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degree higher than the previous record—543 in 1841. 
Details will he found elsewhere. The April maximum (76°) 
was just equalled in 1869; but the mean (6T1°) exceeds by 
07 that of 1844. Perhaps most remarkable were the two 
weeks from August 7-21, including the five maxima over 80, 
the average maxima being 77*2, while the 6 p.m. values 
averaged 7P9°. On the 18th, the hottest day, a dense cloud 
gathered over York at 12 o’clock, w r hen the rise was checked. 
At Driffield a maximum of 90° was reached (Mr. J. Lovel, 
F.M.S., observations) between one and two p.m. Frosts were 
frequent up to mid-April, and in November. 
Mean pressure varied little from the average; the range was 
2*10 inches. Minima below 29 inches occurred in three 
months. The most serious consequence was the storm of 
November Nth, associated with a violent easterly gale and 
snow, and resulting in the loss of at least 300 lives. Exposed 
windows showed signs of salt spray. 
The excess of bright sunshine (the total, 1595 hours, being 
372J hours above the mean) was divided among all the 
months except January. Its deficiency of 4J hours was made 
up in the next month, whilst March and October had 50% of 
the ordinary amount and April almost double. This month 
actually gave 57% of the possible amount, the nearest approach 
to which, in any month, was for May, in 1881 and 1882, 
when 54% and 55% were reached. The actual hours were 
exceeded in those years. The August total and percentage 
likewise exceed any previous records for that month. The 
same is true of March, September, and October; the last 
month had not previously exceeded 100 hours. 
Rain or Snow, to an amount exceeding ’005 inch of water, 
fell on 165 days, or 5 less than the average. The total fall 
was 2J inches below the mean, although as many months were 
above as below. The chief deficiency was in March, April, 
and June, especially in the two former months, when we 
fully shared in the drought which further south remained 
practically unbroken until July or even September. Thunder¬ 
storms account for several heavy falls, notably the highest 
for the year, on July 3rd, and a second in the same week, 
of 075 on the 9th. On this last occasion most abnormal falls 
