Weather at Borne during Part o/' 1831 and 1832. 357 



tunately, counterbalances, in Switzerland, the effects of both 

 wet days and cold nights, as autumn approaches, is the great 

 power of the sun when it does shine; so that, notwithstanding 

 these drawbacks, and that the elevation of Berne above the 

 sea is full one half that of Snowdon in Wales, fine crops of 

 wheat, even in this peculiarly wet summer, have been here 

 housed as early as the 5th of August. 



Weather at Rome. 



Sir, I now enclose you a summary of my notes on the wea- 

 ther at Rome for the past four months, which, with the similar 

 one that I have before sent you from Florence and Pisa, miiy 

 enable your meteorological readers to compare, as far ps can 

 be done from such imperfect notices, the last three Italian and 

 English winters. I am, Sir, Yours, &c. 



Naples^ March 10. 1832. W. Spence. 



1831. 

 Nov. Dec. 



1832. 

 Jan. Feb. 



Mean height of thermometer at 8 a. m. 



Highest point 



Lowest 



Days of bright sunshine 

 partially sunny 

 ctoudy, but fair 

 rainy . . 



Wind, north 



uorth-east 

 east . 

 south-east 

 south , 

 south-west 

 west . 

 no>^th-west 



ivimber of days 



48° 

 (4th) 580 

 (29.) 330 



12 

 9 

 1 



430 

 (20.) 540 

 (29.) 2io 



9 

 12 



8 



4 

 1 

 1 



410 

 (12.) 530 

 (25.) 330 



14 



6 



2 

 9 



440 

 (3.) 5 

 (18.) 3 



14 

 2 

 3 



10 



General Bema'lcs — The winter, even for Rome, has been 

 remarkably mild, without snow, except a slight fall, of an inch, 

 on the morning of February 16., which was all dissolved before 

 noon; or frost, other than hoar-frosts on the 4th and 19th 

 of December, from the 21st to the 25th of January, and from 

 the 1 3th to the 24th of February ; and with little of violent 

 and continued rains, which, too, when occurring, almost con- 

 stantly took place in the night, so that there were not above 

 three or four days when it was necessary to keep house, on 

 account of the weather, the whole winter ; by far its larger 

 portion resembling the finest parts of an English April ; the 

 thermometer being seldom below 40° at 8 in the morning, 

 and up to 5lj° and 60° in the middle of the day. The most 

 wintry days were from the 13th to the 18th of February, 

 which were cold an^» rainy, with one slight shower of snow, 



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