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WEATHER-REPORT 



FOR THE 



PERIOD COVERED BY THE SPRING-IMMIGRATION OF 1912. 



The weather-reports are abstracted from the weekly returns 

 o£ the Meteorological Office, and include the conditions 

 prevailing between 



Parallels of Latitude 40° N. and 60° N. 

 Longitude 10= E. and 10° W. 



Special attention has been paid to the conditions observed 

 over the north coast of Spain, the Bay of Biscay, the coast 

 of France bounding the Bay, the English Channel, and our 

 southern shores. 



Opposite the date will be found a record of the height 

 of the barometer, the direction and force of the wind, the 

 temperature and weather-conditions prevailing at 7.0 A.M. 

 on each day at Portland Bill. 



The weather-conditions will be much more readily under- 

 stood if the meteorological maps are themselves consulted. 



Summary of the Weather- Conditions. 



March. — On the whole the weather was wild, wet, and stormj- through- 

 out the month, but it was exceptionally mild, owing to a 

 preponderance of south-westerly winds. Fog was less 

 prevalent than usual, but there was a good deal along the 

 coasts on the 11th, 12th, and 14th, and also on the 24th 

 and 25th. 



April. — Weather beautiful, but with a good deal of fog along the north 

 coast of Spain. 



May, — The weather was less tine and bright than in April, but the 

 conditions were anticyclunic, with few galee. 



