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Bright sunshine was below the average being onlv
70 to 80 per cent. of the normal in many localities.
There was no rain for many days the dry weather
of the first fortnight of the month being continuous with
that experienced during the last 10 days of September.
Coastal fogs were infrequent; between the 15th and
the 27th they were reported occasionally on the Western
coasts and less frequently on the East coast.
There was a notable absence of gales over the Kingdom
and during the whole month very little wind was
experienced.
Mean temperatures: Maximum, 58.9°; minimum,
45.7°.
Rainfall at Leyton, .80 inch.
November.-—Rainy and rough.
Warm weather was experienced during the first
fortnight and the last week but from the 15th to the
25th there was a decidedly cold spell, during which very
sharp frosts were found and the highest daily temperatures
were lower than the minimum temperatures of the
first-mentioned periods.
Bright sunshine was recorded in excess of the
normal amount over the country as a whole.
Aurora was observed on the 11th at Aberdeen.
Rain was frequent and excessive, many heavy
showers occurred, and over the United Kingdom
generally the total fall was much above the average.
Fogs and mist were reported both on the coast and
inland, but were usually light and seldom persistent.