Meteorological Observations taJcen in Edinburgh, 395 



XXVI. Results of Meteorological Observations taken in Edin- 

 burgh during 1900. By E. C. Mossman, F.R.S.E., 

 r.RMet.Soc. 



(Read 20th March 1901.) 



The observations discussed in this paper have been made 

 twice daily, at the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., the instruments 

 employed being those described in former reports. In the 

 author's absence from home during the greater part of the 

 last quarter of the year, it was not always possible to obtain 

 the services of a first-class observer. The observations taken 

 during this period were accordingly carefully compared with 

 those made at the Blackford Hill Observatory, situated about 

 a mile and a half to the south-west. A few interpolations 

 had to be made in the sunshine record owing to the instru- 

 ment getting out of adjustment, but the general results are 

 not appreciably affected, as the results obtained from the 

 record utilised, viz., that kept at the Eoyal Botanic Garden, 

 closely approximate to those obtained at my station during 

 the last ten years. 



The kite-flying experiments referred to in previous reports 

 have been successfully prosecuted during the past year at 

 Leadburn, under the direction of Mr Anderson, and several 

 noteworthy results have been obtained bearing on the 

 meteorology of the upper air. 



Remarks on the Meteorology of 1900. 



In January mean pressure and bright sunshine were 

 in close accordance with the normal, but the rainfall, 3*4 

 inches, was in excess of the average, falling on the large 

 number of 29 days, the only month with so many wet days 

 during the last 45 years being July 1882. Mean tempera- 



