308 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ABORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Bright sunshine was everywhere under the average, the 

 percentage of the possible duration ranging from 22 at Aber- 

 deen and March mont to only 5 at Fort Augustus and Fort 

 William. 



December 1899. — The wtather was cold and variable, with hard 

 frost about the middle of the month, and snow between the 8th 

 and 14th, and in western and northern districts between the 21st 

 and 29th. The mean temperature was 35 0, 6, or 2°-2 under the 

 average, there being a great deficiency at inland and eastern 

 places south of the Caledonian Canal. The highest Tallies were 

 39°-9 at Airds, 39°"5 at Deerness, and 39°-3 at Peterhead; and 

 the lowest, 30° -9 at Braemar, 31°"3 at Lednathie, and 31°-7 at 

 Stronvar. At Glenlee, on the 14th, the thermometer fell to 0°*9. 

 The mean rainfall was 4*16 inches, closely approximating to the 

 normal, but was distributed in an unusual manner over the 

 country, being nearly double the average in the county of 

 Wigtown and the south of Argyll, but only half the average at 

 Fort Augustus. The greatest downfalls recorded were 10'7 inches 

 at Lochbuie, 8'1 inches at Monach, and 7 -6 inches at Roshven ; 

 and the least, 1'4 inches at Ladylaw, 1-5 inches at Dalkeith, and 

 1-7 inches at Wolfelee. Bright sunshine was very generally 

 under the average, there being, however, an excess at Fort 

 Augustus. The percentage of the total possible varied from 14 

 at Strathpeffer Spa to 4 at Fort William and Glasgow. 



January 1900. — The weather of January was very changeable, 

 with frequent rain in most districts, and falls of snow in the 

 north and east. The mean temperature was 38° -5, being a 

 degree and a half above the average, this excess being normally 

 distributed. The mildest places, as is usually the case in months 

 characterised by a prevalence of west and south-west winds, were 

 on the west, in situations facing the sea, Lochbuie having an 

 average temperature of 42°'6, and Airds 41°-6. The lowest values, 

 on the other hand, were at the hill stations, Braemar being the 

 coldest, with a mean of 34°-7, Lednathie, Leadhills, and North 

 Esk Reservoir following with a mean of 34°-9. An unusual 

 feature was the remarkable nocturnal warmth, the lowest 

 temperature recorded anywhere being 20° "0, on the 1st, at Dollar. 

 At Leith the thermometer at no time during the month fell to 

 freezing point. The mean rainfall was 5 -14 inches, or 25 per 

 cent, above the normal. There was a slight deficit in Galloway, 

 and from Cape Wrath to Skye, but elsewhere there was a very 



