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REMARKS. 



1813. First Month. 24. light clouds and sunshine. 28. Rime 

 on the trees : very misty a. m. clear p.m. 2Q. Hoar frost : 

 the sky overcast. 30. Misty to the S. a.m. A grey day. 

 31. Misty a. m. Hoary Cirrostratus clouds : rain at night. 



Second Month. 1. The Cumulostratus, which has not for 

 a longtime been exhibited, appeared to-day in large masses. 

 7. Showers and wind : at sun-set, several large clouds of the 

 modification Nimbus. 8. Stormy. 9. A violent thunder gust 

 from the west about 2 p. m. by which considerable damage wa3 

 done to the roofs and chimnies of houses, &c. This was fol- 

 lowed by a series of heavy gales (continuing with a few short 

 intervals of calm and pleasant weather) to the end of the pe- 

 riod. The lunar halo appeared before several of these, of a 

 large diameter j and, on the 18th, about 11 a. m. there was a 

 brilliant rainbow. The river Lea has considerably inundated 

 the adjacent lands. 



RESULTS. 



Winds, in the fore part, northerly, with a very dry, dense air, and 

 low temperature : in the latter part, southerly, with a rare and moist 

 atmosphere, and high temperature. 



Barometer : greatest observed elevation, 30*50 in. j least 29* 27 in. 



Mean of the period 29*957 inches. 



Thermometer: highest 57° • lowest 20° -, 



Mean of the period, 40*58.° 



Rain 1*90 inches. 



The current of evaporation has been again interrupted, and is there- 

 fore omitted, in order to be resumed in next report. 



These observations will be continued at Tottenham, Middlesex, to 

 which pluce the observer has removed his residence. 



Tottenham, 



Second Month, 23, 1813. 



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