96 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 
were only 13 dry days inthe month. After the drop on the 2nd, 
the barometric pressure gradually increased, with slight variations, 
until the 17th, when it stood at 30°25 inches, falling steadily from 
that point until the 24th and 25th, when it was at 29-20, thus 
showing a fairly wide range over the month’s readings. 
With the rainfall in the first fortnight there was a rapid 
decline in the temperature, and frosts occurred nearly every 
morning after the 16th. The lowest reading was on the 28th, © 
when 11° of frost were registered. The total amount of frost 
recorded, was 75°, occurring on thirteen days. Snow to the depth 
of 1} inches fell on the 26th, but it soon melted. The average 
maximum temperature was 49°, and the minimum 34°, or 2° 
lower in each case than those of October, 1894. During the 
month westerly winds prevailed, inclining northward on ten days. 
With the frosts of the month the deciduous trees, which had 
retained their foliage longer than usual, rapidly cast their leaves, 
and assumed the bare appearance natural to the winter season. 
November.—With the winds easterly the weather was dry and 
frosty for the first five days, during which time the City was 
more or less enshrouded in a pall of dense, disagreeable fog. The 
wind changed to the south-west from the 6th until the 17th, when 
there was a succession of heavy rains, showers of hail, and 
severe gales, which made the weather conditions extremely 
unpleasant. After the 17th the weather was less stormy, and of 
- a soft, mild character. During the stormy fortnight the winds 
were chiefly from the south-west, but for sixteen days they were 
of a light description from the east, with a tendency northwards 
towards the end of the month. Rain to the amount of 4:08 inches 
was recorded, falling on 21 days. The barometric readings show 
very erratic changes, with a wide range over the month. The 
pressure varied from 28°60 on the 12th, which was the lowest read- 
ing during the stormy weather, to 30°20 inches on the 24th, when 
the air was clear and bracing for a few days. 
The thermometer was at or below 32° on five mornings, and the 
amount of frost recorded was 22°. The average maximum or day 
temperature was 45°, and the minimum or night 36°, or 3° and 
2° lower than those of the previous November. 
December.—On the Ist there was a renewal of the westerly 
gales, and these continued with more or less severity during the 
