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During the remarkably wet summer of the current year, according to the English journals, rain fell on 61 days out of 92, fog prevailed during 41 days, hail fell on 13 days. In some places, grass was left unmown until the middle of September; wheat ripened very irregularly, some being cut early in August, while much was left until October, and some was still standing on the 4th November. Apples, in the middle of England, did not ripen until the middle of September. The temperature reached 80 deg. In many places. At the London Royal Observatory it only attained 75 deg.; at York 73 deg.; at Ventnor (the English Nice,) 70 deg.
The Daily Dispatch: December 5, 1860. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. December 5, 1860. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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