GUERNSEY SUNSHINE, 11)08 



BY MR. A. COLLENETTE, F.C.S. 



The year has exceeded the average in sunshine by 16*21 

 hours. Five months proved to he sunny in excess of their 

 averages and the remaining seven were less sunny. The 

 greatest departures from the normal were during the months 

 of October and November which were 38 and 44 hours, 

 practically, above the averages. January also Avas sunny with 

 nearly 23 hours in excess, March with 21 and December 4. 

 On the other hand were four gloomy months — May, June, 

 July and September, which showed deficits of 29, 13, 37 and 

 16 hours, respectively. Taking the whole year it has been 

 been practically normal, showing the value of a day as 

 5*3 hours, whereas the average is 5*2 hours ; but the effect of 

 the distribution of the sunshine has been to reverse the 

 seasons, the summer having been less sunny and the winter 

 more so. This fact is brought out in the proportions which 

 the months have contributed to the year's total. The records 

 were broken in several cases — the monthly totals of October 

 and November, 1908 were higher than previously recorded. 

 October record gained 2 hours ; November, 19 hours. The 

 chief advances were made, however, in the records in daily 

 totals. Six days in October and five days in November 

 show higher totals than were previously recorded. 

 [1908.] 



