72 NOTES—ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.
rainfall as 1899 there were in 1900 about 40 more days with rain. In January
rain fell on as many as 22 days, and in both November and December on 20
days. In July there were only six rainy days, and in September seven, but
these was no other month with fewer than 13.
"The mean temperature for the year at Greenwich was 51deg., which is
about 1deg. above the average of the last 60 years There were seven months
with an excess of temperature, and in December the mean was 45.3deg., which
is nearly 6deg. above the average. In July, which was by far the hottest
month of the year, with a mean of 67.7deg., there was an excess of 4deg. Of
the months with the mean temperature below the average, the greatest
deficiency was 3deg. in March, and in no other month did the deficiency
amount to 1.5deg. The coldest month of the year was February, with a
mean of 38.5deg., while in March the mean was only 39.4deg. The absolutely
highest temperature in the shade was 94deg. on July 16, and there were four
days above 90deg. in July between the 16th and 25th. In June the shade
temperature registered 89 4deg., while in August and September there is no
reading as high as 83deg. The absolutely lowest temperature was 18deg. on
Feb. 9, and the greatest number of frosts—eleven—occurred during that
month. The greatest range of temperature in any month was 50.4deg. in
April, the least 25.6deg. in December. The temperature was above the mean
in the Metropolis on 210 days, and below the mean on 155 days. In December
there were as many as 29 warm days, and in July and November 24 warm
days, while in March there were 23 cold days."
British Rainfall, 1900.—Referring to the hope expressed in the notice of
the late Mr. Symons on page 59 ante, we are glad to announce that the
work of registering the rainfall in the United Kingdom will be carried on.
The volume for 1900 has now (September, 1901,) been issued, edited by
Dr. H. R. Mill and Mr. H. S. Wallis, for many years Mr. Symons' assistant.
The work is published by Mr. Stanford. Ed.