90 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 
Frost was registered on 29 days to the amount of 273°. The 
lowest readings were 12° on the 9th and 11° on the 29th, giving 
20° and 21° of frost respectively. On two occasions, 10th and 
11th, the day temperature did not rise above 20°. The average 
maximum temperature for the month was 34°, and the minimum 
23°, against 41° and 31° respectively for January, 1894. 
The month’s rainfall was light, only 0°58 inch of rain and 
melted snow being registered. 
The barometric readings showed a very irregular pressure 
throughout the month, with several sharp changes. There was a 
quick fall for two days before the 15th, when, with a N.E. wind, 
the weather was unpleasant. The pressure remained at about 
28-80 for five days, when there was a sharp rise with westerly 
winds. Another sharp depression occurred on the 23rd, the 
reading on the 24th being again 28°80 inches. With a rapid 
rise, the pressure on the 30th was up to 30°40 inches, when the 
wind was from the east. 
February.—Although no intense frost was recorded during 
the first week, the weather was bitterly cold, the day temperature 
being uniformly low, with a keen wind from the N.E. On the 
6th and 7th a severe storm of wind and snow swept over the 
country; the snowfall in the City was about 3 inches in depth. 
From the 8th until the 13th the frost was intense day and night, 
and the day temperature did not rise above 30°. On the 10th it 
did not rise above 20°. The lowest night temperature was also 
on the 10th, when 34° of frost were registered, or 2° below zero. 
Frost continued with more or less severity until the end of the 
month, and was registered every morning. The total amount 
recorded on the 28 days was 356°. 
Although indications of a change appeared on the 23rd, it was 
not until the 28th that any decided thaw was apparent, when, 
with a strong 8.W. wind, the frost gave way and the ice began 
to break up. The winds were from the HK, and N.E. during the 
greater part of the month. Only a fractional amount of rain or 
melted snow was registered, viz., 0°14 inch, in marked contrast to 
that of February, 1894, when 8-96 inches were registered. The 
barometric readings do not show any sharp changes, while the 
range was within one inch—from 29:45 to 30:30—during the 
month. The only notable drop was from 30 on the 5th to 29°50 
