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RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN 
IN CHESTER DURING 1899. 
By THE REv. J. CAIRNS MITCHELL, B.D., F.R.A.S. 
The results here given are deduced from bi-daily observations of the 
standard instruments taken at 9-0 a.m. and 9-0 p.m. local mean time. 
Returns are sent to the Royal Meteorological Society, the Meteorological 
Council, the Scottish Meteorological Society, and many private observers in 
different parts of the Empire. 
JanuaArRy.—A very mild month, exceedingly wet, with southerly and 
westerly winds until the 23rd. The last nine days being much colder and 
dry, with a great deal of fogginess all round, but much clearer overhead. 
Gale on 2nd from N.W. and on 8th from W. The mean temperature of the 
month was 3°3 degs. above the average, and the rainfall 250 per cent. above 
the average. Rain fell on 23 days. 
FEBRUARY.—A very normal month, fully one degree above the average 
temperature due to the greater heat during the day. Remarkably sunny; 
only four days without any bright sunshine. Wind nearly reached the 
force of a gale on the roth from the S.S.W. Prevailing wind from S.W. 
up to 11th, afterwards from S.-Easterly. First 18 days wet. Snow on 4th. 
Fog on 3rd and 4thand 28th. Thunderstorm on14th. Great preponderance 
of bright sunshine on afternoons. 
Marcu.—A rather dry and magnificently sunny month, with severe 
cold snap during first week and from 18th to 25th. Windy during the last 
week, rising to a gale from the S.W. on the 28th. The high shade 
temperature of 67-0 was reached on the 16th. Rain, both as to amount and 
number of days, slightly below the average. Frost in shade four feet above 
ground 13 nights, and on ground in the open air on 21 nights. Snow fell 
on 20th—two inches deep—lay for five days. Fog on Ist, 5th, 16th, and 31st. 
Hoar frost on three days. Solar corona on 25th. 173 hours more sunshine 
in the afternoons than the forenoons. 
APRIL.—A rather warm but dull and wet month, only three consecutive 
days without rain. Amount of excess 14 inches. Hail on gth. Gale on 
7th and 8th from N.W. Only one night’s frost in shade and four on ground. 
Although the highest shade temperature was only 61-6 degs., it was uniformly 
high, making the monthly mean about a degree above the average, Slight 
hoar frost on 17th. Ozone on 25th, very marked with gentle N.W. wind. 
Forenoons sunnier than the afternoons. 
May.—A dull, rather cold, wet, and sunless month, 1} degs. below the 
average, and with prevailing easterly winds, and ?-of-an-inch above the average 
rainfall. From the 9th to the 23rd very cheerless weather prevailed. A 
thunderstorm on the afternoon of the 9th, andthunder heard on 15th. From 
8th to 12th very hazy, almost amounting to fog in the mornings. The last 
four days were dry, sunny, clear, and warm, with northerly winds very light. 
Frost in shade on three nights, and on the ground five nights. 
JunE.—A decidedly warm, dry, and sunny month. No rain until the 
18th. On the five days—18th to 20th, 28th, and 30th, over 2:6 inches fell. 
Very clear skies and bright sunshine with beautifully warm days, although 
hazy in the forenoon until the rain began. 80°8 degs. highest shade tem- 
perature on the 17th. Thunder on 21st. A gale on the 24th from the N.W. 
An absolute drought from 24th May terminated on the 17th June. 
3% weeks glowing sunshine without a drop of rain. 
JuLy.—A warm month. Highest temperature 81°8 on 3Ist, accompanied 
with fog. High night temperatures throughout, only three below 50 degs., 
the average being 54°4 degs. Deficient in bright sunshine throughout, and 
having two days, 2Ist and 22nd, without any. Rainfall below average. Eleven 
rainy days preity equally distributed. The first and last week were windy 
with a moderate gale from W.N.W. On the 3rd pressure high. Thunder 
heard on the 17th. Thunderstorm on 2oth, 
