38 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORT SOCIETY OP GLASGOW. 



Frost to the extent of 59° was registered on eight mornings. 

 The lowest reading of the thermometer was 16°. This occurred 

 on both the 7th and 8th. The average maximum temperature 

 was 42°, and the average minimum 35°, both 2° respectively 

 higher than those of the previous December. 



Regarding the rainfall of 1902 we find, on comparing the 

 records of previous years, that the amount registered was 30-82 

 inches. This quantity is much below the average of the past 12 

 years, which is 36-52 inches. Only once in the period named has 

 there been a lower rainfall, when in 1895 the amount, 27-57 inches, 

 was abnormally low. The number of dry days during the year 

 being 185. For the third year in succession December proved to 

 be the wettest month of the year, with a total of 4-84 inches. In 

 1901 the amount was 4-50, and 1900 7-71 inches, April belied 

 its reputation for showers, proving to be the driest month of the 

 year, with the abnormally low rainfall of 0-83 inch. The driest 

 month of 1901 was February, with a rainfall of 1-40 inches. The 

 wettest day of the year was the 27th August, when, for the 24 

 hours, the amount of rain registered was 1-08 inches. This 

 amount for one day was exceeded both in 1900 and 1901. 



The following table of rainfalls recorded in the various Public 

 Parks of the City is interesting, as showing the variations in the 

 different parts of the City. Due allowance must always, of course, 

 be made for local conditions, as the exposure, altitude, and 

 sun-oundings are different in each case : — 



