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MR. A. W. PRESTON^ METEORO LOGICAL NOTES. 
September. 
Stormy, wet, and unsettled weather characterised this month 
throughout. There was much cloud, and generally the weather was 
in marked contrast with that of the previous September, when the 
thermometer reached 70 degrees on 20 days, and sunshine was 
almost unbroken. The rainfall, which amounted to 3.63 in., was 
about an inch above the average, but fell considerably short of the 
quantities measured in London and at some of the stations in the 
South of England. The rough winds and low and fluctuating 
state of the barometer in the week ending the 27th were 
remarkable for so early in the season. On the evening of the 
22nd the barometer stood at 29.01 in. ; by the morning of the 
24th it had risen to 29.76 in., and by the following morning it 
had fallen to 28.80 in., an unusually low reading for September. 
An almost continuous rise then set in, till by the evening of the 
30th it stood at 30.51 in., or 1.71 in. higher than five days 
previously. Thus we had a range of barometric pressure in five 
days greater than that which sometimes occurs in twelve months. 
October. 
This was a damp, depressing month, with a great frequency ox 
rain, although the falls were at no time exceptionally heavy, in 
fact the total fall for the month was 0.62 in. less than in the 
previous October, and as much as 4.24 in. less than in October, 
1892. The greatest frequency of rain was in the middle of the 
month, and by the 25th rain had been measured on sixteen 
consecutive days, a feature not recorded since 1890. Sharp 
thunderstorms occurred on the morning of the 14th, somewhat 
unusual so late in the season, and in the neighbourhood of the 
valley of the Waveney these storms were of considerable violence. 
The mean temperature of the month was about two degrees under 
the average, and was nearly the same as that of the previous 
October. 
November. 
The mean temperature of this month was about 1.5 degrees 
below the average ; no day was really mild, and the highest 
reading for the month (50.4 degrees) was the lowest maximum 
