MR. A. W. PRESTONS METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 
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METEOROLOGICAL NOTES, 189G. 
(From observations taken at liradestone House, Brundall, Norfolk.) 
1»y Arthur W. Preston, F. IT Met. Soc. 
Read JGth January , 1807. 
January. 
This was a mild month, with the mean temperature about 
2 degrees above the average, 7 degrees higher than in the previous 
January, but 1.5 degrees lower than in 18‘JO. The chief feature 
of the month was the high state of the barometer. On the 9th it 
stood (corrected and reduced) at 30.900 in., which is the highest 
recorded here since 1882, and in the last week of the month there 
was a second period of high pressure, the maximum observed 
being 30.830 in. on the 30th. As in 1882, these high readings 
were accompanied by more or less cloudy and misty weather, and 
but little frost. 
February. 
Had 1896 not been leap year the rainfall of February would 
have been only a quarter of an inch ; but as the 29th was a wet 
day that amount was nearly doubled, although in ordinary years 
the rainfall measured on that day would have been carried to 
March. Notwithstanding the common appellation of “Fill-dyke,” 
it is a remarkable circumstance that out of the last thirteen 
Februaries, seven have given a rainfall of less than an inch. The 
mean height of the barometer was nearly identical with that of 
January. While being above 30 in. on every day except the 19th, 
20th, and 21st, it at no time attained the unusual height recorded 
in January. Temperature was considerably above the average, and 
the contrast between this month and the previous February was 
remarkable. 
