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TRAXSACTIOXS AXD PROCEEDINGS OF THE [Sess. i.v. 



Meteorological Observations taken at Royal Botanic Garden, Ediiiburgli, 

 during the Mouth of December 1890. 



Distance fioui Sea 1 mile. Height of Cistern of Barometer above Mean Sea- 

 level 71 "0 feet. Hour of Observation 9 a.m. 



Thermometers, protected, 

 4 feet above grass. 



S. E. Ther- | 

 moinetersfor jj j^^^^g 



precedmg •' ° 



24 hours. 



"5 I Max. Mill. ' Dry. 



Wet. 



•29-769 

 •29-698 

 29-753 

 29-993 

 29-969 

 30-r22 

 30-183 

 30-067 

 29-978 

 30-143 

 ■30-004 

 30-057 

 29-957 

 29-9.33 

 29-678 

 29^891 

 29-949 

 29-739 

 29-242 

 29-704 

 30-237 

 30-132 

 29-743 

 30-237 

 30-069 

 30-400 

 30 -.387 

 30-262 

 30-366 

 30-531 

 30-342 



53-7 



49-5 



42-9 



42-0 



41-1 



41-0 



40-0 



41-6- 



36-7 



38-9 



39-1 



37-0 



80-1 



38-9 



42-2 



38-3 



37-2 



32-7 



31-9 



34-7 



39-3 



40-7 



42-0 



37-1 



37-9 



40-1 



37-0 



35-9 



37-8 



37-9 



41-1 

 47-0 

 38-2 

 36-1 

 38 -S 

 37-9 

 31-0 

 34-2 

 35-6 

 24-5 

 30-2 

 31-0 

 28-8 

 2-2-8 

 27-8 

 36-0 

 34-9 

 31-4 

 25-3 

 26-2 

 23-8 

 21-1 

 30-0 

 30-3 

 28-7 

 32-2 

 35-0 

 34-7 

 30-2 

 32-2 

 36-1 



50 8 

 47-5 

 40-1 

 39-1 

 40-5 

 40-0 

 35-0 

 37-1 

 36-0 

 31-0 

 34-5 

 36-8 

 30-2 

 28-4 

 37-2 

 37-1 

 35-7 

 32-7 

 30-8 

 27-6 

 24-9 

 30-0 

 39-8 

 31-1 

 .37-1 

 37-8 

 35-8 

 36-0 

 33-0 

 37-8 

 37-1 



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 Nim. 

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S b 







10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



4 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



5 

 10 

 10 







5 

 10 





 10 



9 

 10 



8 

 10 

 10 

 10 



W. 

 N.E. 



E. 



K 



E. 



E. 



E. 



E. 



W. 

 S.W. 

 N.E. 

 S.W. 



w. 



N. 

 E. 

 S. 

 S.E. 

 E. 

 W. 



W. 

 W. 



S.W. 



E. 



E. 



E. 



N.E. 

 N.E. 



E. 



0-185 

 0-820 

 0-000 

 0-050 

 0-000 

 0-042 

 0-000 

 0-000 

 0-000 

 0-000 

 0-000 

 0-000 

 0-000 

 0-000 

 0-052 

 0-000 

 0-000 

 0-000 

 0-000 

 0-000 

 0-000 

 0-1-28 

 0-000 

 000 

 0-070 

 0-055 

 0-015 

 0-005 

 0-010 

 0-000 

 000 



Barometer.— Highest Reading, on the SOtli, = 30-531. Lowest Reading, on the 

 19th, = 29-242. Difference, or Monthly Rauge, = l-289. Meau = 30°-017. 



S. R. Thermometers.— Highest Reading, on the 2nd,=53°-7. Lowest Reading, on 

 the 2-2nd, = 21°-l. Difference, or Monthly Range, = 3-2°-6. Mean of all the Highest 

 = .39'-H. Mean of all the Lowest = 3-2° "0. Difference, or Mean Daily Range, = 7°-6. 

 I^Ieau Temperature of Month =35° -8. 



Hygrometer.— Mean of Diy Bulb = 35°-8. Mean of Wet Bulb = 34°-1. 



Rainfall. — Number of Davs on which Rain fell— 11. Amount ol Fall, in inches, 

 = 1-43-2. 



