Meteoroloyical Observations taken in Edinburgh. — 329 
3°:2 above the average, the days being 2°°7, but the nights 5°°8 
warmer than the normal. There was little appearance of 
winter throughout the month, except on the 26th, when 
snow showers fell. 
March—Low pressure prevailed throughout the greater 
part of the month, with a high mean temperature, a consider- 
able percentage of sunshine, and a precipitation slightly 
below the normal. The weather, as a whole, was rough and 
unsettled—snow, hail, and rain being of frequent occurrence. 
The lowest pressure of the year occurred on the 3rd, when 
the corrected reading was 28:299 inches. A strong gale was 
experienced on the 2nd, and again on the 16th. 
April_—_Very fine weather prevailed during the greater 
part of the month, the mean temperature being 48°°8, or 4°:0 
above the average. The only warmer Aprils back to 1764 
were 1844, 1821, 1798, 1796, 1792, 1788, and 1785. The 
warmth was pretty equally partitioned between the day and 
the night, the maximum being 3°°7 and the minimum 4°35 
above the normal. The rainfall was less than an inch, and 
there was no heavy fall on any day. 
May.—The weather was quite phenomenal, the month 
being the warmest May since 1848, the driest since 1859, 
and the sunniest since 1882, while the mean barometric 
pressure was the highest, with one exception—1836—-since 
the record commenced in 1769. The warmer Mays since 
1764 were those of 1784, 1804, 1833, and 1848. The mean 
temperature of April and May was 51°°8—hbeing absolutely the 
highest for these two months from the records of the last 
133 years. The mean temperature of the five months, 
January to May, was 45°°8, being only exceeded by the record 
year, 1779, when the mean for the period under review 
was 46°°0. The rainfall for this period was only 4°81 inches, 
the least since 1805, when it was 4:35. In 1771 the downfall 
for the first five months of the year was 4°56 inches. 
June.—During the first half of the month the wind blew 
steadily from the east, with very little sunshine, and heavy 
rain. The hills around the city during most of the time were 
enveloped in mist, which sometimes descended to the level 
of the station. During the second half of the month the 
