UNITED

FOR THE

KINGDOM.

AIR TEMPERATURE.

No. 1.-MEAN DAILY AIR TEMPERATURE during each MONTH in each of the 11 DISTRICTS of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND (1881-1915); and in all DISTRICTS together in 1881-1915 and in each YEAR from 1912 to 1926.

(Compiled from Returns furnished by the Meteorological Office.)

RAINFALL.

No. 2.-RAINFALL in each MONTH in each of the 11 DISTRICTS of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND (1881-1915); and in all DISTRICTS together in 1881-1915 and each YEAR from 1912 to 1926.

(Compiled from Returns furnished by the Meteorological Office.)

2.52

Midland Counties
South-East Counties
North-West and N. Wales 3:03 2 52 2 56 2:05 2.28 2.40 3.03
South-West and S. Wales 3'58 3'03 2.99 2.36 2.24 2.36 2.95

2 13 185 189 173 2'09

2.20 2.05 2'05 169 177

1.77 1.50 1.85 154 1.93 201
2.60 1.73 2.95 2.32 2.28 25.00
181 154 169 1.50 1.81 201 2.32 2.20 1.89 2.64 2.32 2.28 24.01
2:20 2:44 2.56 1.93 2.91 2.52 276 27.01
1.89 2.17 2.32
27.91

3.62

3.31

2 13 3 46 307 3.11
2.76 3 82 3.66 3.74
2.80 4 57 4.22 5.00

35 47

39 41

1881-1915

1912

1913

3.28 2.61 3.72 3.63 3.89 5'40 1.83 3.65 3.25 4.87 1.50 2 67 3:51 4.02 2 76 33 61 2 41 3 82 4 15 161 1'91 165 3 25 2.83 1'99 2.12 4.33 6'53 36.60 3.85 4'42 1.63 197 1'84 1.38 4.21 2.73 1.92 2.91 2.84 6.02 35 72 3 14 4 39 2 82 2 39 3 27 2.46 2.26 3.09 1.88 571 4.37 3.66 39.44 2'31 1.26 2.55 2.04 2.41 2.38 2.28 5.74 241 5 45 3 64 2.11 34'58 3.50 3.32 1.46 1'66 2.21 1.44 3.91 2.78 6'18 3.47 3 04 4 42 37 39 4 04 2 04 3:58 2.41 1'24 2 14 1.73 3.04 2.55 2.24 3.14 5.38 33.53 4 47 2 70 3:47 3.39 3'02 2'04 4.21 2.39 2.56 2.76 2.67 3.45 37.13 1.99 0'54 2.13 3.58 1.77 2.80 2.62 3.69 28.74 3.93 3.49 2.13 2.68 1.96 1.72 3.84 3.33 2.88 1.53 2.07 4.02 33 58 1.06 2.90 4.30 3.53 4.91 3.65 3.68 38 77

Total.

SUNSHINE.

No. 3.-MEAN DAILY SUNSHINE during each MONTH in each of the 11 DISTRICTS of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND (1881-1915); and in all DISTRICTS together in 1881-1915, and each YEAR from 1912 to 1926.

(Compiled from Returns furnished by the Meteorological Office.)

1.17 2.10 3.51

1.89 3:05 4'55 5'36 5'17 4.18 3.69 3.49 2'50 1.22 0.61 3.05 2.50 3.51 4'94 5'76 6.03 5'09 4.70 4.06 2.80 1.73 1.04 3'63 5.15 6.16 6.32 5.73 4.99 4'24 2.68 1.59 0.96 3.67

1.67

1.39 2.53 3.87 5.22 6.10 6.20 5'87 5'27 4.61 3.03 1.87 1.20
1.70 2.66 3.87 5'55 6'65 6.86 6'58 6.05 5.15 3.33 2.12 1.33
1.42 2.34 3.47 5'02 5'87 6.20 5'86 5'43 4.51 2.88 1.79 1.16
1.68 2.64 3'94 5.65 6.90 7.20 6.96 6'48 5°43 3.44 2.15 1.44
1.32 2.34 3.56 5.21 6.27 6'51 5'90 5'19 4'46 2.85 1'73 1'04 3.89
2.63 3.96 5'53 6'58 6.79 6'39 6'04 4'96 3 27 2'14 1'42 4'28

3.93

4.32

3.82

4.49

1.42 2.40 3.63 5.19 6.18 6.26 5'68
2.99
5 19 4 47
1'86 1'16 3'87
1.22 1.94 3.17 6.65
5.21 4.61 4'50 2'79 3'82 3'24 1'21 0'73 3.26
1'03
5'28
1.99 3 56 4.17
5'87 4.75 5'10 3'71 2.99
2.05 1'15
3.47
1.03 2.27 3'29 7.12 5.37 7.01 5'01 5'98 5'46 2 61 1'89 1:30 4'03
1.31 2'44 3.60 5.08 6.93 7:00 5'26 4.69 5'25 2.59 2'45 1'00 3.97
1.40
2.43 2.45 5'57 5'33 5'03 4'86 5'20 3.61 2.23 1.58 1'22 3'41
1.04 2.20 3.18 4'54 5'84 7.03 6'59 4.39 4'07 3'47 1'45 1'46 3'77

1'46 1.86 3.74 5.01 6.23 7:05 6'22

4.67 4'46 2.39 2'18 1.18 3'87

1919

1920

1921

1.09 2.22

3.32 6.74 (a)

1.43 2.19 3.33 4'44 6.88 6'20 5'13 5'95 4'84 3'80 1'83 1:20 3.94 1.54 2 46 3.51 3:47 5.83 6'62 4'31 4'30 3.81 3'42 1.72 1.20 3.52 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a)

(a) (a) (a) (a) (a)

TET

1'37 (a) 1'71 1.26 3.53 2'83 1.55 3.91 1.38 3.68

798

(a) Values for all the Districts of the British Isles are not available for these months.

B 2

Mean.

POPULATION.

No. 4.-POPULATION of each DIVISION of the UNITED (Compiled from the Census Reports for each

1821,

1831,

1841,

1851,

1861,

1871, 27-28 May. 29-30 May. 6-7 June. 30-31 Mar. 7-8 April. 2-3 April.

(a) A Census of Ireland was not taken in 1921; estimates of population for Ireland and the United Kingdom for that year are shown in Table No. 5. Preliminary figures for the Irish Census, taken in 1926, were as follows:

Irish Free State.

1,506,916
1,465,886
2,972,802

No. 5.-ESTIMATED POPULATION of each DIVISION of the UNITED (Compiled from the Annual Reports of the Registrars

(a) For the years 1915-20 the estimates relate to the civil population only.

KINGDOM as at the Middle of each Year from 1912 to 1926.
General for each Division of the United Kingdom.)