Meteorological Observations taken in Edinburgh. 5 



during recent years. Kainfall was only half the average, 

 the fall being entirely confined to the first and last weeks. 

 No measurable quantity fell from the 8th to the 23rd 

 inclusive. The ground remained very cold till the middle of 

 the month, the 22-inch earth thermometer rising only half 

 a degree between the 1st and 15th. Fogs occurred on the 

 20th, 27th, and 28th. 



Jicne. — The weather experienced this month was of a 

 phenomenal character, the mean temperature of the month 

 being the lowest since 1888, the rainfall larger than in any 

 June since 1879, and the mean daily variability of tempera- 

 ture greater than in any month during the last fifty-seven 

 years, with the single exception of November 1847, which had 

 a variability 0°*2 greater. The amount of cloud was singularly 

 large, only 83 hours bright sunshine being recorded, which 

 was lower than in any June since 1863. The winds during 

 the month blew persistently from the east, and, in spite of 

 a high barometer, the air was very raw and humid. Fine 

 weather was almost wholly absent, only two days, the 5th 

 and 25th, having more than half the total possible sunshine, 

 while there were eleven sunless days. During the first twelve 

 days little rain fell, only 028 inch being recorded. During 

 this time the temperature was on the whole low, with a 

 small diurnal range, the result of densely overcast skies. 

 The mean temperature on the 8th was as low as 43° -8, the 

 minimum being 36°. Very wet weather prevailed from the 

 13th to the 19th, no less than 3*27 inches falling. The 

 mean temperature on several days w^as very low, notably on 

 the 18th, 19th, 20th, with values of 45°-6, 49°-l, and 45°-5 

 respectively. The 16th was also a notable day, the tempera- 

 ture falling from 52°'5 at 9 a.m. to 43°'4 at 2.30 p.m., this 

 being the lowest for the day, and 20°-5 below the average 

 maximum for the time of year. At 10 a.m. 0*44 inch of 

 rain fell in sixteen minutes. The last ten days of the month 

 were showery, but the temperature was in excess of the 

 normal. The inclement weather materially retarded the 

 growth of plants, the temperatures of the soil at depths of 

 12 and 22 inches being exactly seven weeks behind 1896. 

 The 12 -inch thermometer on the morning of the 21st 



