188 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



Meteorological Notes and Remarks upon the 

 Weather during the Year 1907, with its General 

 Effects upon Vegetation. 



By James Whitton, Superintendent of Parks, Glasgow. 



[Read 31st March, 1908.] 



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

 have been compiled, as in former years, from the records kept 

 at Queen's Park, Glasgow. 



January. — The new year was ushered in with weather con- 

 ditions of an unpleasant nature. The morning was dull and 

 cold, while at night a storm of wind and rain set in, which 

 continued throughout the following day. After a slight touch 

 of frost on the 3rd and 4th, rain, intermixed with hail and 

 sleet, again occurred on the evening of the latter, and continued 

 irregularly for a few days. Then the weather moderated, and 

 for about a fortnight it was unseasonably open and mild, the 

 17th being a remarkably fine, spring-like day. After the 18th it 

 was more wintry in character, with some sharp frosts, 14° being 

 registered on the 24-th, while on the same day the first fall of 

 snow of the season occurred. The wintry conditions lasted until 

 the 27th, when a strong, fresh wind sprang up, which quickly 

 dispelled all the snow from the ground. On the 28th a severe 

 gale, which lasted over the 29th, sprang up, and was accompanied 

 with thunder, lightning, and rain. A considerable amount of 

 damage was caused throughout the country by this storm. The 

 last two days of the month were diy and frosty. 



The barometrical readings show a Avide range. On the 1st 

 the atmospheric pressure indicated was 29*10 inches; on the 2nd 

 it was down to 28'70, from which point it rapidly rose to 29*90; 

 on the 4th, with four exceptions, the pressure was over 30*00 

 inches daily until the 27th, when a sharp depression set in, 

 followed by the gale of the 28th and 29th. The readings for these 

 days were 29*30 and 29'10 inches respectively. The highest 



