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by very unsettled and wet weather. Later this latter
gave way to a period of dryness, there being no rain for 7 or
10 days, but from the 20th to the close of month rain and
thunder occurred almost every day. A striking feature
of the month was its persistent coldness. From beginning
to end there was not a day during which real summer
heat was experienced.
Mean temperatures—highest 62.4, lowest 47.2 degrees.
Rainfall for Leyton 4.1 inches.
July:—During the first half of the month rain was very
frequent, and it was this frequency rather than the quantity
of the rain that led to the impression that the month was
generally wet. For about a week round the 17th there
were only some trifling showers. From the 20th to the
end of the month the rainfall was not only frequent but
also very heavy. The weather from the 20th was also
unusually windy. The prevailing characteristics of the
month were dulness, wet and cold.
Mean temperatures—highest 70T, lowest 52 5 degrees.
Rainfall for Leyton 315 inches.
August:—Almost constantly through the first half of August
an anticyclonic system ruled. From the morning of the
2nd a spell of fine, dry and warm weather set in, and there
were 14 or 15 consecutively rainless days. This period