METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
Sunshine in Plymouth for 1884. 
Month. 
Sun above the 
horizon 
hrs. min. 
January 259 22 
February 286 53 
March 364 41 
April 409 55 
May 474 7 
June 484 5 
July 486 33 
August 441 26 
September 372 24 
October 325 52 
November 263 50 
December 244 11 
Sun shone in 
Plymouth 
hrs. min. 
17 15 
39 
118 
155 
201 
212 
159 
232 
153 
85 
41 
25 
5 
25 
5 
20 
0 
1 
5 
0 
15 
43 
25 
Percentage 
actual was 
of possible. 
67 
13 6 
32-6 
37-8 
42-5 
43'8 
327 
52-6 
44-1 
26-2 
15-8 
10-4 
No. of days 
no sun- 
shine. 
. 21 
,. 18 
6 
4 
6 
1 
3 
3 
6 
8 
.. 12 
.. 22 
The sunshine for the year was 32 *5 per cent, of that possible, the sun 
shining in Plymouth nearly one-third of the time he was above the 
horizon ; whilst on 1 10 days he did not appear. The temperature of 
the year has been about the average, although the days have been rather 
colder than the mean. The freezing point in the screen was reached on 
three nights only, one of which was on April 19th. Rain fell on 192 
days to the amount of 28*73 inches, which is only 79 per cent, of the 
average. The greatest rainfall in one day was on March 3rd, when 1*15 
inches were measured, and this was the only day in the year on which 
more than one inch fell. The greatest atmospheric pressure for the year 
was 30*657 inches on October 5th ; the least was 28 654 inches on 
January 26th ; and it fell below 29 inches once only for the year. The 
highest temperature for the year was 79*5 deg. F. on August 10th ; the 
lowest was 29 deg. F. on February 3rd. 
Cold Months. — April, May, June, July, October, November. 
Warm Months. — January, February, March, August, September, 
December. 
Wet Months. — January, March, July. 
Dry Months. — January, April, May, June, August, September, 
October, November, December. 
The year on the whole has been a very dry one, only 79 per cent, of 
the average amount of rain having fallen, while the number of rainy 
days was 3 per cent, above the mean. The number of days on which 
either easterly or westerly winds have blown was below the average, but 
there was a greater number of calm mornings. The longest dry period 
was from June 8th to J uly 2nd ; the longest wet period was from 
February 8th to March 13th. Gales producing great damage occurred 
in January, February, and December, and thunderstorms were observed 
in January, July, August, September, and December. 
