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METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS FOR MAY 1885. 



Edited by GEORGE PAUL, F.G.S., F.R.Met.S., Moortoiu7i, Leeds. 



Atmos 

 pheric 

 pres- 



TEMPERATURE (IN SHADE). 



RAINFALL. 



Extremes. 



Name of Station ; 

 its height above sea-levkl ; 



AND 



Name of Observer. 



Highest 

 -Vlaximum 

 registered. 



ISLE OF MAN: 



Cronkeourne (140 ft.).... ) 

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



l\ SiLLOTH. CUMB. (2S ft.) .. ) 



M Rev. F. Redford, M.A. .. t" 

 < I Barrow-in-Fcrness ( — ).. ) 

 § W. S. Whitworth .... ) 



. Liverpool (Bidston)( — ) \_ 

 ^ J. Hartnup, jun f 



N'ewton-Reignv (Penrith)) 

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



Hawes Junction (1,135 ft.) )^ 

 Station-master ) 



Stonyhcrst (381ft.) ) 



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



tJO 4) 



inch 

 29-738 



29-737 

 29-760 



29-741 



28- 520 



29- 784 



deg. 



deg. 

 59*3 



46- 70 



47- 80 



48- 60 



44-60 

 42-10 

 55 '70 



63-6 

 59-0 

 65-0 



6r-7 

 6i-o 



North Shields (—) . ..) 



J. W. Irvine... \ 45 9° 



Scarborough (120 ft.) .... ) ! 



Allan Rowntree, F.M.S. s 

 York Museum ( — ) ) 



The Curator )' 



Moortown, Leeds (500 ft.)) 



G. Paul, F.G.S., F.M.S. )" 

 Hull, Derringham (loft.) ) '„„.o 



Wm. Lavvton 47 10 



29-718 47-15 

 29-748: 47-80 

 29" 749 45 "40 



66 0 



66-8 



76- 



Spurn Point (19 ft.). . 



J. B. Smith 

 Louth, Lincs. (hi ft.). 



r 129-734 47-50 710 



T.w. wailis' r {29-760 48-74 



BOSTO.N. LiNCS. (24 ft.) .... 



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



Loughborough (— ) 



W. Berridge, F.M.S 



78-0 



,29-760 49-50 

 29' 775! 48*80 



31st 



28th 



( 27th ) 

 "( 28th )" 



27th 



28th 

 28th 

 28th 



28th 

 2Sth 

 28th 

 28th 

 28th 

 28th 

 28th 

 28th 

 28th 



Lowest 

 Minimum 

 registered. 



deg. 

 32-6 



7 th 



29 '5 

 35 "o 



7 th 

 7th 



os-^ ^ ' 7th ) 



27-8 



26- 0 



27- 2 



7th 

 7 th 

 13th 



32 o 

 35"5 

 3o"o 



30- 6 

 30 'o 

 36 'o 

 32 'o 

 32-0 



31- 0 



( 7th ) 



\\ 8th )" 



I i2th 



I 



1 7 th 



i I2th 



j i2th 

 { 8th 



I 8th 



I 



j 8th 



i , 

 7th 



inch 

 2-228 



^■713 

 1-690 

 1-320 



2*52 



4" 65 



097 



^ o I Greatest Fall 



= in a 



o _ 



^'o Single Day. 

 o o 



inch 

 19 0-53 23rd 



0-485 

 0-620 

 [9 '0-20 



27 iO'4^ 



! 



26 ,0-49 

 21 0-35 



2-140 22 



1- 93 i 19 jo-44 



2- 46 j 19 ;0-42 



I j 



2-62 20 0-41 



1 i 



1-85 j 20 jO'50 



1-50 I 18 |o-23 

 i-6i I 22 'o'20 



I i 



1-67 j 19 jo' 32 

 i'87 i 20 0-30 



ist 

 20th 

 20th 



ISt 

 ISt 



C5th 



20th 

 3rd 



20tll 

 3rd 

 7th 

 23rd 

 17th 



5th 

 23rd 



London 



29-8031 5o'5 I 72*0 



28th 



32 o 



8th 



2" 27 



17 0-41 



" Not reduced to sea-level. 



IVifid.—xst Division (Isle of Man) N.E. 9, E. 3, S.E. 2, S. 11, S.W. 6, W. 15, N.W. 9, calm 7 times. 

 2nd Division mean direction N.E. 3, E. 2, S.E. 4, S. 4, S.W. 2, W. 6, N.W. 6, calm 4 days. 

 3rd Division mean direction N.E. 4, E. 3, S.E. i, S. 3, S.W. 6, W. 5, N.W. 6, calm 2 days. 

 4th Division mean direction N.E. 2, E. 2%, S.E. 2, S. 3^, S.W. 3^, W. 6, N.W. 5, calm 6 days. 



Gales. — ist Division, on 4 days; 2nd Division, 3 days; 3rd Division, 3 days; 4th Division, 12 days; Lon- 

 don, none. 



Snotu. — Isle of Man, on loth ; Silloth, 5th, 6th, and 7tli ; Newton-Reigny, 6th, 7th, and nth; Hawes, 



6 days; North Shields, i day; Hull, on 7th, yielding 0-5 inch in rain gauge in about 90 minutes ; 



Spurn, I da.y ; Boston, on loth ; and Loughborough, i day. 

 Bright Sunshine. — Isle of ^lan, 197-1 hours; Silloth, 149^ hours; Newton-Reigny, 153-3 hours; Stonj'- 



hurst, 153 hours; and Hull, 135-8 hours. 

 Higfust Teviperatiire iJi Sun. — Isle of Man, 125-7° on 3^^^ >" Silloth, 124*5' on 25th ; Newton-Reigny, 



125-2' on 2Sth ; Stonyhurst, 129-2' on 30th ; Leeds, 128*0° on 28th ; and Hull, 96-0° on 28th. 



Naturalist 



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