Weather Notes from 1871 to 1881. By Mr P. Loney. 573 





1878. 



1879 



1880 



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January...! 3-11 



19° 



99 



2 08 



10° 



56 



0-83 



16° 



66 



2-73 



2« 



69 



February..! 1-67 



28 



90 



2-66 



i4 



50 



2-20 



26 



87 



300 



19 



56 



March.... 



1-16 



23 



165 



2-47 



18 



94 



2-34 



23 



154 



3-48 



10 



135 



April 



1-70 



27 



172 



212 



25 



157 



2-h3 



30 



129 



1-69 



24 



145 



May 



2-81 



31 



J 58 



2-24 



28 



196 



1 32 



33 



169 



2-H5 



31 



269 



June 



2-83 



35 



231 



5-32 



34 



132 



3-48 



35 



260 



306 



32 



187 



July ! 1-19 



42 



246 



6-40 



31^ 



112 



5 17 



42 



164 



3-04 



38 



176 



August....' 6-64 



43 



165 



3.24 



42 



166 



1-05 



43 



188 



6 89 



37 



133 



September. 3 10 



34 



189 



1-59 



35 



136 



4-82 



37 



129 



5-07 



.^9 



70 



October....! 2-76 



30 



111 



li9 



30 



1-0 



3-87 



25 



111 



3-63 



24 



106 



November.' 6-27 



22 



74 



2-84 



25 



103 



4 86 



16 



92 



3 26 



26 



57 



December.! 3-/2 



10 



70 



1-17 







63 

 1375 



4-46 

 3703 



16 



63 

 1612 



1-86 

 3905 



20 



59 



Totals 



35-46 





1760 



33-92 





1462 



Average of the 12 years' rainfall, 38-6825 inches. 



,, „ sunshine, 1486 hours. 



Remarks. 



The year 1872 is the -wettest— 53 82 inches of rain fell, and -we had only 

 1036 hours of sunshine— 450 under the average of the 12 years. 



The year 1876 is also very wet— 48 98 inches of rain— 16 8l inches of which 

 fell during November and December. 



The year 1877 is also very wet — 46-06 inches of rain— 13-20 inches falling 

 in July and August, destroying the grain crops. 



The year 1878 was not so wet— 35 46 inches of rain— 5 '64 inches fell in 

 August, which seriously affected the grain crop. 



The year 1879, a remarkable period— 33 -92 inches of rain — 11-72 inches of 

 ■which fell in June and July, being nearly a third of the year's rainfall, and 

 during the two months usually the driest. This was a cold year. Thermo- 

 meter below zero. 



The year 1880. The first five months were dry. In July 5*17 inches of 

 rain fell, and in September 2-24 inches of rain fell in twenty-four hours, 

 thoroughly saturating all grain in the stook, from which it never recovered. 



The year 1881. This is also a remarkable year. August gave us 5-89 

 and September 5 07 inches of rain — 10-96- materially affecting all the grain 

 crops. Barley, which at the end of .lulj' promised fair, suffered most. Har» 

 vest was prolonged much. From the 14th October to the end of the year we 

 had terrific gales. 



Marchmont is 600 feet above sea, and almost in the centre of the county of 

 Berwick. 



Note — All these observations were made -with tested instruments, and ac- 

 cording to the Scottish Meteorological Society's rules. 



