THE METEOROLOGY OF EDINBURGH. 



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Phenomenon. 



REMARKS. 



1860 



1868 

 1868 

 1868 

 1868 

 1869 

 1869 



1869 



1870 

 1870 



Great Frost — con- 

 tinued 



1861 



Rainstorm 



1862 



Gale 



1862 



Aurora 



1862 



Aurora 



1863 



Storm 



1863 



Aurora 



1863 



Aurora 



1863 



Aurora 



1863 



Aurora 



1864 



Gale 



1864 



Gale 



1866 



Meteor 



1867 



Aurora 



1867 



Aurora 



1867 



Darkness 



1867 



Aurora 



1867 



Aurora 



1868 



Lightning 



1868 



Hurricane 



Thunderstorm 



Aurora 



Aurora 



Thunderstorm 



Lightning 



Aurora 



Storm 



Snow 

 Snowstorm 



Dec. 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 



Max. 



30-1 

 30-0 

 19-8 

 19-0 

 230 

 26-7 

 29-2 



Min. 



21-5 

 21-6 



5-0 

 13-0 



8-8 

 19-8 

 170 



Mean. 



o 



25 8 

 25-8 

 12-4 

 160 

 15-9 

 23-4 

 23-1 



25-4 



15-2 



20-3 



Dense fog prevailed with few interruptions. See Jour. Scot. Met. Soc. 

 for quarter ending 30th December I860, pp. 6-14. 



September 23. Great rainstorm ; 2*40 inches of rain fell in two hours. 



October 14. Very severe gale in morning. 



November 17. Aurora in N.W. 



December 24. Aurora in W. 



February 4. Great storm all day with thunder, lightning, and hail. 



April 15. Aurora in N. 



May 8. Aurora in N.W. 



November 5. Aurora near horizon. 



December 9. Aurora in S. extending from horizon to zenith. 



October 22. Strong gale with heavy rain. Several buildings damaged, 

 including St Mary's Roman Catholic Chapel, Broughton Street. The 

 Water of Leith higher than it had been for seven or eight years. 



February 13. Severe storm of wind and rain. Much damage to property. 



November 13. At 2 h. 53 m. (Sidereal time) a very bright meteor 

 descended from near the zenith in a N.W. direction, at an angle of 75° to 

 the horizon. 



January 11. Aurora in N.W. 



February 8. Aurora in N.W. 



September 10. A very dark cloud passed between 11 and 12 noon, so 

 dark that gas had to be lighted. 



October 2. Aurora in N.W. 



October 29. Aurora in N.W. near horizon. 



January 15. Lightning from 7 to 8 p.m. 



January 24 (Windy Friday). Great storm of wind reaching the force of 

 a tropical hurricane from 1 to 4 p.m. Gable in Duke Street blown down, 

 cabs overturned, etc. " Many buildings much damaged, 21 instances of 

 injured masonry being reported, the first at 12.15 and the last at 4.30 p.m. 

 In the hour ending 2.20 p.m. nine of the 21 buildings were damaged." — 

 (See Scot. Met. Soc. Jour., vol. ii. pp. 169-180.) 



February 1. Thunderstorm at 8 a.m. 



April 27. Aurora between 10 and 11 p.m. 



October 19. Bright aurora in N.W. 



November 4. Thunderstorm with hail. 



March 1. Lightning from 7 to 10 p.m. with small snow. 



May 1 3. Very beautiful aurora ; radiating from the zenith towards the 

 horizon in all directions. 



June 15. Severe gale from N.E. At 11 a.m. the wind, which was 

 S.S.E., of a sudden chopped round to the N.E., and without warning blew 

 a violent gale. A tremendous sea was raised on the east coast, many 

 shipwrecks occurring with serious loss of life. 



February 25. Very heavy snowfall; depth 13J inches where hot 

 drifted. 



February 27. Severe snowstorm, drifts forming in the streets to the 

 depth of 3 to 4 feet, while the average depth where not drifted was 

 20 inches. 



