Observations made at Leith , S61 
30,28 to 30,30 ; and the minimum temperature next morning was found to 
have been 53°. 
21 st, Mean temperature 58°. Maximum 63°.5. Minimum 53 Q .0* Dew- 
point 49°. Bar. 30,28. 
Ther. in shade. 
7 h 30' a. m. 53°.0 
In sun. 
103°.0 
Difference, 
45°.0 
Clear ; very fine. 
8 
60.0 
115 0 
55.0 
Ditto. 
8 30 
62.0 
123.0 
61.0 
Ditto, 
9 
63.5 
125.0 
61.5 
Ditto. 
IQ 
63.0 
130.0 
67-0 
Ditto. 
12 noon, 
63.5 
120.0 
hG.5 
Sky light-coloured. 
31s£. — The mean maximum temperature of the last seven days was 76°- 
The maximum occurred on the 30th, when the thermometer stood during a 
great part of the day at 81°. The range of temperature that day was 26°. 
Dew-point 57°. Wind W. and NW., gentle. The maximum effect of Solar 
Radiation since the 21st, was observed on the 27th, when the thermometer in 
the sun rose to 150°. 
AUGUST. 
Results. 
1. Temperature. Fahr. Ther. 
Mean of the month, 58°.2G9 
Maximum bv Register Thermometer, 77-000 
Minimum by ditto, 44.000 
Range, 33.000 
Mean of the extremes, 00.500 
2. Pressure. Inches. 
Mean of the month, 29.803 
Maximum observed, 30.250 
Minimum observed, 29.030 
Range, 1.220 
3. Humidity. Fahr. Then 
Mean difference during the month between the two Ther- 
mometers, 6°. 530 
Maximum ditto, 3d, 11.000 
Minimum ditto, 17th, 2.900 
4. Rain, 2.237 inches. 
5. Winds, N. 1, 
Var. 2 days* 
NE.5, E. 5, SW. 2* W. l^T' NW. 2, 
Remarks. 
During the first two weeks of this month, much rain fell, and the weather 
was in general stormy. 
6th — This day there occurred an unusually low pressure for the season, 
barometer standing at 9 a. m. at 29,20. There was a little light rain in the 
course of the afternoon, which was succeeded in the evening by a boisterous 
gale from the NW. 
