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Fogs on the coast were uncommon.
Mean temperatures: Maximum, 62.5°; minimum,
45.4°.
Rainfall at Leyton, 1.66 inches.
June.—Bright and dry.
Warmer weather than the average, to the extent of
nearly 1°, was experienced during the month.
As a whole the rainfall was below the normal, and
in some districts the diminution was marked, but this
fine dry weather was interspersed by thunderstorms
occurring locally and usually with heavy rain.
Bright sunshine was in very marked excess in
England, notably along the South and South-East coast.
A departure from the normal was recorded in the
pressure distribution, so that in all parts of the country
winds from the North-West and North-East, with a
tendency to low temperatures, obtained for the first half
of the month ; they were succeeded by South or SouthWest
winds with increased temperature.
Fogs were reported on the coast in the second and
third weeks, followed by a week of clear air and then
again fog on the West on the 27th.
Mean temperatures: Maximum, 70.4°; minimum,
51.2°.
Rainfall at Leyton, 1*91 inches.
July.—Changeable. Rainy in South and West.
The month opened with hot weather, on the 1st
temperatures of over 90° being recorded at Isleworth
and Greenwich. In Central and Eastern England
readings of over 80° were obtained on the 13th and