METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
Sunshine in Plymouth for 1887. 
Month. 
Sun above the 
horizon 
hrs. min. 
Sun shone in 
Plymouth 
hrs. min. 
Percentage 
actual was 
of possible. 
No. of da 
no sun- 
shine. 
.... 259 
42 
51 
55 
200 
... 14 
276 
37 
118 
40 
429 
6 
March 
363 
16 
182 
45 
50-2 
3 
.... 408 
34 
229 
15 
56*1 
1 
May 
.. . 473 
6 
197 
5 
417 
6 
June 
.... 483 
55 
315 
37 
65-2 
2 
July 
.... 487 
19 
250 
27 
51*4 
0 
August 
442 
42 
264 
39 
59*9 
2 
September.... 
.... 373 
46 
160 
7 
429 
4 
October 
. . . 327 
16 
114 
27 
350 
7 
November . . 
, , . 264 
53 
91 
33 
346 
7 
December .... 
... 244 
23 
67 
2 
274 
... 12 
The sunshine for the year was nearly 42 per cent, of that 
possible, or the sun shone in Plymouth for more than two-fifths 
of the time he was above the horizon, while on 64 days he was 
not visible here. The temperature for the year has been nearly 
one degree F. below the mean, both days and nights having 
been colder than the average. February, March, April, October, 
and November were especially cold, whilst June and July were 
especially hot. The freezing point was reached in the screen 
on 48 nights. Eain fell on 144 days only, to the amount of 
28*94 inches, which is about 80*5 per cent, of the average rain- 
fall, and 78 per cent, of the mean number of rainy days. The 
deficiency in rainfall for the year was exceeded in 1870, when we 
had only 24*10 inches, and was about equalled in 1880 and 1884. 
The greatest rainfall for the year was on the 29th October, when 
we measured 1*54 inches. For nine months the rainfall was below 
the average, and from February to September the amount was 
