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when the wind was more variable and the weather cold,
with snow showers in the western and northern districts.
Temperature was above the normal; the winds were
chiefly from between south and west. Rainfall was considerably
in excess of the average; bright sunshine was
fairly normal.
April- The mild south-westerly type of weather which had
been the feature of the winter months came to an end
early in April. Snow showers and night frosts were of
frequent occurrence, and the weather generally was of an
unseasonable character. During the last week the conditions
were of a cyclonic type, the centres of the disturbances
keeping to the southward, and so bringing the
wind into the eastward. Rainfall was irregularly distributed;
bright sunshine was above the normal generally
over the northern and inland parts of England.
May. The weather during the month was of a very variable
character, there being one well-defined anti-cyclone.
Thunderstorms were fairly numerous in several localities
on as many as five days in London, where those of the
30th and 31st were exceptionally severe and prolonged;
bright sunshine was generally well under the average.
June. In several respects the June weather was of a remarkable
character, presenting extremes of rain and drought,
of cold and warmth. Within the basin of the Thames the
rain was the largest June fall on record. There was a great
predominance of winds from the noth-east quarter; gales
were rarely felt; temperature varied greatly, from very
cold to very warm; rainfall was most irregularly distributed
; bright sunshine was rather deficient.