MR. A. W. PRESTOX’S METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 
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It will thus be seen that the Winter and Spring were 
decidedly warmer than the average, and the Summer and 
Autumn rather colder. All the seasons were attended by 
an excessive rainfall, the excess during the Winter months 
(chiefly owing to the abnormal rainfall of the previous 
December) having been as much as 4.59 ins. above the average. 
The Spring was dry in the early part, but wet later. The same 
remark applies to the Autumn, but the summer was wettest 
in July. 
The Year. 
The mean temperature of the year was nearly half a degree 
above the average, resulting chiefly from warm nights. 
The first six months, August, October and December were 
all above their average temperature, but July, September, 
and November were all deficient, July having been as 
much as 3 0 , and November more than 5 0 , lower than the 
average. The total rainfall for the year, 31.84 ins., was as 
much as 6.09 ins. above the normal fall, and was higher than 
in any year on my own registers since they were commenced 
in 1883. The year 1892 comes second on the list, with 
31.05 ins. An earlier Norwich register back to 1865, how- 
ever, gives 3 wetter years, viz., 1872 with 34.27 ins. ; 1878, 
33.05 ins. ; and 1882, with 34.97 ins. The total number 
of days on which rain was recorded was again greatly in 
excess of the average, and amounted to 232, or one day 
less than in the previous year, which holds the record. 
The average number of days with rain in a year is 195, 
consequently, in 1910, it rained on 37 days beyond the 
normal number. Thunder was very prevalent during the 
Summer. March and November were the only months which 
could lay any claim to an excess of sunshine, the year 
having been unusually cloudy almost from beginning to end. 
As might be expected under such conditions, the fruit crop 
was poor, and harvest began late, but owing to drier weather 
in September the in-gathering was not so protracted as in 
the previous year. 
