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METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS FOR JANUARY 1885. 



Edited by GEORGE PAUL, F.G.S., F.R.Met.S., Moortoivn, Leeds. 



Name of Station ; 

 its height above sea-level ; 



AND 



Name of Observer. 



ISLE OF MAN: 



Cronkbourne (140ft.).. 

 A. W. Moore, F.M.S... 



SiLLOTH, CuMB. (28 ft.) ., 



Rev. F. Redford, M.A... 

 Barrow-in-Furness (— ). . 



W. S. Whitworth .... 

 Liverpool (Bidston)(— ) 



J. Hartnup, jun 



Newton-Reigny (Penrith) 



(577ft.)T.G.Benn, F.M.S. 

 Masham, Yorks. (269 ft.) 



T. Carter 



Hawes Junction (1,135ft.) 



Station-master 



Arncliffe, Wharfedale 



(75oft.)Rev.W.Boyd,D.D. 

 Stonvhurst (381ft.) 



Rev. S. J. Perry, F.R.S. 

 Dalton, Huddersfield. . 



J. W. Robson 



North Shields ( — ) , .. 



J. W. Irvine 



Scarborough (i2oft.) .... 



Allan Rowntree, F.M.S. 

 Baldersby,Thirsk (looft.) 



W. Gregson 



York Museum (— ) 



The Curator 



MooRTowN, Leeds (500 ft.) 



G. Paul, F.G.S., F.M.S. 

 Barnsley (350 ft.) 



M. T. Sadler, M.D 



Hull, Derringham (loft.) 



Wm. Lavi^ton 



Spurn Point ( — ) 



J. B. Smith 



Louth, Lincs. (hi ft.).... 



T. W. Wallis 



Boston, Lincs. (24 ft.) .... 



W.H.Wheeler,M.In.C.E. 

 Loughborough ( — ) 



W. Berridge, F.M.S 



Atmos 

 pheric 

 pres- 

 sure. 



a; 



29*80 



29-79 

 29-81 

 29-83 



29-83 



29-84 



29-84 

 29-86 



29-87 



29- 83 



30- 04 

 29-85 

 29-88 

 29-86 

 29-88 



TEMPERATURE (IN SHADE). 



40 05 



37"5 



38-00 



38-00 



35 7 



4i'3 



37 90 

 37*9 



36-60 



35- 87 



36*9 

 37'5o 

 35"i 

 35 "70 



36- 10 



Extremes. 



Highest 

 Maximum 

 registered. 



49-60 



51 'o 



54-00 



49 00 



49 



52-3 



53 00 

 53'3 



54-00 

 5 1 '60 

 54 'o 

 53'o 

 49 -00 



53"o 

 54'o 

 54-00 



loth 



29th 

 29th 

 29th 



29th 



29th 

 28th 

 29th 



29th 

 29th 



29th 

 29th 

 29th 



29th 



28th ) 

 29th j" 



29th 

 59th 

 29th 



Lowest 

 Minimum 

 registered. 



31 90 



21-8 



28-00 

 27-00 



22 5 



21- 00 

 25 



22- 5 



ii4th ). 

 ( 22nd j 



23rd 



( 22nd ) 

 (23rd )" 



22nd 



23rd 



23rd 



2ISt 

 20th 



23rd 

 23rd 



i2th 



15th 



22nd 

 22nd 

 22nd 

 13th 

 22nd 



22nd 



f 22nd I 

 ( 22rd j 



RAINFALL. 



inch 

 3'73 



i"95 

 1-76 

 1-46 



2-67 

 2-25 

 5-i6 

 5'ii 

 3"5i 

 i-8i 



1-56 

 1-97 

 1-98 

 1-56 

 1-56 

 1-29 

 1-71 

 1-36 

 2'5i 

 1-86 

 I -61 



Greatest Fall 



in a 

 Single Day. 



inch 

 0*73 



0-70 



0- 49 



1 - 61 

 1-29 

 1-13 

 0-66 



0-42 

 o*35 

 0-36 

 0*25 

 0-30 

 o'33 



0'20 

 0-21 



o-8o 

 0*40 



0-38 



30th 

 (nth 



\ 28th 

 (30th 



30th 



Wind mostly E. (Silloth, Newton Reigny, and Stonyhurst), S.W. (Silloth) and S.E. (Newton Reigny and 

 Moortown. 



Gales noted 7th and 8th. loth and nth, 28th, and 31st. 



Snow fell on the 12th, 13th, and 14th, in slight amount. ^ 



Bright S2i7ishine. — 10-6 h. on 8 days was measured at Derringham, near Hull, and io'7 h. at Stonyhurst ; 

 19 h. 54 m. at Newton Reigny, and 28 h. 2 m. at Silloth. 



The 19th and 20th were very dark and gloomy, gas required all day (Derringham). 

 Highest Temperature in Sim, 85-5° on 16th at Silloth, 77-8 on 30th at Newton Reigny, and 71-8° on 27th 

 at Stonyhurst. 



Magnetic Phetiomena. — At Silloth a long narrow belt of light was observed at 21 h. on the 22nd, rising near 



the horizon in E.N.E., and extending beyond the zenith : no other appearance of aurora a t the time. 

 Lightning on the 31st (Stonyhurst). Naturalist, 



