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average. The deficiency was most marked in the east of Scotland, 

 where the amount was very generally less than half the normal, 

 the driest stations being Peterhead, Aberdeen, Lednathie, Mon- 

 trose, Logie Cold stone, and Arbroath, where only a quarter of 

 the average was precipitated. At some of the west coast stations 

 there was a slight excess. The greatest rainfalls reported were 

 106 inches at Glencarron, 9 - 2 inches at Fort William, and 7 - 2 

 inches at Stronvar ; and the smallest, all under three-quarters of 

 an inch, at Aberdeen, Montrose, and Dalkeith. Bright sunshine 

 was just the average, taking the country as a whole, but there 

 was a rather decided excess in north-eastern districts. 



November 1899. — The characteristic features of the weather of 

 the month were a high mean bai-ometric pressure, very high mean 

 temperature, an excess of rainfall, and a deficiency of bright 

 sunshine. The mean temperature was 46° - 4, or 5° "8 above the 

 average. In Edinburgh the average temperature was 47° - 4, being 

 absolutely the highest for November since the record commenced 

 in 1764, the next mildest being in 1818, when the mean was 

 46" - 7. The temperature at sixteen of the Scottish Meteorological 

 Society's stations did not descend to the freezing point, while 

 at Airds 38 was the lowest value reported. The excess of 

 temperature was less in the north than over the inland stations, 

 and was equally partitioned between day and night. The mildest 

 weather was recorded in the west, Poltalloch having a mean 

 temperature of 48°-S, and Lochbuie and Airds 48° 7. The lowest 

 values, on the other hand, were recorded at the hill stations, 

 Braemar being the coldest, with a mean of 42° - 7, closely followed 

 by North Esk Reservoir, with 42°-9, and Tillypronie, 43°-3. 

 The mean rainfall was 4 0, 85 inches, being 27 per cent, above the 

 average. Over the greater part of the country it was above the 

 average, but there was a deficit " in the extreme south-west, 

 from Islay to Wigtownshire, and over a somewhat broad strip, 

 from the east coast inland, and stretchiug from the Tweed to the 

 Pentland Firth." The heaviest falls were 16 - 8 inches at Glen- 

 carron, 13"7 inches at Stronvar, and 12 - G inches at Fort William; 

 the smallest being 8 inch at Peterhead, and 14 inch at Gordon 

 Castle and Aberdeen. The largest daily amounts registered were 

 17 inches at Braemar and Glenlee on the 3rd, and 2 1 inches at 

 Braemar, 2'0 inches at Glenlee, and 1*9 inches at Ochtertyre on 

 the 7th. Measurable rain fell on 27 days at Sumburgh Head, 

 Laudale, and Fort William, and on 28 days at Glencarron. 



