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MR ROBERT COCKBURN MOSSMAN ON 



Year. 



1892 

 1892 

 1893 



1893 



1893 



1894 

 1894 

 1894 



1894 

 1894 



1894 

 1894 

 1894 



1895 



1895 

 1895 



1895 

 1895 



1895 

 1895 



Phenomenon. 



Aurora 



Lightning 



Meteor 



Snow and Sleet 



Gale 



Low Temperature 



Increase in 



Pressure 

 Rainfall 



Thunderstorm 



Rise in Tempera- 

 ture 



Aurora 



Snow 



Rain from a 

 Cloudless Sky 



Frost 



Lightning 

 Cold 



Aurora 

 Rain 



Rain 

 Snow 



REMARKS. 



May 1. Aurora. 



December 6. Lightning at 10.4 p.m. 



September 5. Very fine meteor at 11.38 p.m., travelled from S.E. to 

 E.N.E. 



September 23. Observer at Blacket Place reports "slight showers of 

 rain and sleet." The report from Leith is " slight snow and hail at 1 1.5 a.m." 



December 8. Heavy gale from S.W. Average wind velocity from 10 

 a.m. to 6 p.m. was 44 miles per hour, and that in a somewhat sheltered 

 situation. 



January 6. In the twelve hours ending 9 p.m. the highest temperature 

 recorded was 17°'8. 



February 12. The barometer rose 0"31 inch between 4 and 5 a.m. 



February. An exceptionally wet, stormy month ; rainfall, 6 - 81 inches. 

 Thunderstorms occurred on the 24th at 8 a.m., and on the 25th at 3.30 p.m. 

 Lightning was seen on the latter date at 8.5 p.m. 



March 11. Thunder at times, 2.25 to 3 p.m. 



March 29. Temperature rose 30° in six hours ending with noon. 



May 7. Aurora after 7 p.m. Pale white streamers. 



May 20. Snow and hail. Pentland Hills white to base at 8 p.m. 



November 16. A shower of rain fell from a cloudless sky at 10.45 p.m. 



January and February. Very severe weather prevailed throughout, 

 with hard frost, but little snow, in the immediate vicinity of Edinburgh 

 (see Jour. Scot. Met. Soc, vol. x. pp. 163-173). 



January 24. Lightning at 8.40 p.m. 



February 8. Minimum in shade 11°9, lowest in February since Feb- 

 ruary 5, 1823. 



March 13. Aurora in south at 9 p.m. stretching from W. to E. 



June 19. Thunderstorm with heavy rain; - 53 inch of rain fell in 39 

 minutes, of which 0'40 inch fell in 21 minutes. 



August 22. Between 4.15 and 5.7 a.m. 0"86 inch of rain fell. 



October. Snow fell on the 24th, 25th, 26th, and 28th, covering the 

 ground to a depth of 2 inches. 



