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The Weather of 1899. 
; (IKE its predecessor 1898, the year 1899 must be 
ranked amongst the warm ones, the mean shade 
temperature being more than a degree above the average. 
The rainfall, on the other hand, being slightly below the 
average of the last 23 years. 
RAINFALL. 
23 Years’ Average, 
‘Total for 1899. 1876-1898, 
25°35 26°11 
MEAN SHADE TEMPERATURE. 
23 Years’ Average, 
Mean for 1899. 1876-1898. 
48°25 47°16 
The most noticeable features of the rainfall were the wet 
Spring and Autumn; a period of ‘absolute drought” from 
May 25th to June 17th, being 24 days without rain; and a 
“partial drought”’ from February 16th to March 24th, or 
37 days with only 0°26 in. of rain. 
The maximum temperature in the sun 137°8°, and the max- 
imum in the shade 87°3° were both reached on August 25th. 
The minimum in the shade 11°8° was recorded on December 
15th, and the minimum on the grass 6°5° on December 14th. 
The last frost of the winter 1898-99 occurred on June 15th, 
and the first of the winter 1899-1900, on September 2gth. 
RAINFALL AT BuRTON-ON-TRENT FOR 25 YEARS, 1876-1900. 
5 years’ 5 years’ 5 years, 
average, average. average. 
1876 31°96 \ 1886 32°74 1896 20°87 
1877 31°29 1887 18°72 1897 26°34 
1878 30°53 } 30°48 1888 22°99} 24'53 1898 20°29} 24°77 
1879 28:96 1889 28°42 1899 25°35 
1880 29°68 1890 19°80 I900 310! 
1881 27°31 1891 27°22 Seen bof , 
1882 37°97 1892 22°15 ree 
1883 27°95 } 28°69 1893 19°72} 22°91 1876-1900 
1884 23°24 1894 22°10 26°27 3 
1885 26°96 1895 23°35 ; 
Ten years’ average Ten years’ average 
1876-1885 1886-1895 
29°58 23°72 
