AT WAHSEORD HOUSE, WATEORD, IN 1885 . 
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perature on tlie 25th (38°-4), and the extreme dryness of the air on 
the 26th (19°*3), the dew-point being 57°*7, and giving a relative 
humidity of 51 per cent., are noticeable features of the month. 
The mean daily range of temperature (21°*3) was even greater than 
in June, and, as in that month, there were six days with a range 
exceeding 30° (10th, 11th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th), one of which 
(25th) had a range of 38°*4. Min. below 52° on 13 days; max. 
above 72° on 15, above 82° on 3 (25th to 27th). There was no 
great prevalence of wind from any one quarter. ISo thunder¬ 
storms are recorded. 
August. —Rather cold, dull, with a rather dry atmosphere of 
average pressure, and a very small amount of rain. The rain was 
distributed pretty evenly over the month, hut none fell from 13th to 
19th, 7 days. There was no decided change in temperature, hut the 
latter part of the month was rather colder than the earlier. Both 
the mean daily range and the absolute range were much less than 
in either of the other two summer months, and in place of the six 
days with a range exceeding 30° in each of these months, there 
was only one (15th). Min. below 52° on 20 days, below 42° on 2 
(14th and 15th); max. above 62° on 24, above 72° on 5. N.E. 
winds mostly prevailed, and the next in frequency were S.W. 
There was a thunderstorm on the evening of the 7th, and thunder 
was heard on 5th and 6th. 
September. —Cold, rather dull, with an atmosphere of average 
pressure and humidity, and with a very heavy rainfall on a large 
number of days. Considerably more rain fell in September than 
during the three previous months together, and more in one day 
(10th) than during July and August together. Rain fell every day 
hut two (1st and 3rd) to 12th, to the extent of 2*80 ins., and again 
every day from 15th to 20th. Although the range of temperature 
exceeded 30° on only one day (22nd), the absolute range was great, 
owing to the early frost of the 27th (30°*8) and the unusually high 
temperature of the 15th (76°*7). Min. below 52° on 24 days, 
below 42° on 6, below 32° on 1 (27th), the first frost of the 
winter; max. above 62° on 18, above 72° on 1 (15th). As is usual 
in wet weather, S.W. winds greatly prevailed. 
October.-— Very cold, of average brightness, with an atmosphere 
of low pressure and average humidity, and with a very heavy rain¬ 
fall on a large number of days. This was the wettest month in 
the year, the fall of rain slightly exceeding that of September. 
The max. fall of the 23rd (0*80 in.) was nearly equalled on the 
6 th, when 0*70 in. fell; 0*45 in. fell on 30th, and about a quarter 
of an inch on each of the following days:—8th, 9th, 14th, 15th, 
25th, and 31st. The first fall of snow of the winter occurred on 
the 30th, and the second frost on the same day, the min. not having 
been below 32° since Sept. 27th. Min. below 42° on 22 days, 
below 32° on 1 (30th); max. above 52° on 13. The low pressure 
of 28*995 ins. occurred at 9 a.m. on the 10th. W. and K7W. winds 
greatly prevailed. The small number of days of S.W. winds is a 
remarkable feature for such a wet month. 
