Thirty-third annual report of the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June, 1860.

  • James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics.
Date:
1860
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Credit: Thirty-third annual report of the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June, 1860. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    III.—Showing the state of the Weather at Perth and throughout Scot¬ land during the first five months of 1859: abstracted from the Monthly Returns of the Registrar-General [/or Scotland] of Births, Deaths, and Marriages [meteorological observations]. a. State of the Weather at and around Perth. Jan. Feb. March. April. May. 1. Barometer, mean marking,... 29-82 29-67 29-65 29-69 29-99 2. Thermometer, ,, 42- 5 42- 6 47* 4 45- 8 • • • 3. Humidity, ... 67 60 82 87 72 4* Heimj ••• • • • • • • 3-94 2-37 2-86 3-55 0-35 Number of days rain fell, 5. Winds, number of days— 17 15 17 14 5 North, ... 2 1 2 1 • • e South-east, 1 1 1 5 6 South, 2 2 1 2 2 South-west, 7 7 6 4 1 West, 10 6 16 5 • • • North-west, 5 6 3 6 • • • Calm or variable, 4 5 2 4 22 North-east, • • • • • • • • • 1 • • • E^stj ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 2 • • • b. State of the Weather throughout Scotland. 1. January,.Unusually warm, rainy, and windy, the wind coming from the south south-west. 2. February,...Unusual amount of west wind, bringing with it a low barometer, high temperature, and much rain. 3. March,.Characterized even more intensely than last month by an unusual amount of west wind, a low barometer, and high temperature. 4. April,.Characterized signally over the preceding months by east wind replacing a large proportion of west wind and north wind the south, causing north-east and south-west winds to have been severely felt, thereby lowering the mean temperature,—making the month altogether a most trying time and a severe check on the advancing vegetation of the previous very mild season. Rain above the average.