AT WANSFORD HOUSE, WATFORD, IX 1886 . 
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August. —Rather warm, of average brightness, with a rather 
humid atmosphere of considerable pressure, and with a small 
amount of rain. The 1st to 5th were cold, 6th to 8th warm, 9th 
to 19th cold, and 20th to 31st warm, 29th and 31st being very 
warm. From 1st to 19th rain fell every day hut 3rd to 7th, and 
14th; after 19th none fell. Min. temp, below 52° on 10 days; 
max. above 62° every day but 2nd (61°*8), above 72° on 15 days, 
above 82° on 2 (86°*6 on 30th, 87°*2 on 31st). 
September.— Warm, of average brightness, with a rather dry 
atmosphere of considerable pressure, and with a small amount of 
rain. The 1st was a very warm day (max. 83°-2), the 2nd, 
4th, 13th, and 14th were above the average of the month, and 
towards the end of the month the weather became much cooler. 
"No rain fell from 11th to 24th. Min. temp, below 42° on 3 days 
(17th, 18th, and 19th) ; max. above 62° every day but 4 (23rd, 
24th, 25th, and 27th), above 72° on 8, above 82° on 1 (1st). 
October.— Yery warm, of average brightness, with a rather 
humid atmosphere of less than average pressure, and with a very 
heavy rainfall. The warmest October of our period by 2°*8 ; the 
1st to 5th were exceptionally warm, the 6th to 12th, and 29th 
to 31st, about the average of the month, and the 13th to 28th 
about the usual October temperature. Rain fell every day from 
9th to 18th with a total of 2*23 ins., and an average of 0*22 ins. 
per day for this period. Min. temp, below 42° on 3 days (14th, 
22nd, and 23rd); max. above 52° every day but 2 (26th and 27th), 
above 62° on 6 (1st to 6th), above 72° on 3 (1st, 4th, and 5th). 
November.— Rather warm but very variable in temperature, of 
nearly average brightness, with a rather humid atmosphere of 
average pressure, and with an average rainfall. The first two days 
were the warmest; the 8th, 19th, and 23rd were cold. Rain fell 
everyday from 9 th to 17 th. Min. temp, below 32° on 7 days; 
max. above 52° on 8. 
December.— Rather cold, of average brightness, with a rather 
dry atmosphere of very low pressure, and with a very heavy rainfall. 
The 1st to 5th were very cold, 6th to 15th warm, and 16th to 31st 
very cold, the 18th to 21st being exceptionally so (mean temp. 
28°*1). Rain fell every day from 6th to 15th, but, including snow, 
nearly as much fell on 26th as on these ten days together. This 
was one of the heaviest falls of snow we have experienced. Min. 
temp, below 32° on 15 days, below 22° on 4 (3rd, 4th, 20th, and 
22nd); max. above 42° on 14, above 52° on 1 (6th). On the 8th, 
at 7*30 p.m., the almost unprecedentedly low pressure of 28*321 ins. 
was recorded. This is lower by 0*210 in. than any of my previous 
records at Watford, the lowest before this being 28*531 ins. at 
7 p.m. on 26th January, 1884. 
