THE METEOROLOGY OF EDINBURGH. 



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Year. 



Phenomenon. 



REMARKS. 



1765 



Snowstorm 



January 24. Severe snowstorm ; many lives lost in the Border counties. 



1767 



Thunderstorm 



January 3. Thunderstorm from 9 p.m. continued till early morning 

 of 4th. 



1768 



Snowstorm 



January 2. Great fall of snow, with thunder and lightning late on 

 evening of 2nd and morning of 3rd. 



1768 



Sudden Thaw 



January 14. " Owing to a sudden thawing of the ice on the Water of 

 Leith, it came down in great quantities into the harbour and did much 

 damage to vessels there." 



1768 



Thunderstorm 



July 30. Severe thunderstorm at 11 a.m. lasting one and a half hours. 

 Royal Infirmary struck, the glass in four windows being broken. Three 

 men injured. 



1769 



Aurora 



October 24. Red aurora seen in south at 8 p.m. 



1769 



Comet 



Well observed in August. 



1773 



Hurricane 



January 20. Severe W.S.W. gale, blowing a perfect hurricane between 

 3 and 5 a.m. A stack of chimneys on the west gable of a house situated in 

 Gosford's Close, Lawnmarket, fell and killed three persons. A whole range 

 of the heavy stone balustrade of the (then) New Bridge was fairly shifted 

 from its position, carried down to the foot pavement in a regular order, and 

 most of the stones broken. 



1773 



Aurora 



July 26. 



1773 



Aurora 



September 1 1 . 



1774 



Aurora 



March 3, 14. 



1774 



Aurora 



August 10. 



1774 



Aurora 



November 13 and 14. 



1774 



Aurora 



December 25. 



1775 



Aurora 



February 21. 



1776 



Frost 



Very severe frost all January. Ice on lochs 12 to 16 inches thick at 

 beginning of February. On January 31 it is recorded that on this morning, 

 at Hawkhill House, the milk froze in milking the cow. 



1776 



Aurora 



March 28. 



1776 



Aurora 



April 16, 20. 



1778 



Aurora 



February 25. 



1778 



Aurora 



March 31. 



1778 



Aurora 



April 15. 



1778 



Aurora 



October 13, 14, 19. 



1779 



Aurora 



February 10, 13, 14, 15. 



1779 



Aurora 



March 24, 25. 



1779 



Aurora 



April 8, 9, 22. 



1779 



Aurora 



July 15. 



1780 



Aurora 



February 29. 



1780 



Aurora 



November 19, 22, 23. 



1780 



Aurora 



December 19. 



1781 



Aurora 



April 25. 



1783 



Thunderstorms 



July 2 and 10. Very severe. 



1784-85 



Protracted cold 



"A meteorological correspondent assures us from observation, that from 

 the 18th of October 1784 till the present time, which is a period of 143 days, 

 there have been only 26 in which the thermometer has not been from 1 to 

 18 degrees and a half below the freezing point, which is a more constant 

 succession of cold weather than has been known in this climate. Last year 

 there were 89 days of frost, and in the year 1779 there were 84 ; in 1763 

 there were 94 days of frost, and in the celebrated winter of 1739 there 

 were only 103, which are 12 fewer than in the present winter." — Edinburgh 

 Magazine. 



1786 



Thunderstorm 



July 26. Great storm from 3 to 7 p.m., with heavy rain and hail. 



1786 



Earthquake 



August 11. Slight shock in Edinburgh and Leith; severe in other 

 places. 



1787 



Rainstorm 



December 9. Great rainstorm, 4*20 inches falling within 24 hours. 

 Much damage done in Leith harbour. 



1789 



Earthquake 



September 30. Slight shock. ' 



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