28 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OP GLASGOW. 



wintry spell, with a snow fall of 2 inches on 28th, and 4 inches 

 on 29th. Keen frosts with dense fogs were experienced on the 

 latter days of the month. 



The barometric chart shows a most irregular line of atmospheric 

 pressure during the month. The lowest point was 28-70 on the 

 2nd, then rising with sharp steps it reached 30'50 on the 14th. 

 After that date dropping with a few variations to 28 '80 on the 

 25th. During the prevalence of the frosty weather it rose 

 rapidly until it reached the high figure of 30 -80 inches on 

 the 31st. 



The amount of frost registered is somewhat abnormal consider- 

 ing the changeable weather experienced. The total amount for 

 the twelve days on which it occurred being 134° — the lowest 

 reading being on the 30th when 21° were recorded. On three 

 different occasions during the month the temperature did not rise 

 above freezing point (32° Fahr.). 



The rainfall amounted to 3*54 inches. The wettest day being 

 the 3rd, as 0-87 inches, being the fall for the preceding 24 hours, 

 were registered on the morning of the 4th. There were 17 dry 

 days. 



Prior to the sharp frosts, the grass in the parks was very bright 

 in colour for the season, and buds on many shrubs showed a 

 tendency to premature development. 



February. — The weather during this month was generally of 

 a wintry character. Cold winds and intense frosts being a 

 marked feature. There was a fall of snow on the 8th. A pleasing 

 exception to the general rule when frosts are experienced in the 

 City was the absence of heavy fogs. During the frosty weather 

 of the second week the air was comparatively clear and crisp. 

 The fog fiend, however, was strongly in evidence on the 13th. 

 No frost was registered after the 18th, and the last week was 

 dull, cold, and wet. 



After the abnormally high reading of the barometer on the 

 31st January the atmospheric pressure fell sharply from 30*70 

 inches on the 1st to 29-25 inches on the 6th. Thereafter it 

 steadily rose to 30-00 inches on the 15th, afterwards falling 

 without any extreme fluctuation, until on the 28th it stood at 

 29-10 inches. 



