BEN NEVIS OBSERVATORY. 



369 



Monthly and Annual Mean Values at Ben Nevis Observatory, 4407 feet, and at 

 Fort- William Observatory, 42 feet above Sea Level. 



1896. 



WIND FORCE— BEN NEVIS. 



Jan. 

 Feb. 

 Mar. 



Apr. 

 May 

 June 



July 

 Aug. 

 Sept. 



Oct. 

 Nov. 

 Dec. 



Year 



Mid- 

 night 



2-03 

 2-50 

 2-42 



1-63 



1-84 

 1-62 



2-03 

 1-92 

 1-90 



2-61 

 2-30 

 2-20 



2-09 



202 

 2-40 

 1-97 



1-63 



1-95 

 1-62 



2-02 

 1-85 

 202 



2-47 

 2-25 

 2-69 



2-07 



1-94 

 2-38 

 2-10 



1-62 

 1-81 



1-82 



2-11 

 1-94 

 2-08 



2 53 

 2-37 

 2-87 



213 



95 



2-14 



205 

 2-33 

 1-95 



1-70 

 2-06 

 1-75 



1-85 

 1-84 

 2-10 



2-66 

 2-12 

 2-47 



2-07 



1-95 

 2-09 

 1-84 



1-60 

 2-21 

 1-73 



T68 

 1-77 

 2-12 



2-40 

 1-80 

 2-53 



2'05 

 231 

 176 



163 

 2-26 

 1-76 



174 

 1-52 

 2-15 



2-45 

 1-85 

 2-55 



2-00 



219 

 2-29 

 1-58 



1-85 

 211 

 1-77 



1-44 

 1-39 



1-88 



2 39 

 1-95 

 2-53 



2-32 

 ]-96 

 1-90 



172 

 2-02 

 1-73 



1-76 

 1-11 

 1-96 



2-45 

 1-90 

 2-63 



2-35 

 2-00 

 2-00 



1-82 

 1-95 

 1-70 



1-68 

 1-06 

 2-08 



2-53 

 1-93 

 2 63 



231 

 2-29 

 1-79 



153 



1-69 

 1-85 



1-34 

 094 

 2-13 



2-61 

 1-57 

 2-77 



1-90 



2 23 

 2-34 

 1-89 



1-57 

 1-44 

 1-71 



1-23 

 1-05 



2-26 



2-26 

 1-57 

 2-85 



1-87 



■26 



2- 



■41 



2- 



•82 



1- 



■37 



1 



■47 



1- 



■75 



1- 



■42 



1- 



•03 



01 



16 



2\ 



•23 



i- 



•50 



i-< 



•85 



2! 



1-23 

 :-i9 

 .■76 



.53 



•50 

 .•77 



•58 



1-37 



:-30 



.'85 

 '67 



:-94 



1-85 



2-10 

 2-36 

 1-76 



1-91 

 1-45 

 172 



1-47 



1-08 

 2-49 



1-90 

 1-82 

 2-66 



15 



1-81 

 2-12 

 1-74 



1-73 

 1-37 

 1-67 



1-53 

 1-18 

 2 00 



2 03 



2-00 

 3 'OS 



•82 



2- 



•16 



2- 



•79 



1- 



•72 



1- 



•19 



1- 



•58 



1( 



•65 



1-: 



•06 



rs 



•90 



1- 



•21 



2-: 



■97 



i- 



•65 



3' 



18 



2-11 

 2-57 

 1-95 



150 

 1-18 

 185 



1-39 

 I'll 

 2-03 



2-50 

 1-72 

 2 77 



19 



1-95 

 2-41 

 2-14 



1-47 

 1-40 

 1-93 



1-44 

 1-26 

 1-80 



2-16 

 1-67 

 2 53 



1-85 



20 



1-69 

 2-53 

 1-86 



1-55 

 1-56 

 1-78 



1-53 

 1-42 

 1-80 



2-45 

 2-07 

 2'53 



1-90 



21 



1-90 

 2-79 

 213 



1'58 

 1-68 

 2-00 



1-58 

 1-29 

 2-06 



274 

 2-38 

 2-56 



2-06 



1-94 

 2-81 

 2'32 



1-65 

 1-60 

 175 



1-68 

 1-24 

 2-00 



2-65 

 2-47 

 2-56 



2-06 



23 



2-23 



2-45 

 2-52 



1-78 

 1-63 

 1-72 



190 

 1-56 

 1-9S 



2-50 

 2 35 

 2-48 



2-09 



Mid 

 night. 



2-02 

 2-48 

 2-40 



1-60 

 1-82 

 170 



1'94 

 1-92 

 2-00 



2-60 

 2-28 

 2-26 



2-09 



Mean. 



2-06 

 2-36 

 1-96 



1-64 

 1-69 

 1-76 



1-65 

 1-36 

 2-06 



2-38 

 1-96 





WIND DIRECTIONS— BEN NEVIS. 





January. 



February. 



March. 



April. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



August. 



September. 



October. 



November. 



December. 



Year. 



N . 



174 



87 



191 



126 



240 



80 



133 



287 



116 



344 



120 



158 



2056 



NE. 



56 



15 



67 



102 



65 



19 



22 



17 



40 



98 



41 



46 



588 



E . 



18 



11 



25 



44 



92 



43 



66 



10 



106 



14 



34 



23 



556 



5E . 



40 



104 



49 



11 



34 



161 



96 



23 



138 



33 



55 



175 



919 



> . . . • 



93 



132 



64 



27 



44 



112 



105 



67 



S3 



26 



94 



80 



927 



sw .... 



111 



146 



115 



90 



29 



100 



104 



65 



48 



64 



141 



68 



1081 



w . 



