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RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN 
IN CHESTER DURING 1900. 
By THE REv. J. Carrns MITCHELL, B.D., F.R.A.S. 
The results here given are deduced from bi-daily observations of the 
standard instruments, taken at 9-o 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. 
January,—A very wet, rather windy and sunless month, with a few 
bright, clear sunny days. Temperature about 30 degrees above the average. 
Only two nights below the freezing point ; while on the ground it fell below 
freezing 19 times. The wind did not reach the force of a gale, although on 
the roth, 18th, and 26th it blew strongly from the N.W. An excessive 
number of wet, drizzly days. Fog on the 11th, 14th, and 16th. Very dull 
and cheerless, 
FEBRUARY.—Very low pressure, falling to 28°474 on 19th. First fort- 
night very wintry, the second ushered in by a strong S.S.Easterly wind, much 
milder. Mean temperature of month 40 degress below the average, Snow 
fell on five days, and lay throughout the first half of the month. Fog on 14th. 
The exceptionally low temperature on the ground of 6:0 degrees took place 
on the 8th. Only one night during the first three weeks was without frost on 
the ground. 
Marcu.—A dry, cold, dull month. Snow fell on the 17th, Sleet on the 
18th ; there was only six days’ rain besides. Two days’ fog, with many very 
dull mornings. The temperature was about 5:0 degrees below the average. 
Aprit.—A month of normal temperature. From toth to 16th exces- 
sively windy. No day without some bright sunshine. Frost in shade, four 
feet above ground, on five nights; on ground 11 nights. 
May.—Rather below the average temperature, through defect of the day 
temperature. Only once, and that on the Ist, was there frost on the ground. 
Rainfall normal, but on fewer than the usual number of days, Fully an inch 
fell on five out of the first eight days; the last half of the month being very 
dry, very little rain falling on three out of 16 days. Rather cloudy and 
breezy in the mornings. A very backward month for vegetation. 
JunEe.—A month of average temperature, sunshine, and cloud, with a 
prevalence of westerly winds, and one gale from_N.W., on Tuesday 26th, and 
a severe thunderstorm, on Tuesday the 12th. Lightning alone having been 
seen four times, and thunder heard once. The temperature exceeded 70°0 
degrees on ten days, and only fell to 50 degrees on nine. Rain 3-inch fully 
under the average. Only once, on the 22nd, did more than }-inch fall in the 
24 hours. 
Juty.—A bright warm month, fully 5:0 degrees above the average. On 
13 days temperature exceeded 75-0 degrees, and on 14 fell below 55:0 degrees. 
For seven days, from 19th to 25th, the minimum temperature was above 
61'0 degrees, During this period, on the 24th, the highest day temperature, 
86-0 degrees, took place—only exceeded once in the last 10 years by a July 
maximum, that of 21st July, 1887, which was 86-1 degrees. Rain nearly one- 
third of an inch below average; fully 12 inches fell on the 29th. There were 
23 days without any rain. N.Westerly gales blew on the 3rd, 5th, and 16th. 
Avucust.—A month of average temperature, wind, and cloud. The day 
temperature only once exceeding 75'0 degrees, and the minimum was five 
times above 55:0 degrees. 2} inches of rain fell on Bank Holiday, accom- 
panying a series of most severe thunderstorms. Thunder was heard without 
lightning being seen on the 22nd and 23rd. The rainfall was fully double 
the average amount. Three days without bright sunshine. Prevailing wind 
southerly. 
