20 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 
registered, after which the weather kept open and comparatively 
mild for the season until the end of month, when 5° and 7° frost 
were recorded on 30th and 31st respectively. The average day 
temperature was 54°, and that of night 40°. The winds were 
generally westerly. 
November.—The first few days were somewhat cold and wet. — 
Frost set in on the 5th, and continued intermittently for 
nearly three weeks. The lowest reading was on 21st, when the 
thermometer fell to 22°. A total of 61° of frost was registered 
on thirteen mornings. During the month the readings of ther- 
mometer and barometer show sudden and erratic changes. On 
the 17th, when the great and destructive storm of wind swept 
over the country, the barometer fell from 29:65 to 28°30 within 
twenty-four hours, and as rapidly rose again. The winds were 
very variable, the greater proportion being from the north-west. 
There were nineteen dry days, and a rainfall of 3-07 inches in this 
month. The average day temperature was 43°, and the night 32°. 
December.—With the exception of the first three days, when 
hard frosts prevailed—14° of frost being registered on the 2nd— 
the weather was remarkably mild and open. As in the preceding 
month, the changes were frequent and sudden, the barometer 
readings being exceedingly erratic. These varied from 29:20 on 
the 2nd to 28:30 on the 8th, and with striking fluctuations from 
that low point up to 29°40 on the 30th. High winds prevailed 
in the early part of the month ; towards the end the winds were 
south-westerly and rains were frequent, and the temperature 
was comparatively high for the season. The last week of the 
year was exceeding mild and spring-like in character. Rain fell 
on twenty-three days, to the amount of 4:57 inches. The average 
day and night temperatures were respectively 45° and 36°—being 
higher than in November. Frosts were registered on seven 
mornings, the total amount being 36°—a striking contrast to 
that of December of 1892, when 315° of frost were registered on 
twenty mornings. 
Comparing the records of 1893 with those of the previous year, 
there is a striking similarity in the rainfall. The rainfall of 1892 
amounted to 33°84 inches. Rain fell on 171 days. In 1893 the 
amount was 33°05 inches, rain having fallen on 179 days. The 
totals in each case are slightly under the average of the previous 
