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METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS FOR DECEMBER 1885. 



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



Atmos 

 pheric 

 pres- 

 sure. 



TEMPERATURE (IN SHADE). 



RAINFALL. 



Name of Station ; 

 its height above sea-level ; 



AND 



Name of Observer. 



Mean Height of Barometer 

 (reduced to zero and to sea-level). 



Mean Temperature for Month. 



H 



Ma 

 reg 



5 



0 



<| 



EXTR 



ghest 



ximum 



stered. 



a 

 Q 



EMES. 



L 



Mir 

 reg 



0 

 < 



Dwest 

 limum 

 stered. 



6 

 Q 



Total Rain Collected. 



Number of Days on which 

 there fell o'oi inch or more. 



Great 



ii 



Singl 



0 

 < 



est Fall 



1 a 



e Day. 

 Q 



ISLE OF MAN: 



Cronkbourne (140ft.).. .. ) 

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



inch 

 3o - i36 



deg. 

 41 '3 2 



deg. 

 53'5 



16th 



3rd 

 3rd 



deg. 

 25-0 



8th 



inch 

 1-928 



13 



inch 

 0*515 



30th 



30th 

 30th 



28th 

 30th 

 30th 



CENTRAL HILL REG. : W. COAST: | 



Barrow-in-Furness ( — ).. ) 



W. S. Whitworth .... ( 

 Liverpool (Bidston)(— ) 1 



30-138 

 30' 164 



39 '90 

 40-40 



5i '0 

 5.3 "o 



25-0 

 27*0 



1 8th ) 

 ( 1 1 tli f 

 ( 8th |_ 

 1 qth j 



8th 

 nth 

 10th 



1*410 

 i'55o 



1 75° 

 3 'Ho 

 2-697 



15 



1 4 



15 

 14 



0*410 

 0*370 



0-330 

 o" 490 

 0-988 



0' 150 

 0*270 

 0*280 

 o* 125 

 0' 180 



0*200 

 0*300 

 O* 330 



o* 210 



Newton-Reigny (Penrith) ) 

 (S7 7 ft.)T.G. Benn, F.M.S. | 

 Havves Junction (1,135ft.) ) 



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



30 129 

 28-864 

 30' t8o 



34'30 

 44-10 



53"7 

 50 '0 



56*3 



16th 

 18th 



22nd 



i3-8 

 15-0 

 16*1 



EASTERN LOWLAND REGION : 



North Shields (— ) . .. ) 



J. W. Irvine ~\ 



Scarborough (120 ft.) .... ) 



Allan Rowntree, F.M.S. » 

 York Museum (— ) ) 



Moortown, Leeds (500 ft.) ) 

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

 Hull, Derringham (10ft.) ) 



J. B. Smith j 



Louth, Lincs. (in ft.). . . . ) 



T. W. Wallis \ 



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



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



W. Berridge, F.M.S j 



30*078 

 30*109 

 30' 144 

 30" 162 

 30-190 

 30*126 

 30' 150 

 3o'i5o 

 30-187 



38-90 

 38*81 

 37 '60 

 36-63 

 38*20 

 38*80 

 36-61 

 36-06 

 38-3 



57'o 

 5i"3 

 53'o 

 5i "i 

 5i '5 

 52*0 



5.0 



j 5°'° 

 52-o 



16th 

 17th 



I 3rd ) 

 ( 16th ) 



16th 



(3rd ) 

 (17th j 



3rd 

 16th 



1 6th 



( 1 6th I 

 "(17th 1 



20'0 

 25'0 



i6'o 

 19-0 

 21 '5 

 27-0 

 22 '0 

 17*0 

 21 '0 



nth 

 nth 

 nth 

 nth 

 nth 



j 9th | 

 ( nth | 



nth 

 nth 

 8th 



0' 640 

 1*090 

 0*840 

 0*610 

 0*700 

 0*790 

 0*910 

 0*930 

 0*500 



12 

 .7 



12 



" 



12 

 13 



7 

 8 



IT 



30th 

 30th 

 9th 

 28th 

 30th 

 30th 

 30th 

 30th 

 28th 





30'222 



39' 1 



52*0 



(i5?h } 



22*0 



(nth ) 



( 1 2th ( 



i* 220 



II 



0*360 



5th 



* Not reduced to sea-level. 



IVind.—ist Division (Isle of Man) N. 8, N.E. 5, E. 3, S.E. 2, S. 7, S.W. 14, W. 14, N.W. 6, calm 3 days. 



2nd Division : N. 3, N.E. 4%, E. 1%, S.E. 3, S. 3, S.W. 6, W. $%, N.W. 4^, calm o day. 



3rd Division : N. 3, N.E. 3, E. 1%, S.E. 1%, S. 1, S.W. 6, W. 10, N.W. 2, calm 4 days. 



4 th Division : N. 3, N.E. E. %, S.E. 1%, S. 3^, S.W. 8, W. 7 %, N.W. 5%, calm o day. 



London: N. 3, N.E. 2, E. r. S.E. 2, S. 5, S.W. 8, W. 5,. N.W. 2, calm 3 days. 

 Gales. — Isle of Man, 3 days; 2nd Division, 5 days; 3rd Division, 8 days; 4th Division, 18 days ; and 



London, 2 days. 



Snow. — Isle of Man on 3 days; 3rd Division, 7 days; 4th Division, 3 days; London, 3 days. 

 Bright Sunshine. — Newton-Reigny, 31*55 hours; Stonyhurst, 36*8 hours ; and Hull, 27*9 hours. 

 Higiiest Temperature in Sun — Isle of Man, 85*0° on 26th ; Newton-Reigny, 75*2° on 1st ; 

 Stonyhurst, 92*9° on 5th ; Leeds (Moortown) 88*5° on 10th ; and Hull, 64*5° on 17th. 



Naturalist, 



