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METEOROLOGICAL NOTES DURING THE YEAR 1895. 97 
first half of the month, the weather being extremely changeable 
and disagreeable, with cold sleety rains, On the 3rd a sharp 
thunderstorm occurred, followed by a heavy rainfall. Over an 
inch of rain fell on the 4th, and fully three-fourths of an inch on 
the 5th. The heavy rainfall so flooded the rivers that a consider- 
able amount of injury was done to the banks of the Clyde opposite 
Glasgow Green, while a severe westerly gale on the 5th so kept 
back the water that the works at the new weir were seriously 
injured. During the gale a steam crane with scaffolding, used in 
the erection of the new East-End Halls, or People’s Palace, on the 
Green, was blown down and smashed, displacing in its fall a large 
portion of the masonry. After the 14th, the wind having veered 
eastwards, the weather was more settled and dry, with occasional 
frosts, As fogs frequently accompany frosts in the City, on the 
20th one of particular density was experienced. Cold N.E, winds 
prevailed for a few days before Christmas, and on the 24th con- 
siderable damage was done to shipping by a severe gale, while the 
Anchor Line steamship “ Furnessia” was delayed six days on her 
voyage home from America by the gales. There was a heavy fall 
of snow on the 28th, which rapidly disappeared under the influence 
of a S.W. wind which sprang up on the 29th. The closing days 
of the year were very mild and wet. 
The rainfall amounted to 4:49 inches, and there were 15 dry 
days. From the 1st until the 14th the winds were chiefly from 
the west and south-west, and thereafter until about the end of the 
month from the east and north-east. 
As in November, the readings of the barometer show erratic 
changes in the pressure, many being sudden and sharp. The 
lowest readings were on the 13th and 16th, when the pressure was 
28°60 inches, and the highest was 30°10 inches on the 29th, while 
during the last days of the year it was at 29-50. 
Frost occurred on thirteen days, the amount registered being 
51°, The average maximum temperature was 40°, and the 
minimum 32°, the former is 4° and the latter 2° lower than the 
_ averages for December, 1894. 
__ With regard to the rainfall of 1895, it is below the average of 
“the past twelve years. Only twice during that period has a less 
amount been recorded. The amount registered for the year is 
- 27-57 inches, falling in 153 days, while in 1894 the amount was 
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