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THE SUNSHINE OF GUERNSEY. 



1894, 1895 and 1896, they give a mean of 1,872 hours, or 

 42° /o of the possible sunshine. 



1895, 1896 and 1897 give 2,022 hours, or 45°/ 



1896, 1897 and 1898 give 2,043 hours, or 46°/ 



1897, 1898 and 1899 give 2,056 hours, or 47°/ 

 showing a progressive rise in the sunshine. 



The least sunshine of the whole six years was December, 

 1895, when but 18 hours were recorded, or only 7°/ of the 

 possible. 



A good method of comparison is also found in the number 

 of sunless days that I gave for five years last year, and I now 

 add the sixth year, which is, in this respect, by far the best. 



TABLE III. 

 SUNLESS DAYS, ACTUAL AND AVEEAGE. 



Months. 



1894. 



1895. 



1896. 



1897. 



1898. 



1899. 



Six 



Years' 



Average. 



January 



February 



March 



April 



10 

 6 

 

 

 2 

 

 2 

 3 

 1 

 4 

 10 

 11 



8 

 6 

 2 

 1 

 

 

 

 

 

 5 

 9 

 19 



15 

 7 

 7 

 3 

 

 

 

 1 

 3 

 5 

 8 



12 



9 

 11 

 1 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 

 3 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 7 



14 

 3 



5 

 

 1 

 

 

 



1 



3 



7 

 6 



8 

 5 

 

 3 

 1 

 

 

 



1 



2 

 11 

 12 



10 

 6 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 

 

 1 

 2 

 4 

 8 



11 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September .... 



October 



November .... 

 December .... 



The year .... 



49 



50 



61 



53 



40 



43 



47 



The highest amount of sunshine in a single day occurred 

 on both the 31st of May and the 11th of June, viz. : 14*50 

 hours. But these do not possess the same possible hours, 

 consequently they stand as 91°/ for the 31st of May, and 

 90°/ o for the 11th of June. Last year this was beaten by the 

 record of July 7th, which gave 15 hours with 94°/ g . 



