96 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OP GLASGOW. 



were only 13 dry days in the month. After the drop on the 2nd, 

 the barometric pressure gradually increased, with slight variations, 

 until the 17th, when it stood at 30-25 inches, falling steadily from 

 that point until the 24th and 25th, when it was at 29*20, thus 

 showing a fairly wide range over the month's readings. 



With the rainfall in the first fortnight there was a rapid 

 decline in the temperature, and frosts occurred nearly every 

 morning after the 16th. The lowest reading was on the 28th, 

 when 11° of frost were registered. The total amount of frost 

 recorded was 75°, occurring on thirteen days. Snow to the depth 

 of 1^ inches fell on the 26th, but it soon melted. The average 

 maximum temperature was 49°, and the minimum 34°, or 2° 

 lower in each case than those of October, 1894. During the 

 month westerly winds prevailed, inclining northward on ten days. 



With the frosts of the month the deciduous trees, which had 

 retained their foliage longer than usual, rapidly cast their leaves, 

 and assumed the bare appearance natural to the winter season. 



JV^ovemher. — With the winds easterly the weather was dry and 

 frosty for the first five days, during which time the City was 

 more or less enshrouded in a pall of dense, disagreeable fog. The 

 wind changed to the south-west from the 6th until the 17th, when 

 there was a succession of heavy rains, showers of hail, and 

 severe gales, which made the weather conditions extremely 

 unpleasant. After the 17th the weather was less stormy, and of 

 a soft, mild character. During the stormy fortnight the winds 

 were chiefly from the south-west, but for sixteen days they were 

 of a light description from the east, with a tendency northwards 

 towards the end of the month. Rain to the amount of 4*08 inches 

 was recorded, falling on 21 days. The barometric readings show 

 very erratic changes, with a wide range over the month. The 

 pressure varied from 28'60 on the 12th, which was the lowest read- 

 ing during the stormy weather, to 30*20 inches on the 24th, when 

 the air was clear and bracing for a few days. 



The thermometer was at or below 32° on five mornings, and the 

 amount of frost recorded was 22°. The average maximum or day 

 temperature was 45°, and the minimum or night 36°, or 3° and 

 2° lower than those of the previous November. 



December. — On the 1st there was a renewal of the westerly 

 gales, and these continued with more or less severity during the 



