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and Eastern England, the conditions improving greatly to
Westward and Northward. Heavy rain fell pretty generally
over the Southern half of England on the 12th.
Rainfall for Leyton, 1.78 inches.
April.—April opened with rather more than a week of cold
North and North-East winds (reaching the force of a gale
on our Southern and Eastern coasts), the midday temperatures
recorded in the South of England on the 5th
and 6th being in some places the lowest ever observed at
so advanced a period in the season. Heavy showers of
snow or sleet were experienced at about the same time in
the Eastern and Southern parts of Great Britain. In the
Western districts the weather was fair and less cold.
After the 11th an anti.cyclone spread down from the
North.Westward, and fine weather set in generally, with
high day temperatures, but a continuance of frosty nights.
Between the 17th and 19th the conditions were influenced
by a cyclonic disturbance which extended slowly from the
Atlantic, causing rain in all districts, with a gale from
between South and West over a considerable portion of
England and Ireland.
In the closing part of the month fresh to strong
Westerly and South.Westerly winds prevailed, with mild
showery weather.
Mean temperatures : Highest, 55.3°; lowest, 38.6°.
Rainfall at Leyton, 1.38 inches.