150 IV. CLIMATE. 



Western. Eastern. 



30. South Severn. 25. West Thames. 



27. Mid Severn. 25. South Ouse. 



North Severn. 25. North Ouse. 



34. S.E.-Wales. 23. West Ouse. 



S.W. Wales. 27. East Trent. 



North Wales. 27. West Trent. 



39. Mersey. 25. East Humher. 

 61. Lakes. \ 33. West Humber. 

 36. S.W. Lowlands. 34. Tyne (55, 21, 25). 



40. N.W. Lowlands. 24. East Lowlands. 

 53. I.W. Highlands. 41. S.E. Highlands. 



Ebudes. 30. M.E. Highlands. 



L.N. Highlands. 27. N.E. Highlands. 



U.N. Highlands. 40. Orkney (1 year). 



Hebrides. Shetland. 



The average of the Tyne province is raised by the high 

 figure of 55, reported for AUenheads, situate high on the 

 hilly western side of the province. The average for 

 South Thames is augmented through the comparatively 

 high figure of 37, reported as the annual average at 

 Dover. In some other provinces the local differences are 

 very wide ; the average for the Lake province being 

 obtained from the following very unequal figures, re- 

 ported for different spots, 32, 34, 53, 55, 67, 76, 85, 86. 



11. Temperature. — In a general view, the temperature 

 of the air and ground may be stated to decrease slowly 

 from south to north, more rapidly from lower ground to 

 higher ground, and slightly also from the coast line to 

 places more inland. The mean temperature of the south- 

 western coasts of England, and possibly also of the whole 

 line of western coast in Britain, is somewhat higher than 

 that of the eastern coast under similar latitudes. Con- 

 figuration of surface, the character of the ground, and 

 other local conditions also affect the mean temperature ; 



