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on the 21st; and on the 23rd and 24th, when the centre
of a deep barometric depression passed Northward from
the South-East of England to the Norwegian coasts, a
still heavier fall was experienced over the Eastern half of
Great Britain, the downpour being especially severe in
Northumberland and Berwickshire. In the latter half of
June the thermometer was mostly below its normal level.
Mean temperatures : Highest, 70.9°; lowest, 50.3°.
Rainfall at Leyton, 2.51 inches.
July.—July opened with a long spell of warmth and drought,
most places in the Southern parts of England and Wales
reporting an entire absence of rain extending over at least
three weeks. In many parts of South Wales and the South.
West of England no rain fell for at least 28 days.
Temperature was almost continuously above the
normal, the warmest spells occurring on the 7th and 8th,
between the 12th and 14th, and the 21st and 22nd. On
the first and second of these occasions the thermometer
rose to 85° and upwards in many parts of England, the
readings on the 8th being as high as 90° at a few of the
Southern stations, and as high as 91° at Wilton, Salisbury.
On the 21st and 22nd shade readings above 90° were
recorded in several parts of the Midland and South.Eastern
counties, the thermometer rising to 96° at Greenwich and
to 97° at Epsom.