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METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS FOR MARCH 1885. 



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



Name of Station ; 

 its height above sea-levkl ; 



AND 



Name of Observer. 



Atmos 

 pheric 

 pres- 

 sure. 



TEMPERATURE (IN SHADE). 



RAINFALL. 



Mean Height of Barometer 

 (reduced to zero and to sea-level). 



Mean Temperature for Month. 



Extremes. 



Total Rain Collected. 



Number of Days on which 

 there fell o*oi inch or more. 



Greatest Fall 



in a 

 Single Day. 



Highest 

 Maxitnum 

 registered. 



Lowest 

 Minimum 

 registered. 



Amount. 



Date. 



Amount. 



Date. 



Amount. 



Date. 



ISLE OF MAN: 



Cronkbourne (140 ft.). . . ") 

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



inch 

 30-051 



deg. 

 40*95 



deg. 

 51-6 



20th 



deg. 



28-6 



15th 



inch 

 3'955 



17 



inch 

 1*174 



31st 



W. COAST : 



SiLLOTH, CUMB. (28 ft.) .. ) 



Rev. F. Redford, M.A. .. )' 

 Barrow-in-Furness ( — ). . ) 



W. S. Whitworth .... )" 

 Liverpool (Bidston) ( — ) ) 



30*036 

 3"* 053 

 30 "065 



39 '30 

 40-30 

 40 'So 



53-20 

 55 'oo 

 52*00 



13th 

 13th 

 31st 



26-40 

 31*00 

 32*00 



31st , 



(6,9, ) 

 1 23,24 ) 



\ '''' \ 

 ( 9.19 ) 



2*592 

 3 '930 

 I "750 



15 

 15 



16 



0*995 

 1-770 

 0-450 



31st 

 4th 

 31st 



4th 

 4th 

 31st 



4th 

 4th 

 3rd 

 3rd 

 5th 

 5th 

 3rd 

 3rd 



CENTRAL HILL REG.: 



Newton-Reigny (Penrith) ) 

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

 Hawes Junction (1,135 ft.) )_ 



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



30*067 

 28-797 

 30*067 



36*70 

 34-80 

 46-50 



50*70 

 5000 

 54'io 



14th 

 14th 

 1 2th 



24-00 

 21 "oo 

 22-90 



23rd 

 7th 

 22nd 



2-260 

 4-700 

 3' 793 



14 

 14 



18 



1*030 

 1*280 

 1*008 



EASTERN LOWLAND REGION : i 



North Shields (— ) . . . ) 



T. W. Irvine j" 



Scarborough (120 ft.) .... \ 



Allan Rowntree, F.^LS. S 



Moortown, Leeds (500 ft.)) 

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

 Hull, Derringham (loft.) \ 



Spurn Point (— ) ) 



Louth, Lincs. (hi ft.) ) 



T. W. Wallis S 



W. Berridge, F.M.S j 



30 '035 

 30*052 

 30*067 

 30-095 

 30*210 

 30-038 

 30-050 

 30*08.^ 



39'9o 

 40-28 

 3970 

 40-40 



39- 80 



40- 00 

 38*48 

 40*40 



55 00 

 58*10 

 55 'oo 

 56*00 

 55 'CO 

 1 52*00 

 53*oo 

 56*00 



20th 



20th 



fi4th \ 

 -(28th i 

 J 24th ) 

 C3oth j 



20th 

 17th 

 20th 

 28th 



28-00 

 31-20 

 25*00 

 28*60 

 26*50 

 32*00 

 28*00 

 24*00 



_fi9th ) 

 (23rd j 



22nd 



22nd 



loth 



22nd 

 fi9th \ 



( 20th 1 



2nd 

 15th 



1-680 



1*520 



1*500 



1*155 



1-80 



0-980 



1*430 



0*830 



14 

 14 

 II 

 16 

 1.3 

 16 

 15 



0-370 

 o'35o 

 0*400 

 o*395 

 0*490 

 0*240 

 0' 320 

 0-240 







30*087 



41 -00 



60*00 



20th 



26*00 



8th 



1*550 



7 



0-60 



2ISt 





■ Not reduced to sea-level. 

 IVhid.— 1st Division (Isle of Man) wind chiefly W., N.W., S., and S.W. 2nd Division chiefly E., N.E., 

 and S.E., with some N.W. 3rd Dlvisicai, chiefly N.E. with N.W. 4th Division, Shields, S.W. and 

 W.; York, N.; Leeds (Moortown), N.E.; Spurn, W. and N.W.; Louth, S.W. and N.W. Lough- 

 borough, W. and N.W. 



Gales — Isle of Man, gales on 9 days ; SlUoth, 6 days ; Barrow and Liverpool* 2 days each ; Newton- 

 Reigny, on 2 days ; Ston^'hurst, on 2 days ; Leeds, on i day ; Loughborough, on 4 days ; Spurn, on 



4 days; and London, on 2 days. 



Siioiu. — Isle of Man, on 2 days; Silloth, i day; Liverpool, i day; Newton-Reigny, 7 days; Hawes, 



5 days; Stonyhurst, i day; Scarborough, 4 days; Shields, 3 days; Leeds, 2 days; Spurn, i day; 

 and Loughborough, i day. 



Bright Sunskifie. — Isle of Man, 127 hours; Silloth, 115 hours; Newton- Reigny, 94 hours ; Stonyhurst 

 98 hours ; Hull, 68 hours. 



Highest Temperature in S7in. — Isle of Man, 110-6° on 20th; Silloth, 113*1° on 8th; Newt on-Reign y, 

 103-2" on 28th ; Stonyhurst, 1-203° on 28th ; Hull, 80-08 on 28th ; Leeds, loi'oo" on X4th. Naturalist, 



