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METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. —September, 1886. 
Atmospheric pressure was unsteady, but the mean for the month 
was above the average. On the 16th the mercury reached 30'543 
inches, the lowest reading being 29-609 inches on the 10th. Tempera¬ 
ture was about one degree above the average. The maximum readings 
were generally high, and the minima in no instance so low as usual. 
The range was occasionally very small. The highest observed were 
80 - 0° at Henley-in-Arden, on the 14th; 74-7° at Loughborough; 73'5° 
at Hodsock; and 73-0° at Strelley, on the 4tli; and 72-8° at Coston 
Rectory, on the 1st. In the rays of the sun, 135-4° at Loughborough, 
on the 13tli; 124-3° at Hodsock, on the 5th; and 122-1 at Strelley, on 
the 1st. The lowest minima were 34-8° at Hodsock, and 37-0 at 
Henley-m-Arden, on the 16th ; 37*5 at Coston Rectory, on the 11th; 
39-0° at Loughborough, on the 23rd; and 40-1 at Strelley, on the lltli 
and 16th. On the grass the mercury fell to 30-4° at Hodstock, on the 
16th; and to 33-2° at Strelley, and 33-7 at Loughborough on the 23rd. 
In 1885 the sheltered thermometer registered 30-4° at Loughborough, 
on the 28th September. The rainfall was less than in any of the 
last eight years, though but slightly different from that of September, 
1884. The total values were, 2-09 inches at Henley-in-Arden, 1-54 
inches at Coston Rectory, 1-15 inches at Strelley, 1-09 inches at 
Loughborough, and 1-01 inches at Hodsock. The number of “rainy 
days” varied from ten to fifteen. The atmosphere was rather drier 
than usual. Sunshine was very deficient. Lightning was observed at 
Coston Rectjry and Loughborough, on the 4tli. The weather was 
favourable to harvest operations, which were, for the most part, 
completed before the end of the month. 
Wm. Berridge, F.R. Met. Soc. 
12, Victoria Street, Loughborough. 
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