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general excess, which reached a maximum of 103 per cent, at 

 Campbeltown and 93 per cent, at Montrose. The rainfall on the 

 shores of the Moray Firth was also greatly above the average. 

 The wettest stations were Lochbuie, with a downfall of 13 "5 

 inches, Glencarron 12 8 inches, and Stronvar 11*6 inches; the 

 smallest precipitation, on the other hand, occurring at Paisley 

 and Corstorphine with 2-2 inches, and Cupar with 2'3 inches. 

 The number of rainy days was singularly large, amounting to 23 

 on the mean of all the stations. Rain fell on every day of the 

 month at Fort Augustus and Edinburgh (Royal Observatory), 

 and on 30 days at Dumbarton. Bright sunshine did not differ 

 much from the mean, the percentage of the possible ranging from 

 21 at Aberdeen to 7 at Fort William. 



February 1900. — The weather of February was very rough 

 and unsettled, with severe gales and snow-storms, and a very low 

 mean temperature, which, on the average of all the stations, was 

 only 32 3 -2, or 6 3, 1 under the normal. The only colder February 

 since 1856 was that of 1895, when the mean was 29° - 0. In both 

 these months there was a great excess of north-easterly winds. 

 The mean temperature was highest, 36° 8 at Airds, 36°*0 at 

 Lochbuie, and 35 0, 7 at Rothesay and Stornoway ; and lowest, 

 27°-6 at Braemar, 277 at Leadhills, and 28°-7 at North Esk 

 Reservoir. The temperature fell to - 3" at Kingussie, - 2° at 

 Braemar, and - V at Druinlanrig, these low values being recorded 

 on the 11th or 12th. The mean rainfall was 3'55 inches, being 

 14 per cent, above the average, the excess being most marked at 

 Duns Castle, where the normal was exceeded by 210 per cent., 

 while several stations in Galloway had double the average. There 

 was a large deficiency in the western and central parts of Scotland, 

 especially to the west of a line drawn from Nairn to Oban. The 

 maximum falls were G'9 inches at Duns Castle, 6'2 inches at 

 Leadhills, and 53 inches at Glenlee, the minimum being L2 

 inches at Dunrobin, 1*4 inches at Inverness, and 1*7 inches at 

 Fort Augustus. Severe south-easterly gales and destructive 

 snow-storms swept over the country on the 15th and 19th. 

 Bright sunshine was above the normal in the north and west, 

 but there was a slight deficiency in the south. The percentage 

 of the possible varied from 3i at Stornoway to 20 at Fort 

 William and Glasgow. 



March 1900.— The characteristic features of the meteorology 

 of March were a low mean temperature, a very small rainfall 



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