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September.—The weather in September was cool from the 1st to the
7th and from the 15th to the 19th and generally mild but mostly
dull, on all other days. The mean daily temperature of the air
was generally above its average from the 8th to the 14th and
from the 20th to the 30th and generally below on all other days.
The fall of rain was small, and somewhat below its average,
October.—The weather in October was for the most part dull, with
frequent rain till the 9th and from the 16th to the 20th. The
mean daily temperature of the air was generally below its average
from the 4th to the 15th and from the 20th to the 27th, and
generally above on all other days. The fall of rain was a little
below its average.
November.—The weather in November was generally dull but fine,
with frequent dense fogs at the beginning and at the middle of
the month. The mean daily temperature of the air was above its
average from the 8th to the 13th, from the 18th to the 21st, and
from the 27th to the 30th and generally below its average on all
other days. The fall of rain was below its average at all stations;
the fall for the month was below the average of 86 years, and there
were only four instances of as small or smaller fall of rains for the
month of November back to the year 1815.
December.—The weather in December was generally wet and dull,
with strong gales of wind and heavy falls of rain and snow at the
middle and towards the end of the month. The mean daily
temperature of the air was generally above its average from the
1st to the 9th and from the 28th to the 31st and generally below
from the 10th to the 27th. The fall of rain was greatly in excess
of its average. The severe gale which occurred on the 12th and
18th was accompanied at many of the Northern and Midland
stations by a heavy fall of snow.