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THE CLIMATE OF ABERDEENSHIRE 45 
July value for Aberdeen is 56-7° F. and that for January 37-8° F. instead 
of 56-3° F. and 38-8° F. respectively ; a fact which bears out the general 
impression that our winters have been milder of late years. Corrobora- 
tion is forthcoming from Braemar, whose earlier values were 54:8° F. 
and 34°3° F. as compared with 54-7° F. and 34-6° F. in the later period. 
Some extreme temperature values might be of interest. At Aberdeen 
the highest temperature so far recorded was 86° F. on July 16, 1876, and 
the lowest was 4° F. on January 18, 1881. At Braemar a temperature of 
— 12° F. was experienced on February 8, 1895, during a prolonged spell 
of frost. 
RAINFALL.—The incidence of rainfall throughout the county, as 
tabulated in Table II, shows some points of interest. As is usual in our 
islands, the rainfall of the first half of the year is definitely less than that 
of the second half; Aberdeen, for example, receiving 12} ins. from 
January to June as compared with 17 ins. from July to December. 
TasLe IJ.—RaINFALL. PERIOD 1881-1915 
3 as} 4 = = 
Sd | S78 ag | ane 
Height in ft. 
= aie MSI. 46 145 608 930 | 1,120 100 397 
In In In. In. In. In In. 
January Bio iemioa | 2°er | 2-70\) Scng | Sage eae 
February 2°O8 |) 254.) 2°08 | 2-60) 2989 | 2'aor il eae 
March 2-41 || 260 |; 2°60 |%2-S65) 2-98\-| 24201 aene 
April . E-G7 o2"OG. | .2°Or Pe2"t5e) 2697 |: Taga a cg 
May . 23a hoses2 | 2°49 .[ e238"): S-B8 | 2t28ei) sare 
June . Dye ee PEO) 5) | (Ee FOw). 1-06 |. Tal aiew 
July . 2288s iB Qge) 2°90) |, Sr 55o uv @-H7o |\2r82ndegre6 
August 2°74 | 3°03. | 3°17 | 3°03 | 3°42 | 2°75 | 2796 
pemtember /: |) 2°22: |, 22360); 2°33»), 2°40 2-SL. |rars4hiange 
October 3°00.) 3504). 3°24 13760...) 3.99O, 13°20) Lg" So 
November .| 2°95 | 3°34 | 3°07 | 3°69 | 3°84 | 2°93 | 3°37 
MeeeMNeh ))..3°22...|.3*60 |. 2°82, |. 3°38. 3* 50ly | 32 Wide Shae 
Year. =. | 29°49 | 33°13. | 30°92 [33°04 [35°38 | 29°78 | 32°34 
In the table the variation of the rainfall from month to month throughout 
the year shows the same broad features at all stations; April and June 
_ being dry months in the first half of the year, and September a dry month 
in the second half. One minor point of interest is that at Aberdeen, 
