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Meteorology op Greenwich.
The Returns of the Registrar-General show that the rain-fall in the Metro
polis, during the Quarter, has been. 12.43 inches. One inch deep of rain-fall on
an acre weighs (allowing 10-lbs. to a gallon, which is the weight of a gallon
of distilled water) nearly 101 tons. During the corresponding Quarter of
last year the rain-fall was 5.26 inches. The mean temperature of the
air was 54.3°. In the corresponding Quarter of last year it was 51.8°.
The hottest days during the Quarter were Monday, the 24th June,
Wednesday, the 26th June, and Thursday, the 27th June, when the
thermometer indicated respectively 84.4°, 85.8°, and 85.4°. The hottest
day during the corresponding Quarter of last year was on Friday, the
29th June, when the thermometer indicated 85.1°.
Table of Weekly Mortality, &c., in London and in the
Whitechapel District.