THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Janvary 8, 1887; 
THE WEATHER. 
раа 
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT CHIS- 
WICK FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 15. 
January 9 E ers PEUT FARER 18 an Wc 387.6 
SU oc тари cH owe 
"NN us wd. . 1. ү, 36.7 
„ш 36°.5 | Mean for the week 369.5 
ые PAST WEEK. 
Tue following ord of the weather for 
the week ending one: З, is furnished from the 
Meteorological О 
e а ас dull and unsettled іп the 
western and h-wes 
with occasi 
e greater part of the period, although fre- 
senem dull and foggy, were somewhat fairer than 
Towards the end of the period, however, 
the disturbed weather extended to all our coasts, 
т rain, sleet, or snow was experienced 
ure has been below the mean in all dis 
n Scotland, ae and the * Channe 1 
Islands,” "the M t has been m1 
been m 
nd 
iu registered in me st 
1 varied fro 
t Rothamste ed), 10° 
and S." to 29? in “ Ireland. S." and 30° in the 
“Channel Islands." The low est averages for the 
week any individual pae were 28°°9 
Rothamsted and ста apio DM d 299-8 a ds 
„һе Se uh ry the me va 
” “ Eni n. d. ET енн S." d [е 
“ = Channel Island, but in most other districts it has 
as been more prevalent ыы, in 
was last week i agin e 
land NW." Ka a in the ^ t Chanel - 
Islands, "а М E in “ gd 
EA; RE m i 
ount and 
duration of the excess ог defect of маараке above or 
below 42* F. 
degrees—a “ Ped tia gnifying 1° continued for 
twenty-four hours, or any other number degrees for an 
inversely proportional number of hours.] 
TEMPERATURE. 
| ACCUMULATED, 
oS T = 
22 2353 
E [i MS IS 
. o. 5 2 5 
9,2 132 OER 
| oF | se 26258. 
(53 133 |*S8|* 38 
< Ее IEC 
55 38 
«4 АФ 
| Day- | Day- | Day- | Day- 
| deg. | deg. | deg. | deg. 
| O | 34 | 145+ 119 
| O [| 48 |— 64 137 
| 0 | er |— 52-300 
р Ө 16 |+ 69+ 255 
(09 | TE + 20+ 189 
КӨ 58 i+ 84 + 211 
2, &e., | f 
30 |= 215 + 182 
— 8+ 214 
39 |— 1184 302 
= 162+ 118 
+ 
| RAINFALL. 
| SUNSHINE. 
| | ! 
n ھم‎ п it E 
a | Ba | Oe PAE %0 
DISTRICTS. oe [AR | SB ауыз» 
Tat ы „| „= |S REIS SS 
Hse |355 3. онг ов 
ТЕ ЗАЙ ea (Po 2/83 2 
HA o om a EC EGP 
9 а |ә |as астед 
рох ой | $2 |25550 
se om |B" |pu* ES 
= Sc L0 d fasta 
Principal W ee Жы of Du 
ducing District ach. ies 
0. SCOTLAND, N | 4 more 263 | 39.2 | 16 29 
ScoTLAND, E. | 4 less 204 | 25.4] 20 | 81 
2. ENGLAND, N.E 3 less 199 | 29.2 | 32 | 27 
3. ENGLAND, E. less 193 | 26.2! 3 84 
4. MIDLAND Cos 0(aver.)| 202 | 33.2 20 28 
5. ENGLAND, S. more 195 | 33.1 | 27 34 
— сасар &с., 
6. SCOTLA 3les | 218 | 47.0 | 12 | 28 
T. кыы: | 2]ess 214 | 434 | 9 28 
} 
8. ENGLAND, S.W....| 1 less 218 | 46.8 | 26 33 
9. IRELAND, N. 0 (aver.)| 284 | 42.8 | 15 25 
10. IRELAND, S. 1 more 227 | 46.2 | 10 29 
SHANNEL закон 2 тоге 251 | 3&6 | 37 41 
The following —€— and remarks on the weather 
tothe end of the r 1886 are furnished by Mr. 
Glaisher, and serve e" а his Weather Report for 
last year complete :— 
STATE OF THE WEATHER AT BLACKHEATI, LONDON, FoR THE 
NINE DAYS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1886. 
| T rgrome- 
| m De- 
| BARo- | Tk MPERATURE O bear ge З 
f = rom | WIND. 
it | METER Glaisher's 
= | | tables Sth 
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А ЕРЕ ok ў ж | се SHE Е cam 55 
A REESE RBC EN EE) 
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{инса яаа TOES 
бы ges LN 
Perc tess, gm | Í 
| In. n. o e | ° | ° ° | In. 
