Meteorological Summary for 1827. — Hampshire. 315 



Position of the Winds. Days. 



From North to North-east*. 38 



North-east to East 6U 



East to South-east 24?| 



South-east to South 26 



South to South-west 34| 



South-west to West 80§ 



West to North-west 46 



North-west to North 54 



365 



Clouds , agreeably to the Nomenclature, or the Number of Days on 

 •which each Modification has appeared. 



Cirrus 208 



Cirrocumulus. . 122 



Cirrostratus . . . 332 



Stratus 10 



Days. Days. 



Cumulus 240 



Cumulostratus . . . 230 

 Nimbus 190 



General State of the Weather. Days. 



A transparent atmosphere without clouds 45 



Fair, with various modifications of clouds ..... 149£ 



An overcast sky without rain 103 



Foggy 8 



Rain, hail, sleet and snow 59A 



■365 



Atmospheric Phcenomena. No. 

 Parhelia, or mock- suns on the sides of the true sun 18 



Paraselenae, or mock-moons * 3 



Solar halos 30 



Lunar halos 12 



Rainbows t 17 



Meteors of various sizes 66 



Lightning, days on which it happened 13 



Thunder, ditto ditto . . 10 



Evaporation. Inches. 



Greatest monthly quantity in August 3-85 



Least monthly quantity in December 0*60 



Total amount for the year 25*00 



Rain. 



Greatest monthly depth in December 5*625 



Least monthly depth in February 0*820 



Total amount near the ground for the year 29*965 



Total amount near 23 feet high for ditto 27*635 



The instruments are the same, and were placed in the same si- 

 tuations as described in the February Number of this work, in the 

 Results of the Meteorological Journal for Hampshire, for 1826. 



Barometrical Pressure. — The mean pressure of the atmo- 



2 S 2 sphere 



