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Meteorological Observations at Cheswick, 1899. By Major- 

 Gen eral Sir William Grossman, K.C.M.G. 



*Lat. 55° 42' 37" N, Long. 1° 57' 29" W. One mile from and 100 feet above sea. 



Thermometer 4' above ground — shaded. 



Rain Guage — Diameter of Funnel, 5". Height of top above ground, ^Y- 



















Direction of 







Temperature 









Rainfall. 





Wmo. 



1899. 











^ si 





O (B 



N. 



E. 



S. 



W. 





Absolute. 



Average 



s. 





o.H 







to 



to 



to 



to 











o^-^ 



^^-s 



Greatest Fall 

 in 24 hours, 



^^^ 



Q fe o 



E. 



S. 



W. 



N. 

















Month. 



Max 



Min. 



Max. 



Min. 



Month 



° s 



^.3^ 



and Date. 





m 



m 



to 



to 





Deg. 



Deg. 



Deg. 



Deg. 



Deg. 



^1 



18 



|| 





!•- 



Q 

 1 



7 



8 



p 



January 



52 



18 



43-7 



32-3 



38- 



2-22 



•49 on 21st 



23 



15 



Feby. 



57 



22 



46-6 



33- 



39-8 



15 



1-33 



■35 on 16th 



15 



6 



8 



7 



7 



March 



60 



16 



49-3 



33-5 



41-4 



12 



1-58 



•31 on 2.5th 



17 



5 



3 



9 



14 



April 



63 



28 



53-2 



37-3 



45-25 



6 



2-44 



•40 on 6th 



19 



11 



2 



4 



13 



May 



75 



32 



55-9 



39 9 



47-9 



2 



319 



•68 on 19th 



18 



20 



3 



5 



3 



June 



79 



36 



68-9 



47-7 



58-3 





2-07 



•99 on 29th 



10 



10 



7 



4 



9 



July 



80 



47 



70-9 



52-8 



61-9 





2-91 



119 on 1st 



15 



9 



3 



9 



10 



August 



84 



39 



703 



51-4 



60 9 





1-.54 



■49 on 27th 



9 



7 



15 



3 



6 



Sept. 



76 



32 



63-6 



44-7 



541 



1 



2-83 



•76 on 30th 



21 



1 



1 



9 



19 



October 



69 



28 



58-2 



40- 



49-1 



3 



1-28 



■85 on 1st 



10 



2 



5 



13 



11 



Nov. 



60 



28 



521 



40-3 



46-2 



3 



1-62 



•31 on 24th 



14 



3 



4 



17 



6 



Dec. 



55 



14 



39-5 



28-9 



34-2 



20 

 80 



2-89 



•56 on 29th 



20 



1 



16 



2 



12 



Totals 













25-90 





191 



76 



74 



90 



125 



REMARKS. 



Average Temperature of year, 48°. 



Barometer highest, 30-82, on 26th January. Lowest, 28-30, on 29th 

 December. 



Thermometer highest, 84°, on 2nd August. Lowest, 14°, on 13th 

 December. 



Number of days at or below freezing point, 80. 



First frost of winter 1898-9 on 10th November ; last frost, 5th May 

 1899. First frost of winter 1899-1900, 29th September 1899. 



*N.B. — The Latitude and Longitude hitherto given in these returns 

 from Cheswick have been put down in error. The above is the correct 

 reading, and members are requested to correct their former volumes 

 accordingly. 



Cheswick, March 1900. 



