276 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORT SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



Meteorologrical Notes and Remarks upon the Weather 

 during- the Year 1904, with its General EflFects 

 upon Vegretation. 



By James Whitton, Superintendent of Parks. 



[Read 29th August, 1905.] 



In order to preserve the continuity of the series, these notes 

 have been compiled, as in former years, from the records kept 

 at Queen's Park, Glasgow. 



January. — Accompanied by a moderate S.-E. wind and a slight 

 touch of frost, the first three days were fine and dry. When the 

 wind changed to the S.-AV., the weather got duller and more 

 unsettled, rain falling daily from the 6th until the 15th, with a 

 gale on the 13th and slight snow on the 14th. The following ten 

 days were very mild and fine for the season. The last week of 

 the month, however, was rainy and changeable. 



With the several changes of weather, the barometric readings 

 show a varied irregular line of pressure. From 29-70 inches on 

 the 1st, the pressure fell unevenly to 28-60 inches on the lith. 

 Thereafter a .sharp, steady rise occurred, which on the 22nd 

 reached 30-50 inches — the highest reading for the year — 

 followed by an equally steady fall, as on the 2Sth the barometer 

 indicated 28-90 inches. 



The open weather and absence of severe frosts had a marked 

 effect on the average temperature recorded — -maximum 43' and 

 minimum 35°. Frost only occurred on eight occasions, to the 

 amount of 28°. 



The rainfall (3-93 inches) was also less. The greatest fall for 

 one day (0-70 inch) occurred on the 11th. There were 11 dry 

 days. 



The mild weather had a vivifying effect on vegetation, the 

 grass being notably fresh and bright for the season, while the 

 buds on many trees and shrubs visibly distended, and, in the 

 case of early-fiowering species of Rhododendron, showed colour 

 of bloom, that precocious blooming plant, Jasviiuum nudijloi-um, 

 flowering brilliantly. 



