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Year. 



Phenomenon. 



REMARKS. 



1836 



Aurora 



October 18. Remarkable aurora ; bright red and white. 



1837 



Gale 



February 19. Violent S.W. gale. Thunder in the evening. 



1837 



Snowstorm 



Mar. 11. Six inches of snow fell. 



1837 



Rainstorm 



August 2 to 4. " More than 3 inches of rain fell." — Waterston. 



1837 



Aurora 



October 6. Bright aurora. 



1837 



Aurora 



October 18. Reddish aurora. 



1837 



Lunar Eclipse 



October 13. Total eclipse of moon. 



1838 



Frost 



In January and February the frost was very hard. Waterston says 

 with reference to January, " We have had a longer continuance of frost and 

 snow than any month since February 1823." 



1838 



Rainstorm 



September 6. Two inches of rain. 



1839 



Ice Accideuts 



January 18. Skating at Duddingston ; three people drowned by the ice 

 giving way. 



1839 



Aurora 



January 14, 16, 19. Bright aurora. 



1839 



Aurora 



September 3 and 4. Bright aurora. 



1839 



Aurora 



October 13. Bright aurora. 



1839 



Earthquake 



October 23. At 10.15 p.m. a sharp shock of earthquake was felt. It 

 was accompanied with no noise and lasted about four seconds. 



1841 



Aurora 



December 14. Bright aurora. 



1842 



Aurora 



February 11. Bright aurora. 



1843 



Gale 



July 3. Severe gale from W.; fruit trees and bushes stripped, and the 

 wall fruit which was fast ripening destroyed. " So wild a tempest has not 

 been experienced at this season for at least twenty years." 



1843 



Thunderstorm 



July 5. Violent thunderstorm ; house struck in Lothian Road. 



1843 



Storm 



October 11. Violent storm from the E. did much damage. 



1843 



Storm 



October 28. Severe storm from E. ; very injurious to shipping. 



1845 



Gale 



January 25. Severe S.W. gale. 



1845 



Rainstorm 



October 3. Severe rainstorm. 



1846 



Thunderstorm 



June 22. Severe thunderstorm. 



1846 



Thunderstorm 



July 5. Severe thunderstorm. 



1846 



Gale 



November 20. Stormy S.E. gale. 



1847 



Aurora 



September 27. Brilliant aurora. 



1849 



Meteor 



December 18. Bright meteor. 



1851 



Snow 



June 1. Pentlaud Hills covered with fresh snow. 



1852 



Aurora 



February 18. Fine aurora at 10 p.m. 



1852 



Aurora 



February 19. At 10.30 p.m. aurora over the whole sky, all shooting up 

 to a point very nearly to the true pole, and of red and green colours. 



1852 



Thunderstorm 



December 24. Gale of wind with lightning and thunder, from 4 to 5 

 a.m. (25th). 



1854 



Comet 



March 29. Brilliant comet in the west this evening. 



1854 



Thunderstorm 



May 9. Thunderstorm with very large hail. 



1858 



Thunderstorm 



June 17. Severe thunderstorm with torrents of rain. A portion of the 

 new road from St Leonards to Duddingston gave way at a point about 200 

 yards to the east of Samson's Ribs. The lightning struck a house in the 

 Pleasance. 



1859 



Aurora 



August 29. Most brilliant purple aurora australis at 1 a.m. 



1860 



Storm 



October 3. Severe storm ; windows of the Church of Scotland Normal 

 School blown in. Scaffolding at a church under repair blown away. Gable 

 end of an old house blown in. Three large trees were blown down in the 

 Meadows and had their trunks broken across, twisted and shattered re- 

 markably. Wind veered from W.S.W. to W.N.W. 



1860 



Great Frost 



December 22 to 28. Great cold prevailed during this period, mean 

 temperatuie being only 20°'3. 



The following are the maximum, minimum and mean temperatures for 

 the week : — 



