Meteorological Observations at Cheswick, 1898. By Major- 

 General Sir William Grossman, K.G.M.G. 



Lat. 50° 41' N. Long. 1° 53' W. One mile from and 100 feet above sea. 



Thermometer -i feet from ground — shaded. 

 Rain Gnage — Diameter of funnel, 5". Height of top above ground, 7^". 





Temperature. 



Rainfall. 



Direction of 



Wind. 



1898. 



Absolute. 



Average 



1 1 



II 



o o 



Greatest Fall 



in 24 hours, 



and Date. 



9 £ 



01 O 



11 



N. 

 to 

 E. 



00 



Q 



1 



E. 

 to 



S. 



Q 



S. 

 to 

 W. 



1 



17 



W. 

 to 



N. 



Month. 



Max 

 Deg. 



Min 

 Deg. 



Max. 

 Deg. 



Min. 

 Deg. 



i 



January 



57 



29 



49-5 



37-6 



43 6 



6 



■44 



•14 on 5th 



11 



13 



Feby. 



57 



23 



46- 



33- 



39-5 



14 



119 



•46 on 25th 



18 



3 



1 



9 



15 



March 



59 



25 



48-7 



33-2 



41- 



17 



1-27 



•27 on 4th 



12 



6 



2 



8 



15 



April 



63 



25 



55- 



38-7 



46-8 



3 



217 



•44 on 28th 



17 



2 



14 



10 



4 



May 



66 



30 



54-7 



39- 



46-8 



2 



209 



•66 on 21st 



20 



12 



4 



3 



12 



June 



74 



37 



64-7 



46- 



55-3 





1-04 



•22 on 6th 



16 



10 



3 



9 



8 



July 



79 



41 



70- 



47-4 



58-7 





•62 



■22 on 3rd 



8 



7 



3 





21 



August 



81 



40 



69-8 



50-1 



60- 





158 



■51 on 30th 



15 



5 



7 



8 



11 



Sept. 



85 



35 



67-8 



491 



58-5 





1-50 



•82 on 7th 



13 



2 



5 



6 



17 



October 



71 



37 



57-6 



46-6 



521 





362 



1-16 on 17th 



19 



2 



10 



8 



11 



Nov. 



62 



22 



49-4 



36-2 



42-8 



9 



3-40 



•83 on 23rd 



19 



2 



6 



12 



10 



Dec. 



69 



24 



50- 



38-3 



44-1 



8 



•89 



•20 on 31st 



14 





1 



15 



15 



Totals 













59 



W81 



182 



52 



56 



105 



152 



REMARKS. 



Barometer highest, 30'40, on 15th January, wind W., and on 4th 

 October, wind S.W. ; lowest, 28^74, on 11th May, wind W., followed by 

 a strong N. wind. 



Thermometer highest, 85°, on 4th September ; lowest on night of 

 28th November, 22°. 



Number of days during year at or below freezing point — 59; during 

 winter 1897-98—63; 1896-97—82; 1895-96—67; 1894-95—76; 1893-94— 

 65 ; and in winter 1892-93—69 days. 



Mean Temperature of year — 49"1 ; average of 7 years, 1892-98 — 48°. 



Rainfall— 19-81 inches ; average of years 1892-98— 23^307 inches. 

 No. of days "01" or more fell— 182 ; average of last 7 years — 183. 



Last frost of winter 1897-98— 17th May; first frost of winter 1898- 

 99— 10th November. 



Cheswick, January 1899. 



