Meteorological Observations. 287 



RAIN DURING THE PRESENT YEAR. 



Mr. Luke Howard has furnished us with the following monthly 

 amounts of rain for this year up to the end of August inclusive : — 



January .... 0*83^ 



February .... 065 I ^.gg g^.^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ 



March 1-85 [ 



April 1-36 



May 2 00^ 



June 3-09 



July 3 



3-95 ( 

 4-36J 



13'40 last four months. 



August 4-36 J 1^^9 



18'09 in the eight months, 

 the usual average of a year being 26 inches. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR AUG. 1845. 



Chiswick. — August 1. Fine: cloudy: overcast. 2. Very heavy rain. 3. Cloudy: 

 showery : partially overcast. 4. Cloudy: fine: clear. 5. Showery. 6. Very 

 fine. 7. Rain : thunder- showers in afternoon : clear. 8. Fine. 9. Rain : 

 boisterous, with rain. 10. Overcast. II. Heavy showers : thunder. 12. Over- 

 cast. 13. Slight rain : cloudy : showers. 14. Densely clouded. \5. Cloudy: 

 clear and fine. 16,17. Cloudy. 18. Very fine : rain. 19. Foggy : heavy rain. 

 £0. Very clear: cloudy. 21. Very fine. 22. Cloudless and very fine. 23. Over- 

 cast: rain at night. 24. Very fine. 25. Foggy : very fine : rain at night. 26, 

 27. Fine. 28. Clear : cloudy. 29,30. Bright sun and very fine. 31. Slight 

 haze : very fine : overcast. — Mean temperature of the month 2" below the 

 average. 



Boston. — Aug. 1. Windy: rain yesterday (rain p.m.). 2. Fine : rain a.m. and 

 P.M. 3. Cloudy. 4. Rain. 5. Cloudy: rain a.m. and p.m. 6. Cloudy. 7. 

 Cloudy : hail and rain, with thunder. 8. Cloudy. 9. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 

 10. Cloudy : rain early a.m. : rain a.m. 11. Cloudy: rain p.m. 12. Cloudy : 

 rain early A.M. 13. Cloudy. 14. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 15. Cloudy: 

 rain early a.m. : rain p.m. 16—18. Cloudy. 19. Rain : stormy p.m. : rain a.m. 

 and P.M. 20. Stormy. 21. Fine: rain p.m. 22. Fine. 23. Fine : rain p.m. 

 24. Fine. 25. Fine : rain p.m. 26. Fine: rain p.m., with thunder and light- 

 ning. 27. Fine. 28. Cloudy. 29,30. Foggy. 31. Fine.— Not so much rain 

 in one month since August 1831, nor so cold an August since August 183SiOjii 



Sandtvick Manse, Orkney. — Aug. 1. Bright : clear. 2. Bright: cloudy. 3. 

 Rain: rain and cloudy. 4. Rain: showers. 5. Cloudy: fine. 6. Bright: 

 cloudy. 7. Damp : rain. 8. Much rain : rain. 9. Bright: clear. 10. Bright: 

 damp. 11. Cloudy : drizzle. 12. Cloudy. 13. Cloudy : drizzle. 14,15. 

 Showers. 16. Showers: cloudy. 17. Bright : damp. 18,19. Showers: cloudy. 

 20. Rain: showers. 21. Bright: cloudy. 22. Cloudy : rain. 23. Bright: 

 showers. 24. Clear. 25. Rain : clear, 26. Much rain : rain. 27. Bright : 

 clear. 28. Cloudy: clear. 29. Cloudy : damp. 30. Showers : drizzle. 31. 

 Fog : drizzle. 



Applegarlk Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Aug. 1 — 3. Showery. 4. Rain heavy a.m. 

 5, 6. Slight showers. 7. Fine and fair ; a few drops. 8. Fine and fair. 9. Rain 

 all day. 10. Slight shower. 11. Fine : a few drops. 12— 16. Fine. 17. Rain 

 from 11 A.M. 18. Shower. 19. Showers. 20. Fair, but cloudy. 21. Fair 

 and fine. 22. Fair, but cloudy : stormy and rain p.m. 23. Heavy showers. 

 24. Fine after one shower a.m. 25. Heavy rain : thunder. 26. Fine: one 

 shower. 27. Fair and fine. 28. Very fine and clear. 29. Fine, but cloudy. 

 30, 31. Very fine. 



Mean temperature of the month 56°-4 



Mean temperature of Aug. 1844 54 '6 



Mean temperature for 23 years 57 -Q 



