348 THE CEREAL AXD OTHER CROPS OF SCOTLAND FOR 1883, 



several places the fall being only half the average ; but in the 

 north and north-west it was above the average, being double the 

 average at Cape Wrath, and a half more than the mean at many- 

 places. In other districts the rainfall was distributed very 

 sporadically in quantities varying from a third above to a third 

 below the average. 



June. — The temperature was a degree and a half below the 

 average, the larger part of this defect being occasioned by the 

 colder nights. The deficiency was greatest in the south, where 

 in several instances it was as much as 2°"5. As in May, the 

 cold was least at all the extreme eastern stations from Shetland 

 to Berwick. 



The rainfall was a third of an inch under the average. To 

 the north of a line drawn from Dundee through Aberfeldy, Airds, 

 and Dunvegan, the rainfall was without exception under the 

 average, in very many cases being even less than half the average. 

 It was also below the average in the counties of Eenfrew, 

 Stirling, and the Lothians, the west of Fife, Selkirk, and large 

 portions of the counties of Lanark, Dumfries, and Kirkcudbright, 

 but in these districts the defect was not great. Elsewhere it 

 exceeded the average, being fully a half more at Ochtertyre, 

 Melrose, AVolfelee, and Eallabus. 



July. — The temperature was 1°"5 under the average, the days 

 being relatively much colder than the nights, which is explained 

 by a greater amount of cloud and less sunshine than usual. 

 The deficiency in temperature was greatest to the south of the 

 Grampians, particularly in the extreme south-west of the 

 country. From Skerryvore to Dumfries the deficiency was 

 fully 2°, and it was there where the temperature of the days 

 fell lowest as compared with the average. On the other hand, 

 over the whole of Orkney and Shetland temperature was above 

 the average, the excess in Shetland being 1°, and in these 

 islands the temperature of the days exceeded the average. 



The rainfall was 0"71 inch in excess of the mean, but its dis- 

 tribution was very unequal. Over the whole of western districts 

 from the Solway to Eoss-shire, and in Orkney and Shetland, it 

 was greatly under the average, amounting in several places to 

 scarcely a half of the average. In all other districts it was above 

 the average, and many places were marked by an excessive 

 rainfall in July. The following are the more noteworthy heavy 

 falls stated in percentages above the means : — Fettercairn, 158 ; 

 Cupar, Aberfeldy, and Dunrobin, 130 ; Tain, Inverness, Logie 

 Coldstone, and Wolfelee, 100. Thus, during this important agri- 

 cultural month, the northern islands enjoyed warm, dry weather ; 

 in the south-west it was cold and dry, but over the most im- 

 portant of the agricultural districts in the east the weather was 

 unpropitiously cold and wet. 



