METEOROLOGICAL NOTES DURING THE TEAR 1900. 207 



For the first three weeks of the month the barometer readings 

 show no especially sharp changes, but on the 21st, the day of the 

 great gale, the atmospheric pressure was indicated at 28-90 inches. 

 On the 28th it dropped from 29*20 inches to 28*50 inches on the 

 29th, this being the lowest reading of the year. 



The effect of the abnormal mildness was seen by the condition 

 of the grass, which was bright and green. The buds on some 

 forms of hawthorns swelled nearly to bursting, and roses made 

 fresh growth ; the Japanese species, Rosa rugosa, being as pre- 

 cocious as any of its congeners. Jasminum nudiflorum, which 

 began to open its blooms during November, was in many cases in 

 fine flower during the month. 



With regard to the rainfall of 1900, it may be noted that the 

 total amount registered for the year, 46*46 inches, is greatly in 

 excess of the yearly records for the last twelve years. The next 

 highest yearly record is that of 1899, when 41*67 inches were 

 registered. The number of dry days during the year was 164, 

 while in 1899 there were 193 dry days, and the lowest for the 

 twelve preceding years was in 1890, which had 170 dry days. A 

 striking contrast, and as showing the period during which the rain- 

 fall of 1900 exceeded that of the preceding year, is the total for 

 the last three months of the year. The amount registered in 1899 

 for this period was 12*15 inches, and for the same period of 1900, 

 18*96 inches. The heaviest rainfall for one day in 1900 was 1*42 

 inches on the 25th of June, while in 1899 the heaviest daily rain- 

 fall was 1*50 inches on the 18th of May. The wettest; month of 

 the year was December, with a total of 7*71 inches. In the 

 preceding year the wettest month was also December, which had 

 5*64 inches. The driest month of 1900 was March, with the 

 month of 1899 with total of 0*28 inch, August being the driest 

 exceptionally small 1*38 inches. 



As already stated, these notes are based on records taken at 

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

 other Parks, <&c, where gauges have been placed, show interesting 

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

 exposure, and other local conditions, as in no case are they alike : — 



