SUNSHINE OF GUEKNSEY. 173 



It is curious to notice that in January and May, 1897, 

 the sunshine recorded is above the amount experienced in 

 Guernsey and Jersey at all the English stations. This is 

 evidently unusual (see Table 5), but the results for the year 

 bring out the fact that, with the exception of Hastings, the 

 English stations given in the comparison fall considerably 

 below both the Channel Islands. 



One peculiarity of Guernsey is the paucity of sunless 

 days in the spring and summer ; in 1894, the months March 

 to September inclusive, gave but 8 sunless days ; 1895, 3 ; 

 1896, 14 ; 1897, 15. The average of these months for the 

 four years gives but 9 sunless days out of the 214 days in- 

 cluded. Though not shown in the tables this largely differs 

 from the number for the English stations. In Table 3 it will 

 be noticed that in the four years discussed there were twelve 

 months without a sunless day ; there were five months with 

 only one sunless day ; five months with only two sunless days ; 

 five months with only three sunless days ; one with four ; four 

 with five. That is 32 months with less than five sunless days 

 in out of the 48 discussed. 



