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Phenomenon. 



Frost 



Fog 



Snow 

 Rain 

 Storm 



Gale 



Meteor 



Gale 



Thunderstorm 

 Gale and Snow- 

 storm 

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Low Pressure 



1884 



Thunderstorm 



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Gale 



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Meteor 

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Thunderstorm 



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Snowstorm 



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Low Pressure 



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Heat and Drought 

 Thunderstorm 



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Snowstorm 

 Snowstorm 

 Fall of Temper- 

 ature 

 Gale 



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Earthquake 

 Rise in Pressure 

 Lightning 

 Mock Sun 

 Sunless Weather 



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Aurora 

 Aurora 

 Squall 



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Thunderstorm 

 Aurora 



REMARKS. 



During this winter there was skating and curling at Duddingston for 

 thirteen weeks. 



January 4. Very dense fog. At night objects could hardly be dis- 

 tinguished at a few yards distance. Vehicular traffic much impeded. 



January 17 and 21. Heavy snowstorms. Traffic seriously deranged. 



August 10. A quarter of an inch of rain fell in 15 minutes. 



October 14. Severe N.E. gale; occasioned much damage of property as 

 well as lamentable loss of life, 



November 15 to 22. Continued gale; numerous casualties. 



November 15. Brilliant meteor at 5.52 p.m. 



January 5. Severe gale. An unusually large amount of damage done 

 to property throughout the city. Several people injured. 



March 9. Thunderstorm at 4 p.m. 



December 5. Heavy east gale with snow. Tramway service suspended. 



January 24. Strong east gale ; average velocity of wind 56*6 miles per 

 hour, rising to 70 miles an hour in gusts. Several buildings damaged. 



January 26. Barometer fell to 27'451 inches at 10 p.m., being the 

 lowest recorded since the commencement of pressure observations in 1769. 

 The fluctuations previous to this great depression were remarkable, the 

 following being the corrected readings, 9 a.m. of the 21st. 30*243 ; 5 p.m. 

 of the 23rd, 28-466 , 4 p.m. of the 24th, 29-583 ; 10 p.m. of the 26th, 

 27-451 ; and 11 p.m. of the 28th, 29-598 inches. 



August 12. Thunderstorm of tropical severity for several hours. The 

 storm was general over the country. Very heavy rain fell. 



February 10. Severe gale "from 5 to 5.20 p.m. the gusts exceeded in 

 force any previous storm here." — Blackwood. 



April 15. Intensely blue meteor in east at 10.20 p.m. 



November 27. Grand meteoric shower. A modest computation 

 would be 50 per minute from 5 to 8 p.m. wheu it reached its maximum. 



January 16 and 17. Thunderstorm both days, a very unusual circum- 

 stance at this season. 



March 2. Severe snowstorm from E. Trains blocked on east coast. 

 On March 4th there were taken out of Edinburgh 1434 cart-loads of snow. 



December 8. Barometer at 32° and sea-level fell to 27'651 inches at 7.30 

 p.m., having fallen P52 inch since 10 p.m. of the previous day. 



June. A very dry and hot month. No rain after 14th. 



September 2. At 10 a.m. during a thunderstorm - 29 inch of rain fell 

 in fourteen minutes, while on the 4th 0'33 inch of rain fell in ten minutes. 



February 19. Fierce N.E. gale with snow and hail squalls. 



March 15. Snowstorm from E. 



March 22. Temperature fell 7° in fifteen minutes at 9 a.m. 



November 16. Heaviest gale experienced for many years. Average 

 velocity of wind from 9 a.m. to noon over 50 miles per hour. Very stormy 

 till the 25th. 



January 18. Slight shock of earthquake at 6.50 a.m. 



February 4. Barometer rose 1*26 inch in 24 hours. 



January 5. Lightning at 9.10 p.m. 



September 4. Mock sun at 6.30 p.m. 



December. The sun only shone for seven hours ; four and a half hours 

 being recorded on 1st. 



March 31. Aurora, single arch, no streamers. 



November 6. Faint aurora. 



February 1. Severe squall at 7 a.m. Wind veered from S.W. to W. 

 Temperature fell 9° and barometer rose - 06 inch in three minutes (see 

 Journ. Scot. Met. Soc, vol. ix. p. 237). 



February 16. Thunderstorm at 8.33 a.m. with hail. 



March 1, 2, 3. Aurora. 