145 



118 



121 



140 



73 



90 



92 



82 



75 



66 



125 



57 



1184 



nw 



81 



72 



76 



105 



61 



48 



31 



75 



39 



59 



61 



27 



735 



3alm or Var. . 



26 



11 



36 



75 



106 



67 



95 



118 



75 



40 



49 



40 



738 



HOURS OF SUNSHINE— BEN NEVIS. 



fanuary . 

 'ebruary . 



.larch 



Ipril 



lay . 

 une 



uly . 



lUgust 

 eptember 



ictober . 

 lovember 

 tecember 



0-35 

 0-55 



0-90 



1-56 

 0-67 



1-17 



1223 



7-15 



4-90 

 369 



14'91 29-14 



0-53 



270 



15-83 

 6-55 



8-55 

 5'52 

 2-22 



011 



42-01 



1-76 



3-01 



15-49 



5-68 



7 63 

 7-45 

 330 



4 07 

 1-40 



49-79 



1-43 

 1-49 

 3-39 



2-74 

 14 22 

 5-61 



6-52 

 7-48 

 339 



4-77 

 5-00 



56-04 



4-15 

 3-48 

 2-24 



1-50 



13-78 

 4-61 



8-65 

 7-10 

 3 36 



5-98 

 7'22 

 2 19 



64-26 



HOURS OF SUNSHINE— FORT- WILLI AM. 



uiuary 



ebrnary 



larch 



piil 

 lay. 

 une 



mly . 



ugust 



eptember 



ctober . 

 ovember 

 'ecember 



3-81 

 2-35 



202 



8-1S 



011 



11-26 



7-63 



7-44 

 1-13 



27-57 



0-12 



3-70 

 15-36 

 7-48 



8-80 

 4-93 



0-58 



40-97 



8-39 



1624 



8-75 



8-89 

 6-70 

 332 



0-29 

 6-02 



7 28 

 16-09 

 10-09 



9-59 

 7-07 

 7-67 



4-82 



54-19 ' 68-92 



2-53 

 9-36 



17-82 

 9 23 



10-22 

 8-24 

 8-67 



12-79 

 2-01 



5-76 

 3-60 

 2-47 



2-73 



15-77 

 3-96 



9-18 

 6-65 

 396 



7 97 

 7-51 

 4-82 



74-38 



2-34 

 3-78 

 9-98 



8-55 



15-91 



8-61 



8-86 

 10-26 

 8-36 



1339 

 3 81 

 47 



94 32 



51 

 23 

 66 



94 

 22 

 55 



5-78 

 7-75 

 5-73 



76-03 



5-39 

 362 

 12-49 



9-02 

 18-52 

 7-74 



11-26 

 14-04 

 7 76 



10-49 

 4-13 

 5-34 



109-80 



6-54 

 346 

 3-50 



3 80 



17-73 



5-30 



7-55 

 8-59 

 3-53 



3-20 

 7-95 

 3-94 



75-09 



3-99 

 4-23 

 10-41 



7-63 



18-70 

 9-33 



11-45 



12-50 



7-23 



7-94 

 5 32 

 5 62 



6-88 

 3-91 

 3-95 



3-48 

 18-14 

 5-30 



7-27 

 8-51 

 2-31 



313 

 9-06 

 3-21 



75-15 



4-22 



5-88 

 11-64 



11-52 

 18-77 

 11-66 



10-83 

 13-82 

 9-44 



8-38 

 5-00 

 4-16 



4-54 ' 1 

 5-77 5-08 

 347 1 



3 71 



15-62 



5-78 



4-98 

 6-07 

 1-64 



2-46 

 13-54 

 4-91 



3-79 

 4-76 

 1-16 



2-68 I 2-79 



8-37 ! 4-52 



2-44 0-23 



65-07 46-76 



0-14 

 2-85 

 1-69 



1-16 



12-36 



4-78 



4-46 

 0-54 



0-77 



32-63 



0-82 



0-43 

 11-80 

 4-74 



3 09 

 2-76 



19 



11-75 

 2-77 



2-09 

 1-07 



6-86 

 3-05 



2-62 



23-64 17-68 12-53 



21 



0-30 

 0-26 



0-28 



0-84 



Total. 



36-29 

 33-29 

 29-50 



33-40 



222-41 



78-93 



90-48 

 81-00 

 28-96 



41-25 

 58-78 

 22-56 



756-85 



Percentage 

 of Possible. 



104-35 115-32 



I 



0-75 



5-59 



1067 



2-29 

 6-95 



4-51 



0-90 



_ 



_ 



_ 



16-69 



28-21 

 84-65 



8-81 

 18-61 

 12-77 



8 92 

 17-35 

 10-47 



6-72 

 15-86 

 10-91 



3-44 

 15-47 

 7-84 



o-ii 



1015 

 3-21 



0-63 

 1-22 



- 



93-18 

 230-55 

 129-29 



10-01 

 13-81 

 10-15 



10-48 

 14-58 

 6 31 



9-85 

 13-02 

 4-45 



8-00 

 8-59 

 0-48 



5-79 

 2-22 



1-53 



" 



135-02 



130-91 



74-42 



8-33 

 3-86 

 1-26 



4-62 

 0-92 



0-32 



- 



- 



- 



- 



71-38 

 25-05 

 16-85 



104-62 



82-89 



65-64 



44-72 



21-48 



3-38 



- 



1036-20 



16 

 12 



S 



8 

 44 

 15 



17 

 17 



13 



24 

 11 



11 

 13 

 28 



26 

 51 

 28 



29 

 32 

 23 



28 

 15 

 14 



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