VVJlULli \0L. NOTES. NORTH ATLANTIC 95 



WEST INDIES 



BARBADOS 



Lat. 13° 8' N. Long. 59" 36' W. 



Pressurk and Temperature. 



After a prolonged investigation it was decided that the data of 

 pressure and tem])erature at this station were not 

 sufficiently reliable to l)e included. 

 Precii'itation. 

 Authorities: 



1853 to 1865. Meteorological observations at the Foreign 

 and Colonial Stations of the Royal Engineers and 

 the Army Medical Department, 1852-1886, Lon- 

 don, 1890. 



1866 to 1886. Manuscript returns communicated by the 



Medical Department and tiled in the Meteorological 

 Office, London. 



1887 to 1894. London, Army Medical Department. Annual 

 abstract of meteorological ol)servations taken at 

 Netley and stations abroad. London, Army Medi- 

 cal Department Reports. 



1895 to 1913. Monthly summaries in manuscript communi- 

 cated by the Botanic Station and filed in the 

 Meteorological Office, London. 



19 T4 to 1920. Barbados Blue Books. 

 Site: The height above Mean Sea Level was: 



1853 to 1862 6 ft. 



1865 to 1867 August 15 ft. 



1867 September to 1868 September 25 ft. 



t868 October to 1874 28 ft. 



1875 to 1894 31 ft. 



1895 to 1902 June 210 ft. 



1902 July to 1920 181 ft. 



Xotes: Two stations have been maintained at Barbados. One, 

 St. Ann's, from 1853 to 1900 under the control of 

 the Medical Department and the other from 1895 

 to 1920 at the Botanic Station. The monthly totals 

 for the two stations 1895 to 1900 were compared 

 and the following smoothed ratio found : 



.Ian. Kcl). Mar. .Xpi-. May ,Juiic ,liily Aiif;. Sept. Oct. Nov. Doc. 



1.43 l.r.T 1.48 1.21 0.92 0.82 0.94 1.13 1.21 1.18 1.1.') 1.24 



