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was everywhere below the average; and there was a deficiency
in the amount of bright sunshine.
September.—The early part of the month was extremely changeable,
with heavy rain, the unsettled weather culminating on the 10th
in a Westerly gale of unusual severity, which occasioned much
damage. A short spell of cold Northerly and North-westerly
winds set in, with frosts in many parts. Later on the weather
improved very materially. Temperature varied greatly. Rainfall
was in excess.
October.—Throughout the month the weather remained in an exceptionally
unsettled state. As a result the period was extremely
wet in all districts, the rainfall being both abnormally frequent
—from 28 to 31 rainy days being experienced—and heavy. On
the last day of the month there was a magnetic storm of exceptional
intensity. Pressure was everywhere considerably below the
mean; the winds were mostly from Southerly or Westerly direction.
Temperature kept rather high for the season. There was a
deficiency of bright sunshine practically everywhere.
November.—The weather experienced during the month of November
was generally of a more settled and drier character than that
of any preceding month of the year. The change was associated
with the presence, during the greater part of the time, of systems
of high barometric pressure, either immediately over our islands,
or with their centres to the South-west or South. There was a
good deal of fair to fine dry weather, and fogs were not so frequent
as is usual at this season. Pressure was above the average.
The winds were mainly from points between South-west and
North-west of England, and bright sunshine was in excess;
rainfall was below the average.
December.—The weather during the closing month of the year was
characterised by a great prevalence of dull, overcast skies, and
at times there was a good deal of mist and fog; the fog of the 5th
covering the greater part of England. Cyclonic depressions were
fairly numerous in our neighbourhood, and several were deep,