METEOROLOGICAL NOTES DURING THE YEAR 1897. 163 



Meteorological Notes, and Remarks upon the Weather 

 during" the Year 1897, with its General Effects 

 upon Vegetation. 



By James Whitton, Superintendent of Parks, Glasgow. 



[Read 26th April, 1898.] 



In order to preserve the continuity of the series of notes, the 

 figures dealt with are from the records kept at Queen's Park. 



January. — With a prevalence of S.W. winds, the weather, 

 until the 6th. was mild and pleasant for the season. Thereafter 

 the winds were chieflv from north and east, and the weather 

 became much colder, with unpleasant changes. On the occasions 

 when frost was registered, dense fogs were very frequent in the 

 citv. These conditions continued until the end of the month. 

 On the evening of the 29th a snowstorm set in, and continued 

 with severity on the 30th. The fall of snow within the twenty- 

 four hours was in many places about 6 inches, but it was of a 

 soft nature and rapidly melted. 



With the winds so frequently from the north and east, the 

 rainfall was low, only 1*22 inches being recorded, of which a 

 certain amount would be melted snow. The greatest amount 

 recorded on one day was 0*40 on the 4th. There were twenty- 

 three dry days. 



During the month the atmospheric pressure, as indicated by 

 the barometer, was somewhat irregular, varying between 29-40 

 inches on the 6th and 30*14 inches on the 20th. Then there was 

 a sharp fall to 29*20 on the 25th, when there was a fall of snow 

 to the depth of 1 inch. Por three days thereafter there was a 

 steady rise to 29*85 on the 28th, followed by a rapid drop to 

 29*10 inches during the prevalence of the snowstorm on the 30th. 



Frost, amounting to 143°, was registered on twenty mornings — 

 the lowest reading being on the 18th, when 16" of frost were 



