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Journal of the Scottish Meteorological Society
Excerpt from Journal of the Scottish Meteorological Society
The rainfall of Scotland in May 1906 was of quite an exceptional char acter. Its amount and distribution were, as usual, brie?y described in the Report to the Registrar General for Scotland, but there were many interesting features in the month's record that could not be referred to there. That some more detailed remarks are desirable is indicated by the following quotations from the Report. In eastern districts generally rainfall was much the heaviest for May since observations were organised. There was a decided excess all over the country, but whilst this was moderate towards the north-west, to the south-east of a line drawn from about Elgin to Loch Ryan, all stations had much more than twice, and some more than thrice, their normal amounts. The absence of heavy falls at nearly all west coast stations was remarkable. It may be explained here that the Report to the Registrar is based chie?y on the statistics that are published along with it, and that the greater number of the Society's rainfall observers send in their records at the end of each year. The work of these additional observers is of great value, and all of them were good enough to transmit in advance a detailed account of the rainfall of May in their various districts. Such courtesy was much appreciated, and special thanks are due to the Water Trust engineers of the larger towns who supplied numerous returns. It is a matter of extreme regret that these records cannot be printed in the present Journal, but all have been examined and utilised; they will appear in the next issue.
The rainfall of Scotland in May 1906 was of quite an exceptional char acter. Its amount and distribution were, as usual, brie?y described in the Report to the Registrar General for Scotland, but there were many interesting features in the month's record that could not be referred to there. That some more detailed remarks are desirable is indicated by the following quotations from the Report. In eastern districts generally rainfall was much the heaviest for May since observations were organised. There was a decided excess all over the country, but whilst this was moderate towards the north-west, to the south-east of a line drawn from about Elgin to Loch Ryan, all stations had much more than twice, and some more than thrice, their normal amounts. The absence of heavy falls at nearly all west coast stations was remarkable. It may be explained here that the Report to the Registrar is based chie?y on the statistics that are published along with it, and that the greater number of the Society's rainfall observers send in their records at the end of each year. The work of these additional observers is of great value, and all of them were good enough to transmit in advance a detailed account of the rainfall of May in their various districts. Such courtesy was much appreciated, and special thanks are due to the Water Trust engineers of the larger towns who supplied numerous returns. It is a matter of extreme regret that these records cannot be printed in the present Journal, but all have been examined and utilised; they will appear in the next issue.
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First published July 27, 2015
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