Abstract
IN reading the correspondence by Messrs. Harding and Phillips, in NATURE of May 29, regarding the rival claims of the south-east and south-west of England as to sunshine, it seems desirable to point out that in over-stressing quite trivial differences there is some danger of losing sight of the really important climatic fact of sensible equality between the two districts. The difference, for example, quoted between the average daily amount of sunshine through the year, namely, 4.53-4.49 hours, is just about two minutes a day in favour of the south-western counties. Even if such a difference deduced from a limited number of stations over no more than 35 years is real, which may be doubted, it could scarcely be of any medical or other practical importance.
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