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baker's north YORKSHIRE. 



MEAN TEMPERATURE OF THE SEASONS AND THE WHOLE 



YEAR. 















Difference 



Locality. 



Year. 



Winter. 



Spring. 



Summer. 



Autumn. 



between 

 Summer 

 & Winter. 



Edinburgh 



48-6 



39-9 



46-2 



59 "O 



49-2 



19-1 



York 



477 



36-4 



46-6 



59-8 



47-9 



23-4 



Leeds. . . . 



49 "o 



39-5 



467 



60-3 



49 '6 



20-8 



Greenwich 



48-5 



37-8 



46-4 



6o'i 



49-6 



22-3 



Exeter . . . 



50-6 



41 "6 



48-2 



60-9 



51-8 



19-3 



The mean annual temperature of the coast of Cornwall is 

 taken by Mr. Watson at 52, of the south coast of Devonshire at 

 51^, of Dorsetshire and Hampshire at 51, of Sussex at 50}^, 

 and of the south-east of Kent, in all these cases of the coast, at 

 50 degrees. The decrease in mean annual temperature along 

 the eastern coast line of Britain amounts to only about 5 degrees 

 of Fahrenheit's scale from south to north, that is to say, upon 

 the average, one degree of temperature to two degrees of latitude. 

 For slightly elevated localities in the interior of the country from 

 London northward to Edinburgh the mean annual temperature 

 is usually stated at from 47 to 49, 47 being about an average for 

 the South of Scotland, 48 for the North of England and 49 for 

 the Midland Counties, maritime stations being usually about one 

 degree higher than inland places under the same parallels of 

 latitude. The difference between Summer and Winter over the 

 same tract is almost always between 20 and 24 degrees. As a 

 general rule we may say that whilst towards the south-east of 

 England as compared with York the annual means augment 

 slightly and the summer temperatures more than the annual 

 means, that towards the south-west the annual means mount 

 still higher and especially that the winter is considerably warmer. 

 In the interior of the country west of London the Summer is 

 warmer, and the hiberno-aestival difference greater than at 

 Greenwich. At Exeter we see that whilst the Summer is only 

 one degree warmer than at York the Winter is 4 degrees warmer 



