THE SUNSHINE OF GUERNSEY. 



265 



TABLE II. 

 GUERNSEY SUNSHINE FOR 



1898 



Compared with the Average of Five Years, with each Year, and with the 

 Possible (in hours) . 



Months. 



1894. 



1895. 



1896. 



1897. 



1898. 



Average 



of 



Five 



Years. 



Possible. 



January .... 

 February . . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August .... 

 September . . 

 October .... 

 November . . 

 December . . 



64-8 



87'0 



196-7 



191-7 



2300 



215-3 



187-2 



186-4 



155 2 



91-8 



74-5 



44-2 



63-3 

 111-3 



168-1 



1912 



309-7 



294-5 



2546 



244-8 



269-4 



91-4 



62-1 



180 



34 9 



98-9 



110-1 



171-4 



307-0 



301-9 



277-7 



234-2 



107-3 



85-2 



69-0 



38-1 



42-4 



63-8 



146-6 



163-3 



239-8 



269-3 



305-6 



239-2 



142-2 



1207 



66-3 



75-1 



66-7 



85-9 



93-2 



224-3 



2043 



273-4 



337-7 



265-1 



267-0 



128-7 



94-6 



48-9 



54-4 



89-4 



142-9 



188-4 



258-2 



270-8 



272-6 



233-9 



188-2 



103-5 



713 



44-9 



269-2 

 294-4 

 367-6 

 408-6 

 472-8 

 481-3 

 484-5 

 442-6 

 376 7 

 331-4 

 271-1 

 255-1 



The Year.. 



1724-4 



2068-9 



1825-5 



1874-4 



2090-4 



1916-7 



4454-8 



From this second table we learn that the average of five 

 years gives Guernsey a sunshine of 43% of the possible, 

 whilst 1898 gave 47%; 1895, 46%; 1897, 42%; 1896,41%, 

 and 1894 only 38%. 



The sunniest month of the whole period proves to have 

 been July of this year with 337*7 hours. The month with 

 the least sunshine was December, 1895, when only 18*0 hours 

 were recorded against a possible of 255 hours, only slightly 

 over 7%. 



A study of the number of sunless days follows in 

 Table No. III. 



TABLE III. 

 SUNLESS DAYS IN GUERNSEY FOR THE PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS. 



Months. 



January 



February 



March 



April , 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September . . 



October 



November .... 

 December 



The Year.. 



1894. 



1895. 



1896. 



1897. 



1898. 



Average. 



10 



8 



15 



9 



14 



11 



6 



6 



7 



11 



3 



6 







2 



7 



1 



5 



3 







1 



3 



3 







2 



2 











2 



1 



1 















1 











2 























3 







1 



3 







1 



1 







3 



5 



1 



2 



4 



5 



5 



5 



3 



4 



10 



9 



8 



6 



7 



8 



11 



19 



12 



7 



6 



11 



49 



50 



61 



53 



40 



51 



