THE SUNSHINE OP GUERNSEY. 



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The average and mean daily sunshine for the months was 

 as follows : — 



TABLE IV. 



Hours. 





Average. 



Mean of 

 Six Years. 



January 



February 



March 



April 



1-6 



4-2 



6-8 



5-2 



7-9 



10-5 



10-9 



10-5 



6-2 



4-9 



2-4 



1-3 



1-7 



3-0 

 4-9 

 6T 

 8-2 

 9-2 

 9-1 

 8-1 

 6-2 

 36 

 2-4 

 1-4 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September .... 



October 



November 



December .... 



The year 



6-0 



5-4 



In studying the comparison between Jersey and Guernsey 

 we are struck with the great differences in the months, and 

 with the agreement of the years, totals and means. 



Jersey expects 27°/ of the possible sunshine and Guern- 

 sey only 20°/ o in the month of January, whereas in the month 

 of July Jersey expects 48°/ and Guernsey 58°/ . The first 

 three months of the year Jersey has the advantage, as its 

 average is 35°/ and Guernsey 33°/ . In the last three months 

 Jersey's advantage is 3°/ o . In the summer the advantage lies 

 with Guernsey, and the year works out to Guernsey's advan- 

 tage with an average of 1,971 hours to Jersey's 1,930 hours. 



Now let us see how 1899 varied from these averages. 

 The first three months gave Guernsey the advantage, for we 

 obtained 40°/ o against Jersey's 36 c / o , and during the last three 

 months Guernsey lost what it had gained, the year finishing 

 with the advantage of Guernsey of one hour only, 



