ON THE SEASONAL VARIATIONS OF TEMPERATURE. 



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Month 



Rainfall at Piethorn 

 Gauge 894 ft. above sea level 



Rain- 

 fall 



Greatest fall in 

 24 hours 



No. of 

 days on 

 which 

 rain fell 



Rainfall at Denshaw 

 Gauge 1,012 ft. above sea level 



Rain- 

 fall 



Greatest fall in 

 24 hours 



No. of 

 days on 



which 

 rain fell 



June 



July 



August . 



September 



October . 



November 



December 



January . 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October . 



November 

 December 



January . 

 February 

 March . 



April 

 May 

 June 

 July 



1890 



1891 



5 



16 

 22 

 13 

 21 

 15 

 17 



27 



7 



21 



9 



13 

 21 

 20 

 18 

 13 

 18 



22 

 6 



16 



7 

 18 



13 



18 



8 



14 



The Nith and Deb (Dumfries). 



The Committee is indebted to the Rev. "Wm. Andson, of Dumfries, 

 for enthusiastic assistance in inaugurating observations at various points 

 in the south-west of Scotland, and in summarising and discussing the 

 results. The weekly means of the observations discussed below will be 

 found as curves, No. V. for the Nith, No. VI. for the Dee, and No. VII. for 

 Little Ross lighthouse. The monthly means in the accompanying dis- 

 cussion are calculated from the daily observations. 



Discussion of TemperaUire Observations on the Nith and its Estuary, 



April 15, 1889, to April 15, 1890. By Rev, W. Andson. 

 These observations were made under the auspices of the Dumfries 

 and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. The observa- 



