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the climate of London in preference to that of other places, as being best known, and as affording a fair mean of the climate of the interior of the southern half of England.


1.─Annual Mean Temperature.
Landsend (Penzance) 51.8°
London, 50.8°


2.─Mean Temperature of the Seasons.[1]
Winter. Spring. Summer. Automn.
Landsend, 44° 49.6° 60.2° 58.8°
London, 89.1° 48.7° 62.8° 51.8°


3.─Mean Temperature of the Months.
Jan. Feb. Mars. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Landsen 42.5 43.5 46.4 48.5 54.0 58.5 61.2 60.9 57.6 53.7 48.8 46.1
London 37.3 40.4 42.6 48.0 55.6 60.0 68.4 63.5 58.8 51.7 43.4 39.5


4.─Differences of the Mean Temperature of Winter and Summer.
Landsend, 16.2°
London, 23.2°


5.─Difference of the Mean Temperature of the warmest and coldest months.
Landsend, 18.7
London, 26.2


6.─Difference of the Mean Temperature of successive Seasons.
Of Winter & Spring. Of Spr. & Sum. Of Sum. & Aut. Of Aut. & Wint.
Landsend, 5.6° 10.6° 6.9° 9.3°
London, 9.6° 13.5° 11.0° 12.2°


7.─Difference of the Mean Temperature of successive Months.
Jan. & Feb. Feb. & Mar. Mar. & Avr. Avr. & May. May. & June. June. & July. July & Aug. Aug. & Sept. Sept. & Oct. Oct. & Nov. Nov. & Dec.
Landsend 1.0 2.9 2.1 5.5 4.5 2.7 0.3 3.3 3.9 4.9 2.7 8.6 3.1
London 3.3 2.2 5.3 7.6 4.3 3.4 0.1 4.7 7.0 8.8 8.8 2.2 4.8
  1. The more common divisions of the seasons is here adopted, winter comprehending Dec. Jan. Feb. and so on.