1917.] THE SUNSHINE OF GUERNSEY. 63 



Only three months of the year reached or passed 50% of 

 the possible sunshine for that month. These were April, May 

 and June. April reached 61%, June 55% and May 50% of 

 the possible. 



January's percentage was the lowest, being only 18% of 

 the possible against an average of 22%. 



The five months — April, May, June, July and August — 

 contributed 60% of the whole of the year's sunshine, thus the 

 other seven months yielded only 40%. 



The following list of English Stations and their results 

 will be of interest. 



LIST OF SUNSHINE STATIONS AND THEIR RESULTS, 



EXTRACTED FROM THE WEATHER REPORTS OF THE METEO- 

 ROLOGICAL OFFICE, SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 1917. 



Daily Mean. Total Hours Per Centage 



East Coast. Hours per day. for the Year. of Possible. 



Greenwich 415 1,515 34 



Felixstowe o'Ol 1,829 38 



Rothamstead 4*13 1,471 34 



Southend 4*35 1,588 36 



Midlands. 



Oxford 4-06 1,482 34 



Leamington 3*64 1,387 32 



South Coast. 



Brighton 4'71 1,719 39 



Eastbourne 483 1,763 40 



Bournemouth 4-81 1,718 39 



Weymouth 452 1,650 37 



Falmouth 4"47 1,632 37 



Islands. 



Jersey 5'01 1,829 41 



Scilly 4-60 1,678 39 



GUERNSEY 5-12 1,865 42 



