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DIVISION IX. — YORKSHIRE. 



Meteorological Observations on the Year 1880 and Jan. 1881, 

 from Yorkshire. 



"West Riding. The wettest of the last 25 yrs. (Wath-upon- 

 Dearne). Rainfall, 4-37 ins. above av. of 15 yrs. (Huddersfield). 

 Do., 7*4 ins. above av. (Wakefield). Do., heavier than of 1879, bat 

 with more sun (Bradford). On the whole a pleasant moderate yr. 

 Frost, Oct. 3rd, killed all half-hardy plants (Sedbergh, Thorn). 

 Min. rainfall, Wetherby (Ribston), alt., 130 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. 2 ins. ; 

 29-68 ins. : max., Slaidburn (Hareden Brook), alt., 540 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. 

 2 ins. ; 67-34 ins. Jan. 1881, frost from 6th to 26th, with biting 

 E. wind on 18th (Stanley Vic.). Min. temps., Sedbergh, Jan. 16th, 

 -6°: Arncliffe, alt., 220 ft. ; Jan. 25th, -2° : Ribston Hall, alt., 130 

 ft. ; Jan. [15th ?], -1° : Conyngham Hall, Jan. 17th, 2°: Sheffield, 

 alt., 260 ft. ; Jan. 16th, 3° : Stanley Vic., alt., 100 ft. ; Jan. 15th, 

 9° : Halifax, alt., 500 ft. ; Jan. 16th, 20th, 10° : Bradford, alt., 362 

 ft. ; and Leeds, alt., 137 ft. ; Jan. 26th, 12°. 



Plants injured, 1880-81 — 51 (1), 61 (2), 43 (3), total at 3 

 places. 



East Riding. A very wet year : max. temp, never reached 80°, 

 till Sept. 3rd, 84°-5 ; first frost, Oct. 20th, 26° (nr. Hull). Min. rain- 

 fall, Spurn Head, alt., 27 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 24-23 ins., on 173 days : 

 max., Wold Newton Vic, alt. 195 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. 6 ins. ; 47-89 ins., 

 on 168 days. Min. temps., Dalton Hall, alt., 154 ft. ; Jan. 18th, 

 22nd, 6° : Spurn Head, alt., 28 ft. ; Jan. 18th, 19°. 



Plants injured, 1880-81 — 14 (1), 22 (2), 22 (3), total at 1 

 place. 



North Riding. Rainfall, 2-59 ins. above av. of 22 yrs. (Old 

 Malton). Do., heaviest recorded (Port Mulgrave). Min. rainfall, 

 Middlesborough, alt., 21 ft. ; 28-38 ins., on 144 days : max., Hawes 

 (Lunds), alt., 1100 ft.; ht., 1 ft. ; 61-45 ins., on 223 days. Jan. 

 1881, coldest month since 1866, mean temp., 6°-4 below av. (Scar- 



