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July.—The month was hot and very dry. The rainfall was only about one quarter of the average.
The mean temperature is high, and above the average, and was at Wallington 63.2 degrees. There were
recorded 234.8 hours of sunlight, which is 19.2 hours or three per cent. above the July average of the 20
years 1886-1905.
August.—The mouth was very dry and hot. It is the smallest August rainfall since 1899, and the
mean temperature of the month is the greatest since that date. The rainfall of the month is about an
inch below the average. The mean temperature of the month is about three and a half degrees above
the average, and was at Wallington 65.1. There were recorded 230.6 hours of sunlight, which is 32.5
hours or seven per cent. above the August average of the 20 years 1886-1905.
September.-The month was a most extraordinary one. The very high temperature on the first
three days constitutes a record. Ground frosts and fogs occurred in the district during the last week.
The rainfall is from a half to a quarter of an inch below the average. The mean temperature of the
month is between one and two degrees above the average, and was at Wallington 58.9 degrees. There
were recorded 175.1 hours of sunlight, which is 15.4 hours or four per cent. above the September average
of the 20 years 1886-1905.
October.—An exceedingly warm October—in fact, the warmest at Greenwich since 1861, and then
back to 1831. The mouth has also been a wet one. The mean temperature of the month is about five
degrees above the average, and was at Wallington 54.1 degrees. There were recorded 122.1 hours of
sunlight, which is 24.3 hours or seven per cent. above the October average 1886-1905, and has only been
exceeded three times in such period.
November.—A most extraordinary month, one of the warmest and wettest Novembers for many
years past. The rainfall was one and a half inches above the average. The mean temperature of the
month was about three degrees above the average, and was 47.9 degrees. There were recorded at
Wallington 31.9 hours of sunlight, which is 19 hours or seven per cent. below the November average
of the 20 years 1886-1905.
December.—The month was as a whole, dry, cold, and sunless, snowstorm on the night of the
25th-26th, snow also fell on the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th. The rainfall of the month was about the
average. The mean temperature of the month was below the average, and was 37.4 degrees. There
were recorded at Wallington 18.2 hours of sunlight, which is 19.6 hours or nine per cent. below the
December average of the 20 years 1886-1905. This is the lowest December value since 1890.