METEOROLOGY OF BRADFORD FOR 1890. 



I MiNnnm Atmospheeio Pressuee, TEMPEitiTUEE, Humidity, Beiout Sunshine, Wind Pbessuee, and 



1 



jYear. 



PaKSSCBE. ] 1 Temckbatitbe. 

























Kji». I 



Highest. j I.ow|»t. 



In Shade. 

 Highest. 1 Lowest. 



Last and First 

 Frost of Seasons. 



In Sun's Itavs 



(Complete Saturation = TOO.) 

 Hiphest. j Lowest. 



BaroHT oexsniKE. 





Total 

 Year 





atTn.H'll&Mid. 

 Stn.thanat65ift. 

 ab'vesurf.atExc. 



11 



Date. 



Snow. 



Highest. 



|j,..| 



Date. 



Total 



of 

 Year. 



IH 



1 



Dale. 



Last and First 



|l|| 

 Ins. 



Date, jf a'l i 



Date. 



pll 



Date. 





Date. 



Date of 

 Last 

 Fi-ost. 



Date of 

 First 

 Frost. 



'AM 



Date. 



II -■ jl 



Date. 



Date of 

 Last 

 Snow. 



Date of 

 First 



Depth 

 Inches. 



Percen- 

 tage of 



Exeh'ge 









» 





r^- 











Deg, 

















lb. per 







Ins. 























Aug. 30 



Dec. 26 



Mar. 27 



Oc 



20 



127-7 









47 

























April 3 



Oct. 19 













860 



July 25 



16-6 



Dec. 23 





Nov. 



1275 



















































.\ug. 1! 



67 





trii 



Nov. 13 



1287 



July 17 







41 



Nov. 2 























986! June 18 



















July 23 



24-8 



Mar. 27 



Nov. 19 



124-8 



































June 19 





















10-2 



Feb. 24 



Mai-. 14 



Nov. 6 



1246 



July 23 





Doe. 11 



41 



Mar. 26 















21-440 









1-200 



Aug. 4 



April 25 

















16-0 



Dec. 31 



Mar. 12 



Nov. 11 



1258 

































0-740 



Dec. 7 















80-0 



Aug. 17 



130 



.Tan. 1 





Nov. 26 





































Nov. 15 

















July 17 



23-0 



Jan. 9 



April 16 



No 



V « 



126-6 



July 16 





























1 810 



Oct. 9 



^!"'\l 















June 19 













































July 18 

















July 19 



13-9 



Dee. 26 





V M 



1182 



July 22 























35 434 







1-2211 



Aug. 14 

















July 30 



132 



Dec. 7 







■ 14 

































1-020 



June 8 ' Jlay 7 

















20-8 



Jan. 20 



Feb. 23 



CIc 



211 



1120 



Aug. 13 





Dec. 15 





















39 616 1 3 926 



11 10 



















633 



July 6 



12-0 



Jan. 26 



April 21 



Oc 



































14:* 



















Aug. 12 



18-6 



Dec. 11 



Aprdie 



Nov. 12 



106-0 



Aug. 9 



19 



Nov. 6 



















39683 



43-103 ! 3-420 



1086 





Deo. 6 1 Mar. 21 















76-2 



July 3 



19 8 



Mar. 10 



Mar. 29 



No 



■ 12 



107-6 











Apnl 9 

 May 22 





















1 338 

















844 



Aug. 12 



26-6 





April 24 



Nov. 24 



107 8 





98 



Jan. 23 













24 00 



Jan. 24 



27-667 







11/0 



















July 27 



22-1 



Dec. 11 





No 



■ 16 



1136 



July 27 



















15 26 



liee. 4 i 25 699 







1-208 

















79-5 





174 



Mar. 7 



April 30 



Dee. 2 































2-131) 















Kov. 3 





July 9 



21-1 



Jan. 17 





Or 



12 





July 9 









July 9 



12 40 



July 3 





25 



15 00 



Feb. 4 I 18 666 























80 4 





192 



Feb. 14 



April 8 



Oc 



























May 4 25 846 



























21-3 



M.,1-. 4 



Mar. 22 



N, 



■ 2/ 



116-2 





<19 





3q 





12 16 



July 8 



827 46 



18 



12-00 



Feb. 9 22 141 























76-4 



Sept. 16 



16-4 1 Dec. 22 



Mar. 10 





. 28 



111-0 



June 16 



99 



M^y 11 



31 



Mny 29 



14 25 



Jlay 25 ' 824 5 1 



18} 





Jan. 19 1 26730 





i 3-860 





1-330 







Sleana 



30-343 





S8'305 



I 1 82-0 1 



183 1 







116-4 



1 99 





39 





12 57 1 < 901 47 1 



20 1 15-89 1 29962 



39-601 



n-08 



i 



EXPLANATION. 



