XXVIII. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT THROCKING, 
HERTS, DURING THE YEAR 1884 . 
By the Rev. C. W. Harvey, M.A., P.R.Met.Soc. 
Read at Hertford , Ibth April , 1885 . 
Position of Station. —Lat. 51° 57 / N., Long. 0° 2> f W.; River 
District of the Rib ; Height of Station above sea-level, 484 feet; 
Time of observing, 9 a.m. 
In the following report of my own observations, being the 
fifth I have had the honour of laying before the Society, I shall 
compare the present year, 1884, with the mean of the 5-year 
period 1880-84; the terms “ mean of the period” and “period” 
must therefore be understood to refer to these five years. 
The most striking feature in the weather of 1884 is its extreme 
dryness , a feature more especially observable upon this side of the 
county. Judging by the Royston records of rainfall it has been 
the driest year since 1864. By the table in which I have compared 
the observations of the present year with the mean of the period, 
it will be seen that as regards pressure the yearly mean, and in 
most cases the monthly mean, was above the mean of the period, 
a deficiency being observable in the spring months; as regards 
temperature the only months which showed deficiency were April, 
June, and November; whilst as regards rainfall the only months 
in excess were January, March, and July, the excess in March 
being so slight as to be scarcely noticeable. 
Months. 
Pressure. 
Temperature. 
Rainfall. 
Mean 
1880 - 84 . 
Diff. 
1884 . 
Mean 
1880 - 84 . 
Diff. 
1884 . 
Mean 
1880 - 84 . 
Diff. 
1884 . 
January . 
30*12 
+ •04 
36-1 
+ 5-7 
1 '39 
4- -68 
February . 
29-93 
+'03 
39-6 
4-0-4 
2-28 
—i-6i 
March .. 
29-96 
— -02 
41*4 
+ 1*3 
1-05 
4~ -02 
April . 
29-90 
—-o6 
45’3 
- 2-3 
1-69 
— -72 
May . 
30-04 
—-06 
51-2 
-Pi -5 
•87 
- - 4 8 
June... 
29-95 
+•06 
56-6 
-0-7 
i -95 
— -66 
July . 
29-93 
-f-io 
60 "6 
-0-4 
3 * 2 i 
4- ’20 
August. 
29-97 
+•17 
59-8 
- 3*3 
2-27 
- -36 
September . 
29-93 
+•10 
56-0 
-2-2 
2-53 
—1-02 
October. 
29-95 
+ •17 
47-3 
-o - 6 
3 -i 5 
— 2-12 
November. 
29'93 
■+ -28 
42-1 
-i -3 
2-43 
- -78 
December. 
29-94 
+ -04 
38-4 
4-0-2 
2-55 
— -13 
Year. 
29-96 
+•07 
47-9 
4 - 0-9 
25-37 
—6-98 
Pressure.— Upon the whole the barometer remained steady, and 
the rising and falling were effected gradually; only one depression 
could be called exceptional, that of January 26th, during a gale 
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