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sky was bright. The rainfall was rather less than usual, and 
the number of wet days was unusually small. The duration of 
sunshine was an hour and a half a day longer than usual, which 
is an exceptional deviation from the average. Westerly winds 
prevailed. 
The Autumn (Sept, to Nov.) was cold, both days and nights 
having been colder than usual, giving an average mean daily range 
of temperature. The air was rather humid and the sky rather 
cloudy. The rainfall was very small, being about 60 per cent, 
below the average, but the number of wet days was about the 
same as usual. The duration of sunshine was nearly a quarter of 
an hour a day longer than usual. Westerly winds prevailed. 
Table III .—Means of Climatological Observations {with Extremes 
of Temperature) taken at Bennington , Berkhamsted, St. Albans , 
and New Barnet , during the Year 1904. 
Months 
Temperature of the Air 
Humidity 
Cloud, 0-10 
Rain 
Means 
Extremes 
Amount 
Days 
Mean 
Min. 
Max. 
Range 
Min. 
Max. 
O 
O 
O 
O 
O 
O 
% 
ins. 
Jan.. 
37 -6 
32A 
42*9 
io -6 
20*1 
55’o 
94 
8 -o 
3-06 
23 
j Feb. 
38*2 
33'2 
43 ” I 
9*9 
24 "6 
55‘3 
87 
7'4 
3 -i 8 
19 
March . 
39'9 
33’i 
467 
13-6 
22*9 
59-8 
87 
77 
i*45 
17 
| April . 
48*5 
40 ' 1 
56-9 
16-8 
277 
66’6 
75 
6-6 
•97 
11 
May. 
52-9 
447 
6 l '2 
16-5 
327 
74'o 
77 
8 'o 
2-14 
17 
June.. 
57-i 
47‘i 
67-0 
19*9 
3 8-8 
77’° 
72 
67 
•92 
9 
Jul y . 
647 
53'9 
75*5 
21 ‘6 
48 T 
88-6 
68 
5 *4 
3*12 
11 
August. 
6o"6 
50‘S 
707 
20'2 
40 ’2 
91 ‘O 
7i 
5’4 
2 '21 
12 
Sept. 
54-8 
45‘9 
637 
17-8 
35’i 
74 - 9 
82 
60 
I *40 
14 
Oct.. 
49'9 
42 b 
57 ’3 
147 
257 
69-9 
88 
7-6 
i*35 
15 
Nov. 
4i-5 
35 ’3 
477 
12*4 
I7’5 
60 2 
9i 
7’3 
1 '64 
15 
Dec. 
38 b 
337 
43‘4 
97 
197 
56-6 
91 
8-9 
2*12 
21 
Year . 
487 
41 ‘O 
56-3 
15*3 
17-5 
91 - o 
82 
7-1 
23*56 
184 
January. —Mild, humid, cloudy, and wet. Both days and nights 
were warmer than usual. The relative humidity was considerably 
above the average, the cloud slightly above, the rainfall nearly 
double, and the wet days nearly 50 per cent, in excess. There 
were only a few unseasonably cold days ( 20 th to 25th). The 
minimum temperature was below 32° on 17 days at Berkhamsted 
and 15 at St. Albans. The duration of sunshine was a little short 
of the average. The prevailing direction of the wind was S.S.W. 
February.— father mild, of average humidity, cloudy, and 
excessively wet, with many wet days. The mean temperature was 
half a degree above the average, although the days were rather 
colder than usual, the nights being unusually warm, and the daily 
range of temperature therefore very small. The first half of the 
month was much warmer than the second half, and the first three 
