208 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



RAINFALL DURING 1900 IN THE PUBLIC PARKS. 



In reference to the temperature, the mean (47°) is the same as 

 that of the preceding year. Although the amount of frost for 

 the year is considerably less than that of 1899, the absence of 

 any prolonged period of heat during the summer goes to make up 

 the balance. The highest reading of the thermometer in the 

 shade was 75° on the loth of August, which is 5° lower than the 

 highest reading of 1899. The thermometer was at or above 70° 

 7 days in June, 9 in July, 5 in August, or 21 times in all, as 

 compared with 35 times in 1899. 



The lowest reading of the thermometer was on the 11th 

 February, when the minimum thermometer fell to 9°, or 23° of 

 frost. The amount of frost registered throughout the year was 

 326°, occurring on 57 days, and the coldest month was February, 

 with 189° of frost registered on 19 mornings. In 1899 December 

 was the coldest month, and the total amount of frost for the year 

 was 415 on 64 mornings. The coldest day was 15th December, 

 when the thermometer touched 15°-17° of frost. 



The following comparative table of records taken at different 

 Parks, tfcc, is of interest. As in the case of the preceding table 

 allowance must be made for local conditions : — 



