REPORTS BY THE HONORARY SCIENTISTS, 301 
REPORTS BY THE HONORARY 
SCIENTISTS. 
1. Report on the Meteorology of Scotland Sor the Year ending 
30th September 1898. By R. C, Mossman, F.R.S.E., 
F.R.Met. Soc., Honorary Consulting Meteorologist. 
The following condensed abstract of the meteorological condi- 
tions experienced throughout Scotland during the year under 
review has been compiled from the bi-daily observations made 
at sixty-seven stations reporting to the Scottish Meteorological 
Society. These observations have been reduced and otherwise 
corrected by Dr Buchan, and published in the form of an 
appendix to the Quarterly Returns of the Registrar-General for 
Scotland. Other sources of information, such as the monthly 
reports of the Meteorological Office, London, have also been 
utilised, 
October 1897.—The weather of October was upon the whole 
very dry, with a high mean temperature, due to an excess of 
southerly winds. The mean temperature was 1°°6 above the 
average, the excess being largely due to the high day temperatures, 
brought about by the clear skies and strong solar radiation. 
Temperature, as compared with the average, was distributed over 
the country with remarkable uniformity; but was a little lower 
at stations near the east coast than at places facing the Atlantic, 
The mean rainfall was 2:47 inches, or 39 per cent. short of the 
average, being below the normal in all localities, although the 
deficit was very slight at some places in the extreme north-west 
and north of the country. Snow and sleet showers occurred in 
the north of Scotland on the 12th, but with this exception wintry 
weather was all but absent. Bright sunshine was in excess of the 
average all over the country, and especially so in the counties of 
Inverness and Perth. 
November 1897.—The outstanding feature of the meteorology 
of November was its very high mean temperature, the highest 
yet recorded for November. The days were 3°'5 and the nights 
4°-5 above the average, the nocturnal warmth being thus specially 
noticeable. The excess was most marked at inland places, where 
