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Annual recurrences in Edinburgh temperature
Author(s) -
McIntosh D. H.
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49707934007
Subject(s) - casual , incidence (geometry) , degree (music) , demography , character (mathematics) , mathematics , statistics , history , climatology , geology , physics , sociology , political science , geometry , acoustics , law
Mean daily temperatures at Edinburgh for a period of 150 years are examined for evidence of persistent annual recurrences of unseasonal character. The recurrences are found to be very largely casual in their incidence but, as a result of tests applied, it is concluded that there is only a very small probability that their nature is completely random. Recurrences on the days of ‘Buchan spells’ are found not to depart to a significant degree from chance expectations.