^2 NOTES- -ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. 



rainfall as 1899 there were in 1900 about 40 more days with rain. In January 

 rain fell on as many as 22 days, and in both November and December on 20 

 days. In July there were only six rainy days, and in September seven, but 

 these was no other month with fewer than 13. 



" The mean temperature for the year at Greenwich was 5ideg., which is 

 about ideg. above the average of the last 60 years There were seven months 

 with an excess of temperature, and in December the mean was45-3deg., which 

 is nearly 6deg. above the average. In July, which was by far the hottest 

 month of the year, with a mean of eyydeg., there was an excess of 4deg. Of 

 the months with the mean temperature below the average, the greatest 

 deficiency was sdeg. in March, and in no other month did the deficiency 

 amount to i-sdeg. The coldest month of the year was February, with a 

 mean of sS'sdeg., while in March the mean was only 39-4deg; The absolutely 

 highest temperature in the shade was 94deg. on July 16, and there were four 

 da'ys above godeg. in July between the i6th and 25th. In June the shade 

 temperature registered 89-4deg., while in August and September there is no 

 reading as high as Badeg. The absolutely lowest temperature was iSdeg. on 

 Feb. 9, and the greatest number of frosts— eleven— occurred during that 

 month. The greatest range of temperature in any month was 50-4deg. in 

 April, the least 25-6deg. in December. The temperature was above the mean 

 in the Metropolis on 210 days, and below the mean on 155 days. In December 

 there were as many as 29 warm days, and in July and November 24 warm 

 days, while in March there were 23 cold days." 



Bi'itish Rainfall, 7900.— Referring to the hope expressed in the notice of 

 the late Mr. Symons on page 59 ante, we are glad to announce that the 

 work of registering the rainfall in the United Kingdom will be carried on. 

 The volume for 1900 has now (September, 1901,) been issued, edited by 

 Dr. H. R. Mill and Mr. H. S. Wallis, for many years Mr. Symons' assistant. 

 The work is published by Mr. Stanford. Ed. 



