METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
Sunshine in Plymouth for 1888. 
Sun above the 
Sun shone in 
Percentage 
No. of days 
Month. 
horizon 
Plymouth 
actual was 
no sun- 
hrs. 
min. 
hrs. 
min. 
of possible. 
shine. 
January 
, . . 259 
25 
50 
23 
19'4 
... 17 
February 
.... 286 
58 
88 
50 
310 
5 
March 
. . . . 364 
46 
97 
32 
26*8 
6 
i. 409 
56 
131 
58 
322 
6 
May 
474 
9 
240 
37 
507 
3 
June 
... 484 
6 
163 
12 
337 
3 
July 
486 
31 
151 
58 
31'2 
7 
August 
... 441 
24 
171 
37 
38*8 
5 
September 
.... 372 
22 
172 
26 
463 
6 
October 
325 
50 
115 
47 
355 
8 
November 
. 263 
47 
43 
36 
16-5 
... 13 
December 
244 
11 
70 
5 
287 
... 12 
The sunshine for the year was nearly 34 per cent, of that 
possible, or he shone in Plymouth for rather more than one-third 
of the time he was above the horizon, while on 91 clays he was 
not visible here. 
Eainfall. — Bain fell on 192 days to the amount of 37 inches, 
which is below the mean, but the greatest rainfall since 1882. 
The heaviest rainfall for the year in twenty-four hours was 
1*21 inches, on the 4th November. For six months of the year 
the rainfall was below the average, February and September being 
the dryest months. The wettest months were July and November. 
On one day only was there measured more than an inch of rain. 
The longest dry period was from 18th February to 8th March, 
during which time only *08 inch fell; and from 5th to 27th Sep- 
tember, during which time only *04 inch fell. The longest wet 
period was from 13th July to 2nd August, during which time 
there was no perfectly dry day ; and in the forty-two days from 
28th October to 8th December there were only seven dry days, 
and 10*78 inches fell during the time. 
