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1888, but higher than in 1886, and there was a good deal of
fog. In February the mean temperature was 37.0 deg., or
0.1 deg. below that in January, but it was higher than in 1888,
when the weather was very cold. There was more rain than
in January, viz., 1.75 inches, which fell on 17 days The
highest temperature recorded was 58.4 deg., and the lowest
21.4 deg., which was the lowest for the year. There was a
thunderstorm in London on the 2nd of this month. In March
the highest temperature was 60.6 deg., and the lowest 21.8,
giving the large range for March of 38.8 deg. The mean
temperature was 40.6 deg., or 0.9 below the average. The
total rainfall was less than in February, being l.37 inches, but
it fell on nearly as many days. The general characteristics of
the month were coldness and cloudiness. April was also a
rainy month, as 1.92 inches fell on 20 days. The highest
temperature recorded was 64.6 deg., and the lowest 34.2 deg.,
the mean for the month being 45.7 deg., which was still below
the average to the daily extent of 1.2 deg. The weather was
generally unsettled and cloudy. In May a marked change
occurred, as it was generally warm, but rain prevailed to a
great extent, as no less than 3.44 inches fell on 14 days. The
temperature rose as high as 81.2 deg., and on some days it was
more than 10 deg. above the mean, and for the month was 4.0
deg. above it; the lowest temperature recorded was 44.2 deg.,
giving a range of 37.0 deg. June was a singularly fine
month, as rain fell on 8 days only, but the total was 1.71
inches. The highest temperature in the year was recorded in
this month, viz., 84.6 deg., the lowest having been 39.6 deg.,
giving a range of 45.0 deg., and the mean temperature was as
high as 61.4 deg., being also the highest for the year, and 2.5
deg., in excess. There was an unusual amount of sunshine, but
no unusual amount of diarrhoea, as the ground and water had
not been heated up to the temperature when this disease becomes
epidemic. In July, after the 13th, a decided change for the
worse occurred, so that the mean temperature for the month