COUNCIL FOR 1894. 
XI. 
36 hours. On the 22nd, deposits of sea-salt were left on 
exposed windows, of course from the Irish Sea. On October 
24th, the barometer fell 1 12 inches in the 24 hours. 
Bright sunshine prevailed, especially in the early months and 
July. The amount in March, 177 hours, representing 49%, was 
barely exceeded in hours by May, which is usually the sunniest 
month, an honour which fell last year to July. The January 
total is the highest for that month, so too is that for March, 
whilst July was only exceeded by two hours in 1887. With 
the exception of one patch of stratus, from 9 to 11 a m. on the 
24th, the weather from March 23rd to 27th was absolutely 
cloudless. A single cloudless day had not been noted previously 
since watch was first kept for such about 1883. But absence 
from York prevents observations during seven summer weeks, 
when such days might be most expected. Many days would, 
apparently, have been cloudless, had it not been for masses of 
eamulus caused by the uprush of air against the hot escarpment 
of the Uambledons. 
Rain or snow , to an amount exceeding 0 005 inch of water, 
fell on 199 days, or 34 more than last year, and 29 more than 
the average. The total fall of 28’08 inches was 5| more than 
last year and 3 more than the average February, June and 
July gave the chief excess, and November fell most below the 
mean. This is remarkable, when we recall the excessive falls 
in South and South West England and South Wales. At 
Bath, the waters rose above record, and the Severn and Thames 
Basins were extensively flooded. One fall of over an inch 
occurred on June 4th. Thunderstorms were not uncommon, 
six being recorded in April and five in July. During one of 
the former, scholars of the Bootham School engaged at cricket 
experienced the peculiar sensation of their hair standing 
slightly on end and then, at each flash, suddenly falling, as 
if a whiff of air had passed over them. 
The cumulative rainfall totals for the three wettest months 
from 1841 areAugust, 146-95 inches; October, 144 50; 
July, 144-46 ; next comes September, 125-43, followed at 
another long interval by November, 111*84; and December, 
105*29. The rest are all below 100 inches February, March 
and April have accumulated, respectively, 83*05, 86*93 and 
