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On the Effects of the Winter of 1879-80. 



amount of rain, the greatest heat and severest frost, height of the thermometer 

 above ground, with list of plants and trees killed to the ground or severely 

 damaged. 



The height of Jedhurgh Market Place is 269 feet above sea level, and the 

 gardens here are about the same. 



100 parts to an inch. 



Wet days. 



Days. 



Total for each month. 



January 



3 



•27 lOths of an inch. 



February . . 



12 



. 1-14 





March 



14 



. 1-46 





April 



7 



•76 





May 



10 



. MO 





June 



17 



. 2-98 





July 



13 



. 3.43 





August 



18 



. 2-14 





September .. 



8 



•92 





October 



7 



•83 





November .. 



5 



•97 





December .. 



— 



— 



5 inches snow. 



Eain 114 days. 14 inches. 



August had most wet days : July had the greatest fall of rain. The greatest 

 fall of rain in one day during the year was on July 15th, when '84 fell. 

 The greatest heat, August Uth, was 75" 

 „ 12th, „ 73 

 „ 14th, „ 70 

 Sept. 6th, „ 70 

 These are the only four days when the thermometer reached 70® and 

 upwards. 



The severest frost occurred on Wednesday, 3rd, and Thursday, 4th, Dec, 

 1879. Thermometer, as noted in my pocket book, commencing on the 3rd at 

 8 a.m : — 



8 a.m. 33° 



frost 



1 below zero. 



2 p.m. 12° 



frost. 





12 noon 23 



„ 





4 p.m. 24 



,, 





2 p.m. 12 



jj 





9 p.m. 26 



jj 



6* above zero. 



4 p.m. 32 



>> 



at zero. 



5th. 







9 p.m. 38 



» 



6" below zero. 



8 am. 33 



ft 



1^ below zero. 



4th. 







4 p.m. 29 



» 





8 a.m. 45 



jj 



13' below zero. 



6th. 







10 a.m. 30 



jj 



2° above zero. 



8 a.m. 27 



>> 





12 a.m. 22 



» 





4 p.m. 24 







This frost commenced on November 23rd, and continued every night up 

 to December 13th ; it then broke for two nights, 14th and 15th, when the 

 thermometer stood at minimum, 3o° and 30° respectively, being 3° and 7° 

 above freezing point. The thermon: oters sto )d abovo ground 2 feet 6 inches, 

 and were exposed, exceit for a small ledge of f 'ood above them. Thermometers 

 (registering ones) made by Adie & S^n, Edinburgh. 



