SUNSHINE RECORDS IN 1907. 



SOME SCOTTISH DISTRICTS AS SUNNY AS THE SOUTH 

 OF ENGLAND. 



The only records of sunshine that now receive official 

 recognition in the British Isles are those obtained by means 

 of the Campbell-Stokes recorder. That instrument is of the 

 burning-glass type, and its records are records of what is tech- 

 nically known as "bright sunshine." A good deal of what we 

 should popularly describe as " sunshine " may perhaps be left 

 unregistered, but since the records from all such instruments 

 are comparable with one another, the sunshine statistics from 

 various places during any year or season are clearly of no little 

 interest. How then did 1907 stand in our islands in the matter 

 of sunshine ? What were the sunniest districts ? How did the 

 Channel Islands compare with the Orkneys ? And as regards 

 Scotland, did the sunshine records bear any precise relation to 

 the abnormal seasonal distribution of rainfall ? 



In the first place, consulting reports of the Meteorological 

 Office, London, and of the Scottish Meteorological Society, and 

 considering merely the aggregate amount of sunshine recorded 

 during 1907, we have the following statistics for various places 

 in our islands : — 



AGGREGATE SUNSHINE IN 1907. 





SCOTLAND. 







Hours. 





Hours 



Stornoway 



. 1187 



Aberdeen 



140] 



Fort-Augustus ... . 



. J)56 



Cratlies 



1343 



Paisley 



. 1121 



Balruddery 



1271 



Glasgow 



. 1012 



Edinburgh 



1338 



Deemess 



. n55 



Marchmont 



1298 



Strathpeffer 



. 1190 



Duns Castle . . . 



1281 



Naim 



. 1368 



ENGI 



/AND. 





Blackpool 



. 1519 



Clacton-on-Sea 



1730 



Llandudno 



. 1541 



London (Regent's 



Park) 1304 



Pembroke 



. 1574 



Bournemouth ... 



1790 



Bath 



. 1674 



Jersey 



1839 



Nottingham 



. 1249 



Scilly 



1588 



London (Westminster) . 



. 1234 



IRKI 



.AND. 





Bin- Castle 



. 1245 



1 Yalentia 



1333 



In every part of the country, except possibly towards the 

 north-west of Scotland, the records fell far below those for 



