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BEN NEVIS 0BSERVAT0RY.-L06-B00K, 1894. 



Jan. 2. — Fog with a few clear intervals. Between 13 u 

 and 14 h , 0'38 h sunshine was recorded — the first 

 record since 1st Dec. 1893. At h 10 m thermometer box 

 was changed. Height not altered. 



Jan. 6. — Sudden fall in temperature this morning ; at 

 4 h the reading was 13°'3 and at 8 h o, 7. The latter is the 

 lowest hourly reading ever recorded here. The Self- 

 registering minimum recorded 0°0 as the lowest. A snow 

 bunting was seen at snow-porch to-day. 



Jan. 7. — Thermometer box shifted at 3 h 20 m . Height 

 not altered. 



Jan. 10. — Wind blew hard — force 11 at times — till 

 8 h when it veered from S.E. to S. and S.W. and moderated. 

 It backed again after 1 8 h , and increased to a gale of about 

 force 8. In the evening the surface of snow was quite 

 brown all over hill top with the brown fog crystals 

 formed during the gale. 



Jan. 13. — Very strong S.E. gale this morning; force 

 over 11 from l h till 4 h . Thereafter it moderated some- 

 what but continued very squally all day. At 2 h , 3 h , 16 b , 

 17 h and 18 h the temperature readings were made from the 

 storm box in tower. 



Jan. 14. — Thermometer box shifted at 23 h 30 m . 

 Height above snow not altered. 



Jan. 21. — Earth currents in telegraph cable at 23 h 35 ni . 

 Jan. 22. — Earth currents in cable at 4 h 40 m . Thermo- 

 meter box shifted at 21 h 30 m . 



Jan. 25. — St Elmo's Fire was heard at 16 h and earth 

 currents moved telegraph needle at 21 h . 



Jan. 26. — At 16 h to-day the top joint of ladder was 

 fitted up and a fresh thermometer box put out. 



Jan. 28. — The depth of snow at the wreath post was 

 107 inches at 15 h to-day. 



Jan. 29. — Earth currents noted on telegraph instru- 

 ment at 18 b and midnight. Lightning seen at 22 u and 

 23 h . 



Feb. 2. — The amount of rain measured for the hour 

 ending noon to-day was 0"944 inch. 



Feb. 3. — Thunder and lightning noted at l h 52 m 

 earth currents in telegraph instrument at 3 h 33 n 

 5 h 50 m . 



Feb. 4.— Lightning seen at 19 h 24 m and 19 h 25 m , 

 St Elmo's Fire at 22 h . 



Feb. 5. — Thermometer box changed at 20 h 15 m . 

 above snow not altered. 



Feb. 8. — Thunder preceded by strong click in tele- 

 graph instrument at 4 h 30 m , and again at 5 h m . Light- 

 ning was seen at 6 h 4 m . 



V'y.Feb. 9. — St Elmo's fire seen at l h and lightning at 5 m 

 past midnight. 



Feb. 11. — Thermometer box changed after 1 6 U . Height 

 not altered. 



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Feb. 13. — Aurora seen at 3 h . 



Feb. 14.— Very fine all day. Cloudless till 9 h . Some 

 cirrus till 20 h , but thereafter sky got heavily clouded ; 

 and fog aud haze was all round below. Air very dry • 

 j lowest dewpoint — 27 0- 6 and humidity 9 per cent, at 13 h . 

 Thermometer box changed at l h 30 m . Height above snow 

 ' not altered. The depth of snow at wreath post was 

 found to be 126 inches at 15 h to-day. The depth nearer 

 the cliff is about 2 feet more. 



Feb. 18.— Thermometer box changed at 20 h 30 m . 

 Height not altered. 



Feb. 20. — Thermometer box changed at ll h 12 m . 

 Height above snow not altered. 



Feb. 21. — Strong currents in telegraph cable all evening 

 — mainly keeping needle over to left side (current down 

 hill). 



Feb. 22. — Thermometer box changed at 1" 15 m . The 

 fresh box was put one step (the last) up on ladder stand. 



Feb. 25.— Lightning seen at 21 h , 22 h and 23 h . During 

 these three hours the telegraph instrument was continu- 

 ally clicking. Besides the clicks there were all afternoon 

 strong currents in cable, keeping needle hard over to the 

 stops for some time. At 23 h a bright aurora with very 

 active streamers was seen to W.N.W. and N. while at 

 same time lightning flashes were frequent to S.W. and S. 

 where the appearance was very ugly. Bright auroral 

 streamers were seen as far South as S.W. by W. The 

 last click was heard in telegraph at 23 h 59 m . Between 21 h 

 50 m and 22 h thunder was suspected after some of the 

 clicks, but this is doubtful as the wind was roaring in 

 precipice and in chimneys and this might have been the 

 noise heard. 



Feb. 26. — Depth of snow at wreath post 137 inches. 



March 1. — Stormy all day. Tower-box readings en- 

 tered in daily sheet up till 5 h inclusive. Strong earth 

 currents on wire all evening. 



March 3. — At 18 h St Elmo's Fire seen, snow-hail 

 falling at time. 



March 4 At 16 h 20 m box shifted. Height not 



altered. 



March 5.— At 22 h St Elmo's Fire seen. 



March 6.— Strong click in wire at l h 37 m — St Elmo's 

 Fire seen at 2 h . The midnight observation was taken 5 m 

 late. 



March 7.— Box changed at l h 20 m . At 3 h dry 27°-9, 

 wet 21°-9, and calm with no fog to be seen about. At 

 3 h 7 m dry and wet 21° "5. Wind S.S.W. force 1, and thin 

 fog just on. Very dark fog crystals forming in afternoon. 



March 9. — St Elmo's Fire seen and heard at 19 h . 

 Snow-hail falling. 



March 11. — Used tower thermometer from l h till 4 h 

 inclusive. With tower door open and wind blowing in, 



