Hay Harvest Forecasts , 1893. 
189 
and heavy fall o£ rain were experienced all over England, accom- 
panied at several places in the south by thunder and lightning, 
doing much damage and causing loss of life on both land and sea. 
The fall of rain was a little above its average at all stations. 
HAY HARVEST FORECASTS, 1893. 1 
The results of the checking of the Hay Harvest Forecasts issued in 
1893 by the Meteorological Office show that the general percent- 
age of success for the entire country was 91, or 2 per cent, higher 
than any previously recorded. The largest percentage was 97 in 
England, E. ; the smallest was 84 in England, N.W. 
The telegrams were sent between 3.30 p.m. and 4 p.m. on each 
week-day for a period of about five weeks, the issue commencing in 
the south of England on June 12, and extending to other parts of 
the kingdom in the course of the ensuing three weeks. 
In addition to the recipients named in the list, the telegrams 
were sent to seven gentlemen at their own cost. In the two cases 
of subscribers of former years declining to avail themselves of the 
forecasts, the reason assigned was the shortness of grass, due to the 
continued drought, and not any doubt as to the value of the fore- 
casts. 
Summary of Results. 
Percentages 
Total 
per- 
Districts 
Staines of Stations 
Com- 
Par- 
Par- 
centage 
plete 
tiai 
tial 
of 
sue- 
sue- 
fail- 
ure 
success 
cess 
cess 
ure 
Scotland, N. 
Munlochy and Golspie 
61 
32 
7 

93 
Scotland, E. 
rAberfeldy, Huntly, and) 
1 Glamis . . . . ) 
68 
37 
4 
1 
95 
England, N.E. . 
Ulceby and Chatton . 
68 
22 
10 
— 
90 
England, E. 
Rothamsted and Thorpe 
90 
7 
3 
— 
97 
Midland Counties 
( Cirencester, Retford, War - 1 
t wick, and Broseley . . f 
66 
26 
6 
2 
92 
England, S. 
f Maidstone, Caversham, and . 
t Downton . . . .1 
72 
23 
5 
— 
95 
Scotland, W. 
1 Ardwell, Islay, and Dum - 1 
1 barton . . . . i 
59 
31 
8 
2 
90 
England, N.W. . 
Leyburn .... 
57 
27 
13 
3 
84 
England, S.W. . 
(Clifton, Tortworth, and) 
1 Glastonbury . . 
62 
30 
8 
— 
92 
Ireland, N. . 
1 Moynalty and Edgeworths - 1 
l town . . . . } 
49 
38 
8 
5 
87 
Ireland, S. . 
Kilkenny and Ardfert 
62 
25 
11 
2 
87 
Mean for all districts in 1893 . 
64 
27 
8 
1 
9L 
„ „ „ in 1892. 
56 
32 
10 
2 
88 
„ „ „ in 1891 . 
58 
31 
10 
1 
89 
1 Particulars supplied by the Meteorological Office. 
