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Rainfall was less than the normal, being 62 per cent.
of the average throughout England and Wales.
Winds were experienced during the first 10 days of
the month, together with rain and moderate temperature;
thereafter the atmosphere proved calm and dry,
and with the unusual sunshine the days were warm, but
the nights cool. Fruit blossom and potatoes suffered
from the cold (sometimes frosty) nights.
Fogs were prevalent, especially along the Western
coast, and to a less extent along the Eastern.
Mean temperatures: Maximum, 59'4°; minimum,
42.0°.
Rainfall at Leyton, .75 inch.
May.—Cloudy and dry.
On the whole the temperature for the month was
less than the average, but there were variations from
week to week, the first being mild, the second and fourth
cold, and the third very warm.
Dry and bright weather from the 13th caused a rise
in the temperature, which reached 80° on the 22nd, but
this came to a close with thunderstorms.
Untimely night frosts then occurred, doing much
damage to fruit and other trees and vegetation generally.
Bright sunshine was in a deficiency over the Kingdom,
but a slight excess was noted in the South-East.
Rainfall on the whole was below the normal, though
some local excesses were observed.
High pressure alternated with depressions, and the
highest barometric reading was obtained during the
third week.