TAKEN AT THROCKING, HERTS, IN 1883. 
Ill 
10th, and 15th to 25th, with rain on each day; chief falls besides 
max., *34 in. on 4th and *35 on 5th. Prevailing wind , S.W.; gale 
on 25th. 
December.— A warm dry month with a great deficiency of sun¬ 
shine, and with thick wet fogs towards the close, which rendered 
the Christmas season damp and cheerless as far as the weather was 
concerned; the last glimpse of the sun for the year was on 23rd. 
Pressure, *21 in. above four-year mean ; highest, 30*59 ins., on 
25th; lowest, 29*60, on 11th. Temperature, 0°*7 below four-year 
mean; warmest days, 43°*0, on 11th and 12th; coldest day, 29°*4, 
on 7th; highest in sun, 81°*8, on 6th; lowest on grass, 23°*4, on 
8th; accumulated temp, above and below 42°, respectively 2675 
and 920 day-degrees; only frost registered in stand between 5th 
and 10th and between 17th and 19th, after which no frost was 
registered even by exposed thermometer. Rainfall , *57 in. below 
four-year mean; smallest of all in the four years by *67 in.; S on 
5th, 6th, 16th, 17th ; E made measurable deposit on 25th and 26th ; 
no falls other than max. to record. Prevailing wind , W., with 
gales on 3rd, 4th, 11th, and 12th. 
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