The following table gives the monthly number of ships, of different nationalities, from which wireless meteorological messages have been received, and the number of messages received, (each arrival and departure is counted separately).
Month British (including H.M. Ships) Dutch Japanese Other Nationalities No. of ships No. of messages No. of ships No. of messages No. of ships No. of messages No. of ships No. of messages January 46 237 11 ... 3 11 5 ... February ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... March 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... April ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... May ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... June ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... July 12 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... August ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... September ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... October ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... November ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... December 5 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Totals 1920 64 ... 6 48 5 ... ... 25 Totals 1919 17 ... 36 ... 6 ... ... ... Totals 1918 41 ... 14 ... ... ... ... ... Totals 1917 93 ... 37 ... ... ... ... ... Totals 1916 95 ... 60 ... ... 7 3 ...Results of Weather Forecasts.-The results of the comparison of the daily weather forecasts with the weather subsequently experienced are given below, with the results of the previous five years.
Year Complete Success Partial Success Partial Failure Total Failure 1915 54 37 ... 3 1916 67 29 ... ... 1917 67 29 ... ... 1918 71 ... ... ... 1919 71 27 ... ... 1920 64 30 ... ...