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Meteor otoi/ical Observations at Gheswick, 1893. By 

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



Major- 



Lat. 51° 41' N. 



Long. 



1° 53' W. 



One mile from and 100 feet above Sea. 





Barometer 

















taken at 



Thermometer 



Rainfall. 





Directon of 





10 a.m. and 



shaded 4ft 



. 6in. 







Wind, 



1893. 



Month. 



4 p.m. 





above G 



rass. 









10 a.m. 



S 



a 



a 

 a 



a 



B 







B 

 'S 



2 a 











• ^ a 



o 





2 



s 







^ 



s 



•k 



S 



^P5 



z; »s 



01 



Q 



&B 





^c^ 

 ^o c 



Dvs 



Dvs 



OQ 

 Dys 



Dys 







Deff 



Deg 



Deff 













January 



iiy94 



28-90 



51 



7 



36^ 



14 



1-38 



•33 



19 th 



11 



8 



3 



15 



5 



February 



29-80 



28-20 



57 



24 



40 



9 



2-27 



-67 



26th 



14 



5 



4 



14 



5 



March 



29-90 



28-88 



69 



22 



44 



9 



-30 



-16 



1st 



5 



1 



3 



17 



10 



April 



3010 



29-20 



68 



27 



50^ 



4 



•76 



-35 



15th 



7 



13 



5 



7 



5 



May 



30-04 



29-02 



74 



32 



53i 



1 



1-31 



■33 



17th 



9 



13 



7 



7 



4 



June 



29-90 



28-80 



85 



41 



58^ 



— 



2-67 



1-24 23rd 



8 



14 



7 



4 



5 



July 



29-78 



28-80 



74 



44 



60^ 



— 



2-34 



101 



8th 



15 



16 



4 



8 



3 



August 



29 80 



28-70 



88 



42 



63 



— 



1-39 



•24 



19th 



15 



5 



4 



17 



5 



September 



29-80 



28-50 



78 



31 



58 



1 



1-89 



•50 



23rd 



14 



4 



3 



18 



5 



October 



29-80 



28-50 



67 



29 



49^ 



3 



206 



•97 



7th 



17 



1 



3 



23 



4 



November 



30-00 



28-30 



56 



26 



431 



6 



2-77 



•62 



3&5 



24 



14 



3 



11 



2 



December 



3008 



28-30 



59 



18 



40* 



10 



1-43 



•30 



13th 



16 





 94 



5 

 51 



23 



164 



3 

 56 



Totals 





57 



20-57 







155 



Mean 











50 





















REMARKS. 



Barometer highest 29th December, 3008; lowest, 2820, 27th February, 

 snow and E. gale. 



Thermometer highest, 88°, on 16th, wind S.W. ; 6th January, -wind 

 S.W. and snow. 



Niamber of Days at or below 32° — 57. Mean Temperature of year, 50°. 



Rainfall, 2057 inches. Number of Days on which "01 inch or more 

 fell— 155. 



Greatest Fall in 24 hours, on 23rd June — 1^24 inch. 



Longest periods of dry weather — 15th March to 14th April — 30 days. 

 7th June to 21st June — 15 days. 



N. to E. winds prevailed in April, May, June, July, and November, 

 S.W. remainder of the year. 



Gheswick, 



January 1894. 



