324 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 
Meteorological Notes, and Remarks upon the Weather 
during the Year 1898, with its General Effects 
upon Vegetation. 
By James Wuirron, Superintendent of Parks, Glasgow. 
[Read 27th June, 1899.] 
As in former years, and in order to preserve the continuity of the 
series, these notes are compiled from the records kept at Queen’s 
Park. 
January.—The weather at the opening of the year was dull 
and mild. On the 5th a dense fog enveloped the city, but with a 
rising barometer and the disappearance of frost the fog cleared off 
and better weather was experienced. Strong winds from the 
south-west on the 8th and 9th were followed by more settled and, 
for the season, mild weather. On the 22nd the wind again 
increased in force to a gale, and, accompanied by rain, caused 
considerable damage throughout the city. For the remainder of 
the month the weather was fine and open, and Christmas Roses 
(Helleborus niger, Linn.) and Jasminum nudiflorum, Lindl., were 
in bloom. 
The barometer was lowest (29°10) on the Ist of the month, 
and highest (30°30) on the 23rd. Frost was registered on four 
days, and the total amounted to 6°, a striking contrast to the 
corresponding month of last year, when 143° were registered 
on 20 days. The rainfall was 2:42 inches with 18 dry days. 
The average maximum and minimum temperatures were 47° and 
39°, as compared with 38° and 29° in the preceding January. 
February.—Throughout this month the weather was changeable 
and boisterous. With a rapid fall of the barometer, a sharp 
westerly gale, accompanied by heavy rain, occurred on the 2nd, 
and continued throughout the 3rd, when frost set in which lasted 
till the 8th, with a slight fall of snow on the 6th. For a few 

