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DIVISION XV. — (SCOT.) W. MIDLAND COUNTIES. 



Meteorological Observations on the Year 1879 from Argyll, 

 Bute, Dumbarton and Stirling. 



Argyll. The weather during Jan., Feb., and March was pierc- 

 ingly cold, with hard frosts, frequent snow, rain and hail. April, 

 May, June, very cold. Temp, fell below 32° in June and Aug. 

 (Poltalloch). Frost, with only 3 or 4 days intermission from Oct. 

 22nd, 1878, to May 20th, 1879 (Tarbert). Rainfall below av. 

 (Mull, Islay). Min. rainfall, Fladda, Jura, 27*75 ins. : max., Cal- 

 gary, Mull, alt., 120 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. 6 ins. ; 71-67 ins. Min. temps., 

 Lochgilphead, alt., 65 ft. ; Dec. 4th, 10° : Kilmory, alt., 200 ft. ; 

 Dec. 4th, 12° ; Jan. 12th, 15° : Eallabus (Islay), alt., 71 ft. ; Dec. 

 4th, 16°*4 : 10 ms. E. from Oban, alt., 20 ft. ; Jan. 12th, 18°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—3 (1), 6 (2), 14 (3), total at 3 places. 



Bute. Min. Rainfall, Pladda, (Airan), alt., 55 ? ft. ; ht., 3 ft. 

 3 ins. ; 33-52 ins. : max., Rothesay, alt., 116 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 50-43 

 ins., on 213 days. Min. temps., Rothesay, alt., 116 ft. ; Dec. 4th, 

 18°-5 : Corrie, Dec. 1st and 3rd; as also Jan. 12th, and 21st, 31°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—4 (1), 3 (2), 4 (3), total at 1 place. 



Dumbarton. A very cold year, with very little sunshine (Helens- 

 burgh). Almost constant drizzling rain from end of April to mid. 

 Oct. ; heavy rains Sept. and Dec. Rainfall below av. of 40 yrs, 

 (Alexandria). Min. rainfall, Alexandria, alt., 40 ft. j ht., 1 ft. ; 

 38-80 ins. : max., Loch Lomond, alt., 100 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 80 ins. 

 Min. temps., Cardross, alt., 75 ft. ; Dec. 5th, 5°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—4 (1), 7 (2), 8 (3), total at 2 places. 



Stirling. Min. Rainfall, Falkirk, ht., 1 ft. ; 29-20 ins. : max., 

 Strathblane, alt., 320 ft.; ht., 6 ins. ; 47*70 ins. Min. temps., Fal- 

 kirk, alt., 7 ft. ; Dec. 4th, 7° : Buchanan, alt., 100 ft. ; Dec. 3rd, S°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—2 (1), (2), 7 (3), total at 2 places. 



