Feb. 1892. J THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 257 



Meteorological Observations taken at Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 

 during the Month of January 1892. 



Distance from Sea, 1 mile. Height of Cistern of Barometer above Mean Sea-level, 

 71 '5 feet. Hour of Observation, 9 a.m. 



10 



11 



12 

 13 

 14 



15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 



26 



27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 





29-699 

 29-819 

 29-773 

 30-013 



29-348 



29-056 

 29-218 

 29-204 

 29-488 



29-659 



29-983 

 29-792 

 29-668 

 29-298 

 29-401 

 29-361 

 29-629 

 29-681 

 29-795 

 29-788 

 29-751 

 29-592 

 29-749 

 29-794 

 30-218 



30-067 



29 -.550 

 29-811 

 29-543 

 29-707 

 29-869 



Thermometers, protected, 

 4 feet above grass. 



S. R. Ther- 

 mometers for 

 preceding 

 24 hours. 



Max. 



40-1 

 41-2 

 44-0 

 36-6 



42-2 



43-9 

 35-7 

 34-7 

 34-9 



36-4 



39-1 

 37-1 

 36-5 

 36-7 

 35-7 

 33-1 

 36-8 

 38-5 

 40-5 

 .37-6 

 36-0 

 40-4 

 39-9 

 45-9 

 41-8 



42-4 



49-9 

 49-4 

 51-9 

 54-5 

 46-3 



Min. 



34-0 

 32-0 

 31-0 

 28-1 



26-2 



28-9 

 27-3 

 23-0 

 24-8 



24-7 



24-9 

 25-8 

 24-0 

 25-0 

 26-2 

 26-1 

 29-2 

 35-1 

 36-0 

 33-5 

 28-5 

 31-8 

 30-3 

 31-0 

 35-5 



36-0 



42-0 

 35-8 

 38-8 

 43-6 

 36-9 



Hygrometer. 



Dry. 



34-9 

 41-2 

 33-6 

 31-3 



42-2 



32-0 

 30-1 

 25-4 

 30-0 



86-4 



25-9 

 36-6 

 25-5 

 31-8 

 27-2 

 30-0 

 36-8 

 38-5 

 36-1 

 34-6 

 32-7 

 36-0 

 32-5 

 38-4 

 37-2 



42-4 



39-2 

 51-1 

 44-1 

 38-2 



Wet. 



33-1 

 39-3 

 30-4 

 30-4 



40-9 



30-6 

 27-5 

 24-8 

 27-2 



33-9 



25-4 

 35-1 

 25-0 

 30-1 

 26-9 

 29-6 

 34-3 

 37-0 

 36-0 

 34-0 

 .31-1 

 34-8 

 32-1 

 37-0 

 36-0 



41-0 



47-2 

 37-7 

 49-2 

 40-7 

 36-5 



W. 

 W.S.W, 



W. 

 I^.W. 



W. 



W. 

 W.N.W 

 W.S.W 

 W.N.W. 



E.N.E. 



W, 



N.E. 

 W. 



s.w. 



Calm. 



S.E. 



E. 



E. 



W. 



S.E. 



S. 



S.W. 



Calm. 



W.S.W. 



S.W. 



S.W. 



S.W. 



w. 

 w. 

 w. 

 w. 



Clouds. 



Kind. 



Cir. 



Cir. 

 Cum. 

 Cir. 



Ciir. 

 Cum. 



Cir. 

 Cum. 



Cir. 

 Cum. 

 Cum. 



Cir. 

 Cum. 



Cum. 

 Cum. 

 Nim. 

 Cum. 



Cum. 

 Cir. 



Cir. 

 Cum. 

 Nim. 

 Cum. 

 Cum. 

 Cum. 







1 



10 



4 



2 



3 



10 



9 



1 



9 







10 



10 



10 



10 







10 



2 











5 



2 



10 



10 



10 



6 







N.W. 



N.W. ) 

 W. I 



N.N.W. 



N.isr'.w. 



N. 



E. ) 

 E.N.E. f 



N.W. 

 N.E, 

 W.S.W. 

 S.W. 

 S.E. 



e! 



S.E. 

 W. 



S.E. 



S.W. 

 W. 



N.W. 



w. 



S.W. 



w. 



w. 

 w. 



0-000 

 0-000 

 0-000 

 0-000 



0-000 



0-000 

 0-070 

 010 

 0-015 



0-060 



0-050 

 0-000 

 0-000 

 01,5 

 0-000 

 0-000 

 0-010 

 0-225 

 0-135 

 0-000 

 0-000 

 0-005 

 0-010 

 0-005 

 0-002 



0-050 



0-050 

 0-070 

 0-005 

 0-040 

 0-110 



Barometer. — Highest Reading, on the 25th, =30-218. Lowest Reading, on the 

 6th,=-29-056. Ditiereuce, or Monthly Range, = l-162. Mean = 29-656. 



S. R. Thermometers. — Highest Reading, on the 30th, =54°-5. Lowest Reading, on 

 the 8th, = 23°-0. Difference, or Monthly" Range, = 31° -5. Mean of all the Highest 

 = 40°-6. Mean of all the Lowest = 30° -8. Difference, or Mean Daily Range, =9°-8. 

 Mean Temperature of Month=35°-7. 



Hygrometer.— Mean of Dry Bulb=35°-5. Mean of Wet Bulb = 34°-0. 



Rainfall. — Number of Days on which Rain, or Snow, fell=19. Amount of Fall, 

 in inches, = 0-937. 



A. D. RICHARDSON, 

 Observer. 



TKANS. BOT. SOC. EDIN. VOL. XIX. X 



