
METEOROLOGICAL NOTES DURING THE YEAR 1897. 173 
was the driest month. There were 205 dry days in the year, 
whereas in 1896 there were 209. 
The following table shows the rainfall registered in those Parks 
where gauges are placed, in comparison with that of Queen’s 
Park, on whose records these notes are based. It is necessary to 
bear in mind that difference in altitude and exposure, and other 
local conditions, affect the results to a considerable degree :— 
RAINFALL DURING 1897 IN THE PUBLIC PARKS.. 
QUEEN’S MAX- | KELVIN-| SPRING-| ALEX- |GLASGOW 
~ “| WELL, | GROVE. | BURN. | ANDRA. GREEN. 
cane sere) 145 ft.| 69-1 £t.| 48-3 ft. | 361 ft. |141-4 £t,| 34-7 ft. 
Sea-level 
Inches. Inches, Inches, Inches. Inches. Inches. 
January, 1-22 1:21 1:79 1‘77 1:06 1-40 
February, | 2°85 2°66 2°73 3:07 2:97 2°49 
March, ...| 4:05 4-14 4-12 3°43 3°50 3°57 
mpril, <..| 201 1:98 1:85 1:64 1:50 1:69 
May, ...| 2°66 2°53 2°71 1:93 2°18 2:09 
June, ...| 5:67 6:19 6:45 5:14 6°43 5:75 
Oe sen 22S EOL 2:27 
August,...| 5°51 4: 
September,| 3:39 3 
October, 1-71 Ls 
November,| 3°37 2 
December, | 5:56 5 
Totals,... | 40°22 | 38:38 |4053 | 37:68 | 37-17 | 37°66 

Regarding the temperature, there is a similarity in many 
points with what was recorded in the preceding year. Although 
six of the months, viz., March, July, August, October, November, 
and December, had a higher average, the mean temperature (46°) 
for the year is fully one degree lower. This arises from the frosts 
in January and the cold winds of the spring months, which 
tended to keep the temperature low. Frost was registered to the 
amount of 347° over sixty-one occasions, although the thermometer 
was at or below the freezing point (32° Fah.) seventy-one times, 
In 1896 the amount of frost was 331° over sixty-three occasions, 
and the freezing point was reached seventy-three times. The 
