i88s-i886.] 



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METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 1886. 



To the kindness of Lancelot Turtle, Esq., J.P., Aghalee, we 

 are again indebted for the following exhaustive tables, giving a 

 summary of meteorological phenomena for the year 1886, 

 and accompanying monthly notes. 



The observatory at which the records are made is situate at 

 Aghalee, in the extreme southern point of the County of 

 Antrim, at an elevation of 130 feet above sea-level. The 

 country to the west is flat, and very little above the level of 

 Lough Neagh, which is 2^ miles distant in that direction, and 

 to other points the country is gently undulating and well 

 wooded. The nearest mountains are those surrounding Belfast, 

 distant about 12 miles east, while the Tyrone Mountains are 

 about 25 miles west. The nearest point of sea is the upper end 

 of Belfast Lough, while the open sea may be said to be about 

 20 miles east of the observatory. 



