REPORTS BY THE HONORARY SCTEXTTSTS. 311 



May 1900. — In May most of the meteorological elements 

 approximated very closely to the average. The mean temperature 

 was 48°*7, or a third of a degree under the normal. The coolest 

 weather was in Shetland, where the mean was about a degree and 

 a half under the normal, while the greatest excess of warmth was 

 a degree, in the county of Edinburgh and Lower Clydesdale. The 

 highest mean values recorded wei'e 51 Q, 7 at Smeaton, 51 0, 4 at 

 Paisley, and 51° - 3 at Dumbarton ; and the lowest, 44 0, 8 at North 

 Esk Reservoir, 45° *1 at Benquhat, and 45 0, 6 at Deerness. The 

 mean rainfall was 2*52 inches, or 10 per cent, above the avei*age, 

 the excess reaching a maximum of 135 per cent, at the Mull of 

 Kintyre, Leadhills and Stronvar having also double the normal. 

 The greatest deficiency — 50 per cent. — occurred in Aberdeen and 

 south of the Firth of Forth. The largest aggregates reported were 

 8 - inches at Stronvar, 7 "2 inches at Laudale, and G*8 inches at 

 Leadhills ; and the smallest, - 3 inch at Dalkeith, and 07 inch at 

 Peterhead and Wolf el ee. Snow showers fell in some of the 

 northern districts on the 12th and 13th, and in Caithness and 

 the Shetlands on the 17th. Bright sunshine was everywhere 

 under the average, the percentage of the possible ranging from 

 33 at Stornoway to 26 at Fort Augustus, this element of climate 

 being thus distributed with remarkable uniformity over the 

 country. 



June 1900. — The more prominent features of the weather of 

 June were a mean temperature slightly under the average, a mean 

 rainfall about a quarter above the average, a marked deficiency 

 of sunshine, and an excess of easterly winds. The mean tempera- 

 ture was 55° - 7, or o, 8 above the average. There was a marked 

 deficiency of temperature on the shoi'es of the North Sea, this 

 being due to the prevailing easterly winds. In the extreme west 

 of Scotland there was a noticeable excess, which at Kyleakin 

 amounted to 3 0, 4. The mean temperature was highest, 58° '9, at 

 Dumbarton and Paisley, and 58° -6 at Dumfries ; and lowest, 

 50°-2 at Deerness, 52°-2 at Peterhead, and 52 0, 8 at Montrose. 

 The mean rainfall was 3 -17 inches, or 23 per cent, above the 

 average, being very irregularly distributed. It was from 25 to 

 75 per cent, under the normal near the coast from the Firth of 

 Forth to Montrose, and in the west and north generally. On the 

 other hand, more than double the average fell at Dumbarton, 

 Stobo Castle, and Cally. The greatest aggregates reported were 

 6-2 inches at Dumbarton, 6'1 inches at Cally, and 5'0 inches at 



