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METEOROLOGICAL NOTES.— May, 1885. 
Atmospheric pressure was unsteady throughout the month, though 
the range was not large. The barometer attained its highest point, 
30*207 inches, on the 12th. The past month was remarkable for its 
low mean temperature—above 4 degrees lower than the average. 
The minimum was below 40 degrees on sixteen nights, as against ten 
in 1883 and 1884; while the maximum reached 60 degrees on only 
seven days, as compared with seventeen in 1883 and nineteen in 1884. 
The highest readings were registered on the 28tli, and were 71*2° at 
Loughborough, 70*8° at Hodsock, 69*9° at Strelley, OS’S 0 at Coston 
Rectory, and 68° at Henley-in-Arden. In the rays of the sun, 130T° 
at Loughborough, 126*2° at Hodsock, and 125*6° at Strelley, also on 
the 28tli. The lowest readings were 27*9° at Hodsock, 28*5° at Coston 
Rectory, and 29° at Henley-in-Arden, on the 12tli; 30° at Strelley, on 
the 7th and 8tli; and 30*9° at Loughborough, on the 7tli. On the 
grass, 19*1° at Hodsock, on the 7th; 24*2° at Strelley, on the 8th ; and 
25° at Loughborough, on the 12th. Rainfall generally was below the 
average, excepting at Henley-in-Arden, where the observer reports it 
to have been 1*16 inches in excess of the mean of fifteen years. The 
amount at that station was 3*59 inches; at Strelley, 1*97 inches; 
Loughborough. 1*87 inches; Coston Rectory, 1*83 inches; Hodsock, 
1*73 inches. The number of “rainy days ” varied from twenty to 
twenty-one : the heaviest falls from 0*64 to 0*30. Snow fell at Henley- 
in-Arden on the 5tli and 7th. Lightning and thunder were observed 
at Loughborough on the 17th and 21st. Sunshine was deficient. 
Wm. Berridge, F.R. Met. Soc. 
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