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London:

SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO., STATIONERS' HALL COURT;

J. D. POTTER, 31, POULTRY;

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LONDON:

PRINTED BY PEWTRESS & Co.,

Steam Printing Works,

15, GREAT QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, W.C.

THE

NAUTICAL MAGAZINE

FIFTIETH YEAR.

VOLUME L.-No. I.

JANUARY, 1881.

THE WEATHER OF THE AUTUMN, SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER, 1880.

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FTER a spring and summer singularly free from

serious gales, we have been visited during the autumn with storms, more than one of which developed unusual violence. It may, therefore, be of interest to give a brief notice of the weather of the British Isles during the past three months, from the especial point of view of the seaman, and to combine these with an estimate of the extent to which timely intimation of the gales which occurred was issued to the coasts, either from the Meteorological Office by means of its telegraphic warnings, or by the New York Herald through the newspapers.

The period under review commenced with fine weather and light westerly winds, the region of highest barometrical readings in Western Europe lying for the first three days over the north of France. Fog, however, was very prevalent in the English Channel during the time.

On the 4th of September the barometer fell briskly, except at the northern stations, and a fresh southerly wind set in over Ireland; a change which brought on in England the hottest day of the year, the temperature on the 4th at several stations nearly reaching 90°. After this, no features of particular interest

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