METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
Sunshine in Plymouth for 1882. 
Sun above the 
Sun shone in 
Percentage 
No of days 
Month. 
horizon. 
Plymouth. 
actual was 
no 
hrs. 
min. 
hrs. 
min. 
of possible. 
sunshine. 
259 
56 
35 
40 
13-7 
21 
276 
57 
68 
8 
24-6 
9 
363 
41 
141 
45 
39-0 
7 
408 
58 
. 170 
45 
41 8 
4 
473 
11 
. 257 
30 
54-4 
1 
483 
58 
183 
10 
37-8 
4 
July 
... 477 
6 
. 202 
0 
42-3 
1 
442 
21 
185 
10 
41-9 
2 
373 
22 
148 
25 
39-7 
7 
, 326 
49 
76 
0 
23-3 
11 
: 264 
33 
65 
0 
24-6 
11 
December 
244 
17 
26 
35 
10-9 
22 
The sunshine was 32-8 per cent., or nearly one-third of the time 
the sun was above the horizon ; whilst on 100 days he did not appear 
in Plymouth. The year has been rather warmer than the average, 
caused entirely by warmer nights. The freezing point was reached 
only 12 times during the year, 6 of which occurred in December. 
Snow fell only on 2 days, and came on early in December. Rain 
fell on 219 days to the amount of 41 -21 inches. The greatest rain- 
fall in one day was on 31st August, when 1*28 inches were 
measured ; but more than an inch fell on 3 days during the year. 
The highest barometer for the year was 30*952 on 18th January. 
This is the highest ever recorded in Plymouth. The lowest was 
29*051 on 1st March. The atmospheric pressure did not fall below 
29 inches for the year. The highest temperature for the year was 
75 deg. F. on 1 2th August, the lowest 22-8 deg. F. on 1 1th December. 
Cold Months. — April, June, July, August, September, October, 
November. 
Warm Months. — January, February, March, May, December. 
Wet Months. — April, June, July, August, September, October, 
November, December. 
Dry Months. — January, February, March, May. 
The year on the whole has been a very wet one, there having 
been 22*3 per cent, more rainy days, and nearly 14 per cent, greater 
rainfall than the average, thus snowing the continuous drizzle we 
have been subject to. This perhaps has been caused by the large 
proportion of westerly winds we have experienced. The longest dry 
period was from the 5th to the 20th May ; the longest wet period 
from the 24th September to the end of the year, during which 
period we had only 21 days with not enough rain to measure. 
Gales were experienced in February, March, April, and November. 
During September and November there were frequent flashes of 
lightning, with little or no thunder. 