Biicht sunshine is reeoi-ded in horn's and minutes by ghiss sphere on cards, knoivu 



of 1876 to tbe end of 1882. a period of seven yeare, when the sui-face gauges were 



The observations an* made at nine a.In.,and, with the exception of maximum and 



IIS Campbell's recorder, fixed on Professor Stokes" zodiacal frame. 



removed in coneequence of ttie ground Ibey occupied being no longer available for 



minimum thermometer readings, again at three p.m. 



The solar thermometer has a black bulb enclosed in a vacuum. 



the purpose. Tbe particulars of these gaupings .are set forth m tables. The resulta 



The highest andlow ^t huromc-trit readings for each month, also themonthly range. 



The direction, velocity, and pressure of wind are recorded as indicated by 



Bbow that the mean yearly rainfall on the siu^oce of ground for the seven years 



are given as recorded ; (In. tl , n . ,i ]; - mc is deduced from bi-daily observations 



anemometers fixed lOi feet above the ridge of roof of Exchange. The velocity p^r 



ending with 1882 is 386 inches, or 1 1 08 per cent., greater than at the sumii.it of tbe 



conected for index en, > . i.itnre. and diurnal range. Toconectfor 



hour at 9am. isdetermined from anemometer readings made one minute and a half 



Exchange. The mean ytarly rainfall recorded at the Exchange for tbe twent\-flne 



altitude or reduce to -f 1 : i ]- mtuie being 48 degiecs and barometer 



before and a Ukc period after that hour, by multiplying the difference thereof by 



yeai-8 ending with 1890 is 29-962 inches. Bv adding 1 1 -08 per cent, thereto the mean 



SOinchcsatsealevel). a].! ^ i:. [.;.-.,. 1,. j^-bts given. 



20. The pressure is given in pounds avoirdupois per square foot. 



normal rainfall of central Bradford for such period U found to be 33 382 inches per 



A remarkable inft..fl, ,■ ,,i l:wui^inr d,.pres.sion occiuTOd on the 8th December. 



The amount of cloud is estimated by a scale ranging from to 10. 



annum. There are good prounds for concluding that the smaUer amount of rain- 



1886, when at 8 AO p m, the locieuiy of the Exchange barnmctcr bad fallen to 27456 



The rain gauge is fixed upon the top of central roof of the Exchange, at an 



faU collected on the Exchange -and on buildinga generaUy-tban on the surface of 



inches only— the lowest re.nding on ii cord here. The cyclone indicated by this deptts- 



elevation of 65J feet above the siuface of the giound and 395 feet above mean sea 



ground is due to the varj-ing direction and force of wind there produacg different 



sion was the cause of gieat loss of life and property, extending over an unusually 



level. As rain gauges on the summit of buildings are generally found to collect less 



currents and eddies, which prevent due precipitation on the top or ridge of roof where 



large district. 



rain than when placed upon the surface of open ground adjacent thereto, steps were 



the gauge is fixed. 'J he rainfall of 1869 was collected by a gauge placed on the ndge 



All thermomctric oleer^-ations and deductions are given in degiees Fohlenheit. 



taken in 1876 to determine to what extent this was the case with the Exchange 



of outer roof of Exchange, near to the north-west comer thereof. This position not 



The adopted mean temperature of air is deduced from the dry bulb and the 



rain gauge, when two additional gauges were piov-ided and fixed upon the surface 



being deemed quite Patisfactoiy, tbe caiige was removed at the end of that year to 



maximum and minimunl readings ; the tempeiatnre of evaporation from the dry and 



of adjacent open spaces, one near to the Town Hall, the other near to the Midland 



the ridge of central roof-the place it has since occupied. To avoid nsk of maecu- 



wet bulb and the maximum and minimum readings. The dew point, elastic force 



Railway Station, between whicli the Exchange gauge is situate about midway, and 



rate results, the rainfall of 1869 is omitted from these returns. 



The instrumonts with which the observatdons are made have been verified by 



of vapom-, hmmdity, &c., are deduced from bi-daily readings of the diy and wet 

 bulb hygrometer, by Glkishcr's Hygrometrical Tables, sixth edition. 



the surface of ground about the same height. At both of these gauges, as well 



as at the Exchange gauge, daily observations wer-e mode from the commencement 





