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TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



41 --iS inches, on 196 davs — a somewhat strikins: difference. There 

 is an equally marked contrast in the periods during which it fell 

 compared with the previous year. In 1894 over 17 inches were 

 registered during the first three months, whereas in the corres- 

 ponding months of 1895 the amount was less than 2 inches. The 

 heaviest rainfall for one day in 1894 was 1*45 inches, which 

 occurred on 27th January, and over an inch was recorded on three 

 occasions during that year. Only on one day, however, in 1895, 

 viz., 4th December, was the amount over an inch, when 1 03 inches 

 feU. The wettest month of 1894 was February, when the ex- 

 ceptionally large amount of 8 -96 inches of rain fell, whereas in 

 1895 August had the greatest rainfall, with 6*02 inches. It may 

 be noted that for a series of years there has been a heavy rainfall 

 in August. 



As alreadv stated, these notes are based on the records taken 

 at Queen's Park, but the following table of the rainfall recorded 

 in the other Parks, where gauges are now placed, shows interesting 

 points of comparison ; due allowance being made for the altitude, 

 exposure, and other local conditions, as in no two cases are they 

 alike : — 



EAINFALL DURING 1895 IN THE PUBLIC PARKS. 



