Meteorological Observations taken at Edinburgh. 81 
of a degree below the normal, there were only two days 
on which 70° was reached. Except for a few days during 
the second week, when the barometer rose above 30 inches, 
pressure was below the mean, the range, however, being 
small. The finest weather occurred about the middle of the 
month, the 14th and 15th having over 10 hours’ sunshine. 
This was followed by the dullest weather experienced during 
the month, only 22 hours’ sunshine being recorded in the 
6 days ending the 22nd. 
September.—Throughout the greater part of this month 
winds from a westerly quarter prevailed, producing showery 
and generally unsettled weather, although the total rainfall 
was less than half the average. Temperature was fully two 
degrees below the normal, and never rose above 64°°5, a very 
low maximum for this month. Sunshine, owing to the 
cloudy conditions accompanying the westerly winds, was 
scanty, no day being really fine, the sunniest being the 17th, 
when 8 hours was recorded. 
October.—This month was relatively one of the coldest of 
the whole year, temperature falling, on the mean, 3°°7 below 
the average. Rainfall was considerably above the normal, 
the month being the wettest October since 1886, when the 
precipitation was slightly greater. In the first 8 weeks only 
27 hours’ sunshine was recorded, there being 12 days on which 
the amount registered was less than 1 hour. The first snow 
of the season fell on the 23rd. The rainfall on the 3rd, viz., 
0:92 inch, was the greatest daily fall throughout the year. 
November.—Mild weather prevailed throughout the whole 
of this month, temperature on no occasion falling below 30°:1 
in the shade. On the other hand, temperatures exceeding 
50° were recorded on no less than 12 days. Sunshine was 
about the average, but there was no day on which more than 
four hours was recorded. There was, however, no period 
characterised by very dull weather. The only snowfall of 
the month occurred on the 30th. 
December.—The month opened with a heavy snowstorm 
and cold weather, the maximum temperature on the 2nd 
being 30°11. During the first fortnight cold, wintry weather 
was experienced, barometric pressure being very unsteady. 
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