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Meteorological Observations at Cheswick. By the late Major- 

 General Sir William Grossman, K.G.M.G., and continued by 

 his son, L. Morley Grossman, Esq. Extracted by George 

 BOLAM, F.Z.S. 



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



Thermometer 4' above ground — shaded. 



Rain Gauge — Diameter of Funnel, 5". Height of top above ground, 74". 



1900 



Month 



Jan. 



Feb. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Temperature. 



Absolute. 



Max 



Deg. 



Totals 



Deg 



Averages. 



Max. 

 Deg. 



44-4 

 39 5 

 46 

 56-3 

 60-6 

 668 

 730 

 66-3 

 66-3 

 55-4 

 49-3 

 48-6 



Min. 

 Deg. 



340 

 27-6 

 31-9 

 374 

 42-3 

 481 

 530 

 490 

 452 

 39-4 

 37-9 

 38-8 



Mean 

 Deg. 



39-2 

 336 

 38-9 

 46-8 

 51-4 

 57-5 

 63 

 57-6 

 55 7 

 47-4 

 43-6 

 43-7 



Rainfall. 



Total 

 No. of 

 inches 

 during 

 niontli 



2.87 

 4-89 

 2-38 

 111 

 116 

 2-83 

 1-62 

 4-33 

 116 

 4-39 

 3-98 

 215 



Greatest 



fall in 24 



hours, and 



date. 



32-87 



■69 on 2nd 



113 on 19th 



•36 on 18th 



•22 on 3rd 



and 11th 



•35 on 6th 



•94 on 24th 



•49 on 9th 



•88 on 6th 



■47 on 7th 



1-27 on 27th 



•90 on 3rd 



•70 on 6th 



Direction of 

 Wind. 



N. 



E 



s. 



W. 



to 



to 



to 



to 



E. 



S. 



W. 



N. 



No. of Days. 



4f 15 

 4 

 2 



12 

 9 

 7 



12 

 8 



14 



14 

 5 



17 



59,119 



7 

 10 

 8 

 5 



5 

 1 5 

 2i 3 



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