So Last Month Was Hot The long spell of hot weath last month in iRhal was no fisht of ina reports that the total po-rible duration of sum= shine for the month was 410 hours, out of whfeh we were grilled for M7—W0 per cent, of th total, or 15 per cent. more than the "avers Auwist deals of 10 us. Comparing "this wih the sixty' principal <cuside resorts and. cities in England, they were favoured with a meagre per cent, of their possible total, The aw maximum temperature ior August way 9°, or 13 per cent, Above the average maximum for that month during. the past 50 years, during which time the average umber of henry of sunshine has been 215.
It may be interesting for the reader to com= pare Shanghai's temperature and sunshine with, fame of the main towns in England during Possible Shanghat 'o.00 2 ton on 2
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