546 MR. A. W. PRESTON’S METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 
record, besides being exceedingly rainy all over the country. 
Cyclonic disturbances from the Atlantic traversed the Kingdom 
throughout ■ the month, passing between two areas of high 
pressure, one situated over Iceland and the other over the 
vicinity of the Azores. This type of pressure-distribution 
invariably produces wet and unsettled weather over England, 
sometimes for weeks together. Rain fell on every day but two 
between the 3rd and the 31st, the total quantity which fell 
prior to the 25th having been 3'02 ins., or '80 in. above the 
entire month’s average. During the 29 hours ending 9 a.m. on 
the 27th no less than 7’34 inches of rain fell, 6*31 of which fell 
in 24 hours. This extraordinary rainfall is nearly treble the 
highest amount ever before measured by me in a similar period. 
Further details of this tropical downpour are given in a 
supplementary paper in this number of the Tansactions. The 
total month’s rainfall was 11'27 ins., which is 9'05 ins. above 
the average, and exceeded the previous wettest month on the 
Norwich records back to 1865 (viz., November, 1878) by 3'35 
ins. The mean temperature of the month was 3 '6° below the 
normal, and on only one day did the thermometer touch 71°. 
Sunshine was 72 hours deficient, and there were not five 
consecutive hours’ sunshine throughout the month. Owing to 
the forwardness of the Spring and early Summer, wheat was 
ready for cutting in many localities by August 1st, but the 
constant rains made the ingathering an anxious time. In many 
places fine crops either sprouted or were swept away by the 
relentless floods. 
September. 
The weather was remarkably cool for the season throughout 
the month, the thermometer never once exceeding 64° (in the 
previous September it reached 90'5° !), and the mean temperature 
was as much as 4' 7° below the average. Heavy, cold showers 
occurred in the second week, but the remainder of the month 
to the 29th was dry. Drenching rains occurred on the nights 
of the 29th and 30th. Northerly and north-westerly winds 
were prevalent during the first three weeks, followed by some 
days of parching east wind. A strong north wind on the night 
