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DIVISION XIII. — (SCOT.) S. E. COUNTIES. 



Meteorological Observations on the Year 1880 and Jan. 1881, 

 from Berwick, Edinburgh, Haddingtonshire and Peebles. 



Berwick. Rainfall, mean of 5 places, 28-91 ins. Jan. 1881 

 f frost intensely severe in low lying districts; see G-ard. Chron. 1881, 

 vol. xv., p. 634]. Min. temps., all on Jan. 17th, viz., Blackadder, 

 -22° [?] :* Chirnside, alt., 100 ft. ; -12°: Coldstream, alt., 100 ft.; 

 -12° : Thirlestane Castle, alt,, 558 ft. ; -11° : Eyemouth, alt., 16 ft. ; 

 -1° : and Dunse (Marchmont), alt., 500 ft. ; 2°. 



Plants injured, 1880-81 — 48 (1), 41 (2), 34 (3), total at 2 

 places. 



Edinburgh. Min. rainfall, Leith, alt., 22 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. 8 ins. ; 

 20-62 ins., on 175 days : max., Pentland Hills, alt., 900 [?] ft. ; 

 53-20 ins. ; Jan. 1881: Min. temps., Dalkeith, alt., 190 ft.; Jan. 

 17th, 3°. 



Plants injured, 1880-81 — 16 (1), 44 (2), 45 (3), total at 1 

 place. 



Haddington. One of the finest years on record (East Linton). f 

 Rainfall, mean of 5 places; 26-29 ins. Min. temps., Jan. 17th; 

 Haddington, alt., 140 ft. ; -8° : and Tynninghame, alt., 50 (?) ft., 

 -3°-5. 



Plants injured, 1880-81—8 (1), 24 (2), 18 (3), total at 1 place. 



Peebles. Rainfall, mean of 3 places, 39-08 ins. Jan. 1881, Min. 

 temps., Stobo, alt., 600 ft. ; Jan. 17th, 18th, -15° : King's Meadow, 

 alt., 540 ft. ; Jan. 17th, -15°. 



Plants injured, 1880-81—21 (1), 5 (2), 3 (3), total at 1 place. 



Reports. 



1. Berwick — Coldstream. — Mr. J. Cairns. [See p. 133.] 



* Mr. Marriott observes that the therm, did not appear to have been satis- 

 factorily exposed. (Qr. Jl. of Met. Soc. 1881, p. 140, note.) 



t This is the only observation for this Division recorded in Symons's Br. 

 Rainfall. 



