (max. 77.4 degrees) 
which was 14 degrees lower than the hottest day of the 
previous August. 
