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Phenomenon. 



Aurora 



Aurora 



Thunder 



Aurora 



Aurora 



Aurora 



Aurora 



Aurora 

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Rainstorm 



Thunderstorm 



Rain 

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 Gale 



Aurora 



Rain 



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Gale 



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Aurora 

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 Lightning 

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Lunar Eclipse 

 Thunderstorm 

 Lightning 

 High Tide 



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Aurora 

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 Storm 

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Comet 

 Aurora 

 Gale 



1836 



Gale and Light 



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mng 

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1836 



Snowstorm 



REMARKS. 



October 6. Luminous auroral arch. 



October 22. Bright aurora. 



November 4. Thunder. 



November 11. Bright aurora. 



December 12. Bright aurora. 



January 7. Bright aurora at 7 p.m. 



January 11. "Bright aurora at 11 p.m. when I observed it northward 

 and to enlighten St Giles' spire most beautifully. This aurora was seen in 

 Paris. " — Gairdnee. 



March 4. Aurora to northward. 



March 7. Serpentine Aurora. 



March 11-12. At 10 p.m. a tint of light as if the rising moon waning 

 N.W. Zenith in one mass from the horizon, and at 4 a.m. on the 12th 

 streamers were seen to dart up beyond the height of St Giles' in same 

 direction. 



July 15. "Between 3 and 5 o'clock one of the heaviest rains ever 

 experienced in this country." — Gairdnbr. 



June 13. Alarming thunderstorm, several houses struck and people 

 injured. 



October 8. Heavy rain, 2 '2 inches, with strong N.E. wind. 



October 12. Two inches of rain, wind N.E. 



February 20. Severe N.E. gale, many vessels lost. Four or five fishing 

 boats with several men lost in the Firth of Forth. 



March 17. " At 8 p.m. it was said there was a glowing aurora in the 

 zenith which lasted only 10 or 15 minutes." — Gairdnbr. 



June 11. Two inches of rain. 



August 18. Bright aurora. 



August 30. Violent N.E. gale ; much damage done to the ripe grain by 

 shaking. 



September 18. Bright aurora. 



October 12. Splendid aurora. 



December 2. Lightning to N.W. at midnight. 



December 6. "At 4 a.m. I was awoke with thunder and lightning with 

 wind." — Gairdnbr. 



December 26. Total eclipse of the moon. 



January 18. Thunderstorm. 



January 23. Very squally, with lightning. 



October 4. The water in Leith dock rose to within a foot of the edge of 

 the quay, and presented the novel spectacle of vessels lying to appearance 

 almost out of the water. Some houses in Baltic Street flooded. 



October 6. Bright aurora. 



December 22. Bright aurora. 



January 19. Storm from N.E. did much damage along coast. 



February 7. At 7 p.m. splendid aurora to N. and W. consisting of two 

 oval amphitheatres. At 8 p.m. it began to blow and rain. 



October 10. Halley's comet distinctly visible in the Great Bear. 



November 18. Bright aurora N.W. to S.E. at 9.30 p.m. 



January 21 to 23. Severe gale ; several persons injured through falling 

 masonry. 



January 27 to 29. Severe gale with lightning. Some damage done to 

 the Presbytery Hall, North St David Street, and other buildings, 



January 30. Thunderstorm. 



March 17. Violent storm, with hail and sleet. 



July 5. Violent thunderstorm, attended with damage to crops and loss 

 of life in many places. Continued from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. 



October 28. Snow fell this evening to the depth of 4 or 5 inches. Hard 

 frost continued till the 31st. " Such an early appearance of winter has not 

 been observed for many years, probably since 1782. Harvest has been much 

 protracted, and in some places oats are hardly ripe yet." — Waterston. 



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