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1929 to 1933 Braemar had an average duration of 2:90 hrs. per day 
compared with 3-67 at Aberdeen. 
SNOWFALL.—T able IV gives the average number of days in each month 
upon which snow falls and also the number of days on which the ground 
remains covered with snow. 
Taste [V.—NuMBER OF Days OF SNOW AND SNOW LYING 
ABERDEEN | BALMORAL BRAEMAR 
Month, Snow | Snow See Snow one iv Snow 
1881— | Lying eee Lying a at Lying 
1933. | 1912-33 1912-33 | poyn a3 | 1912-33 
January a5 2:6 7°6 13°9 8-7 17°6 
February 6:8 2B 5 oa 12°T 705 £2°5 
March 7:6 2:6 8:0 II‘O 8 +4 | 
April a5 O"4 5°3 $7 6-0 4°4 
May 0:8 fo) Eg o°4 2-0 0-6 
June fo) Oo a3 fo) fe) fe) 
July fe) fo) o'l fo) fe) fo) 
August ) fe) o'l fe) fo) fe) 
September Oe fo) 0-2 fe) 0'2 o'l 
October Een: 0°3 1°8 LZ 2H Fah | 
November 370 DA 4°2 6-0 4°7 6-2 
December 5:3 2°8 6°5 FEMS pg T2877 
Meat... Pall ee a 0 E2°9 42°4 59°9 47°1 68°5 
There is a progressive increase in the number of days of snowfall from 
_ Aberdeen westwards to Braemar, but a still more significant increase in 
_ the number of days of snow lying, Braemar having more than five times 
__ as many as Aberdeen—due of course to the much lower winter temperature 
in Table V. 
The relative humidity of the atmosphere at Aberdeen is shown in the 
first column ; its most interesting feature is the small difference between 
the summer and winter values, indicating relatively dry air even in winter— 
resulting from the situation of Aberdeen on the sea-coast. 
The statistics of thunder at the three stations show that Braemar is less 
liable to thunderstorms than are Balmoral and Aberdeen. 
At Aberdeen hail falls on the average on sixteen days in the year, one- 
at Braemar. 
MiscELLANEOUS PHENOMENA.—Some farther interesting data are given 
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half of these days occurs in the three months March, April and May. 
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