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METEOROLOGY.
Mr. James Glaisher, F.R.S., in his Report to the
Registrar-General on the Meteorology of England
and Wales, observes that the weather in the early
part of July was very warm, and the month was
generally fine and warm. The temperature of the
air was above its average till the 11th and from the
20th to the 25th. The fall of rain was generally
small, but at a few stations it slightly exceeded the
average.
In August the weather was very warm, fine, and
dry, with a remarkably hot period extending from
the 8th to the 18th. The temperature of the air was
above the average, except till the 7th, and from the
23rd to the 29th. The fall of rain was below the
average.
In September the weather was generally very fine
and dry, particularly during the first half of the
month. The temperature of the air was above the
average till the 8th, from the 14th to the 20th,
and from the 26th to the end of the month. The
fall of rain was very variable, being much below the
average at most stations, and fully up to it at a few.
About London the mean temperature of the air
for July was 630.1, being 10.5 above the average of
122 years.