29.60 |—0.25.41.6:33.0| 8.6133.2 — 0.9 33.7 84 | N.W. 0.00 
i I 
24 | 29.38 |—0.48 $3.7 32.C111.130.6 + 1.038.7| 96 | S.W. 0.13 
эз |99.55|—0.1239.0 51.0 7.031.7 — 3331.0) 86 — SW. 0.0 
26 29.00 |—0.98/38.5 33.2 5.8/36.5 — 1.3 d 95 SSE. 1.91 
| | | 
27 | 29.60 |—0.29,37.5 32.0| 5.5:ИЛ— 2932.2 91 W.NW.0.00 
23 | 29.67 1—0.93/10.035.0/ 5.037.7 + 0234.0. 86  S,S.W. 0.00 
29 pss —0.15/41.0 32.0| 9.037.7/-- 0.3387 85 N.W. 0.0 
| | 
20 enm +0.2835.8 29.5) 6.333.3/— 40395 95 | N.W. 0.00 
31 | 9.28 F01835.229.9 5.9 32.5 — 4730.1. 91, №. 0.00 
| | | » ate ni M 779 Vari- | 
Mean 29.77 — 71/36 .1)— amh | able. зн 
Dec. 28.—А but dull d у; occasional gleams of sunshine. 
— 24.—The nona 1 was dull, with 
— 25.—The morning was EN a bright; a fine EE 
— 26.—Rain aed till 5 P.M the amount of 0 
between 5 and w bogan id fun "m 
el plac 
— 27.—At 1 i 
р i: inches; after this its readings in- 
creased quickly; at 8 A.M. the depth of sn 
was fully 1 foot, and when melted жр 1.65 
inch of water; y 1 foot of fresh. 
1 inch ater. This snow was the 
most dense I hav er k . The day was 
dull, fi 
— 238.—A fine day and ni 
— 29.—The mornin 
night. 
morning was fine and bright; the afternoon 
fine, but dull. ; 
— 30.—Fine and bright generally, dull at times during the 
~ ернар im fine and clear afterwards. 
p nte the ing of the 
the week at the t ie Tenue eee m 
ing the week 
t Tru lymouth, 
Ms highest at Blackheath was 41°, at Bradford 41°.6, 
t Ww olve 41°. 
: ranges 
NH E at Blackheath 179.5. 
29.93 — a the beginning мя 28°85 inches by 
"cw increased to 29:92 inches by 
= 29°80 inches 
oon of t th, increased to 30.60 
oming of ha 91st, and was 30°36 
got the pie for the week 
at the level o as 30°09 inches, being 0:18 
inch higher than het v w cil: and 0.03 ine h above the 
"The highest lag eoru in the 
was 41? o mber 29; the 
27 "The mean of the 
Jan E: ow cember 28 . ү. 
The mean ч the Sm bs см бааа was 
3096. 
The greatest теце of temperature in опе day was 
9° оп Dec. 29; the smallest was 4? on Jan. 1. The 
mean a the seven necs nges was 5^ 
'The n daily бараан 1 were 369.5 о 
26th, PT on the 27th, 37°.7 on the 28th, 37 gue 
the 29th, 339.3 on the 30th, h, 329. .5 on Dec. 815%, and 
24°.5 on Jan. These were з ipf their ave- 
Rm шс exception o , which 
A abov an 193 "90.9. цо, 49,7, and 
терен ature of the week was 339.8, 
being 1. 4 higher t than last week, and 39.6 below the 
average of th 
'The м-та A re ading of a thermometer with 
blackened bulb in vacuo planed in the full rays of 
the was 64° on Dec. 31. The mean of the seveh 
readings v. as 499.6. 
Ra a gee ost and melted snow fell to the amount 
of 1.9 
Т.охрох: Atmospheric Pressure.—During the week 
ending December 25th, the reading of the barometer 
of 
increased fr m 29.75 inches-at the beginnin the 
week to 50.45 in the morning of the 21st, - 
decreased to 29.62 inches by ft the 
the by 1 p.m. on th 
24th was 29.93 i at the end of the week. 
ean reading of the Nes for the week 
at the level of the sea was hes, being 0.41 
inc igher M р week, and 012; inch above the 
he чер 2h 
а Ене їп the week was 5 To on ie the highest 
n the 21st was 989.2. The mean of the seven Ligh 
day temperatures was 36°.8. 
The low: mperature in "a week = ча . on 
the 22d; the onan: on the as 33°. mean. 
of the seven low night ise не was эў? 
The greatest range of temperature one day 
was 250 on the art the smallest was 297 o the 
21st. The mean of the seven daily ranges was 109 = 
h, 
and 349.7 on the 25th. These were all below their 
averages, with the exception of the : 24th, which was . 
1°.4 above , by 14?.2, 11?.7, 129.4, 4?.9, 0?.2, and 39.3 
respectively 
temperature of the week was 32°.4, 
being 6° 3 Tower than last week, and 6°.5 below the 
average Ма zn eek 
'The ading of a thermometer with' 
Шым a! in vacuo placed. in the full rays of 
the sun was 62? on the 24th ; the mean of the seven ` | 
high rau was 479.5. i: 
"cl fell on two days to the amount of 
0.32 in 
Ewxeraxp: Tejperature.—During the week ending 
Жай 1, 1887, the — 
ro, 48" 2 at P 
verhampton 
t temperatures in the week were at 
Bri istol wo at Nottingham 19°.2, and 
The general mean 
amy 6; 280°, 
at Brighton 259.4, and at Bradford 259.2. The 
ne vas 239.3. 
: emperature were 4 рин 
97°, at Truro 0, м p Моп ngham 2491; 
least ran ord 169,4, at (dec 
The general mean 
h day E be 
est at Blackheath 303, sd at | 
The T of the hie Dien 
Leeds 4124: and low. 
