324 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



Meteorological Notes, and Remarks upon the Weather 

 during" the Year 1898, with its General Effects 

 upon Vegetation. 



By James Whitton, Superintendent of Parks, Glasgow. 



[Read 27th June, 1899.] 



As in former years, and in order to preserve the continuity of the 

 series, these notes are compiled from the records kept at Queen's 

 Park. 



January. — The weather at the opening of the year was dull 

 and mild. On the 5th a dense fog enveloped the city, but with a 

 rising barometer and the disappearance of frost the fog cleared off 

 and better weather was exnerienced. Stronsr winds from the 

 south-west on the 8th and 9th were followed by more settled and, 

 for the season, mild weather. On the 22nd the wind again 

 increased in force to a gale, and, accompanied by rain, caused 

 considerable damage throughout the city. For the remainder of 

 the month the weather was fine and open, and Christmas Roses 

 [Hellehorus niger, Linn.) and Jasminum nudiflorum, Lindl., were 

 in bloom. 



The barometer was lowest (29'10) on the 1st of the month, 

 and highest (30 '30) on the 23rd. Frost was registered on four 

 days, and the total amounted to 6°, a striking contrast to the 

 corresponding month of last year, when 143° were registered 

 on 20 days. The rainfall was 2*42 inches with 18 dry days. 

 The average maximum and minimum temperatures were 47° and 

 39°, as compared with 38° and 29° in the preceding January. 



February. — Throughout this month the weather was changeable 

 and boisterous. With a rapid fall of the barometer, a sharp 

 westerly gale, accompanied by heavy rain, occurred on the 2nd, 

 and continued throughout the 3rd, when frost set in which lasted 

 till the 8th, with a slight fall of snow on the 6th. For a few 



