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RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN 
IN CHESTER DURING 1901, 
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 obsetvers in 
different parts of the Empire. 
JANUARY.—Normal in regard to mean temperature range, rainfall, and 
pressure. Very severe gales during the last week from the W.N.W., 
accompanied with hail, snow, thunder, and lightning; a remarkable series 
of three thunderstormis on the 27th, 28th, and 29th. The last ten days 
being very unsettled with stormy, wet, and windy weather from the W. 
FEBRUARY.—High pressure; mean temperature almost 3° below the 
average; a still snowy, keen, wintry month. Candlemas day dismal, dark, 
dripping. The weather adage proved a dismal failure this year. The coldest, 
dullest, and most dismal weather coming in February instead of January 
is not unfrequent, and invariably produces a long winter and a backward 
spring. ‘This year is a typical example of these conditions. 
MARcH.—Pressure low; mean temperature 2°5° below the average, 
giving the weather conditions that belong to an average February, prolonging 
the winter and retarding the spring. The month was characterized by 
heavy falls of rain on the first nine days, and snow during the last vine; and 
as the wind was from the East for the last half of the month, it gave the 
cold a keener edge, and brought dismal overcast days; extremely gloomy, 
APRIL.—Pressure low; mean temperature one degree above the average. 
A warm, bright, quiet, and pleasant month. Heavy rain on five or six days ; 
more than the usual bright sunshine. Frequent frosts on the ground. No 
gales. High-day temperature from 19th to 25th, and no rain. Prevailing 
wind southerly. 
May.—Pressure high; a superb month, mean temperature fully 2:0° 
above the average, and, along with the pleasant April, doing much to 
redeem the backward spring. A gale on the 31st. Thunder heard and 
heavy rain fell on 29th. WRRainfall deficient, but bright sunshine abundant. 
Altogether, a most pleasant and delightful spring month. 
JuNE.—A disappointing month, not at all fulfilling the promise of April 
and May. Mean temperature fell to 1°6° below the average. Maximum 
temperature only rose above 70° on eight days, and fell below 60° on three 
days. Rainfall deficient. Prevailing winds easterly. Solar radiation very 
intense on 25th and 26th. 
JuLy.—Pressure high; mean temperature 3:7° above the average. 
Shade temperature rose above 80° on nine days. Over an inch of rain fell 
on the 25th, and during the six days, 23rd to 28th, 3:735 inches fell; the 
rest of the month was very dry. Sunshine normal. Many overcast days. 
Thundry period coincident with the rainy days. 
AvuGustT.—Pressure high; temperature normal. The maximum ih 
shade did not rise to 80° nor fall to 60°. About an inch and a quarter of 
rain fell on the 26th, when two thunderstorms broke over the City. There 
was another thunderstorm on the 11th, with only slight rainfall. A severe 
gale from the W.N.W. accompanied the thunderstorm of the 26th. Very 
heavy dews fell on the third week. 
