Perennial Calendar, 9S 



January. An extraordinary quantity of rain fell during the month, up- 

 wards of three times as much as in January 1827, and very considerably 

 more than for the eleven last years. The mean temperature was higher 

 than since 1817, but the mean height of the barometer was above that of 

 last year, in the corresponding month, notwithstanding the excess of rain. 

 Snow fell on the 11th and 15th; the whole together about 3 in. in depth. 

 Thunder heard and lightning seen about two o'clock in the morning of the 

 18th. The evaporation 0*05625 of an inch. 



February. The mean temperature was above that of the last year, and 

 the maximum higher than observed by the journalist, in the month of 

 February, for twelve years. The mean height of the barometer lower than 

 since 1825, in the same month, but the range greater than for some years; 

 snow fell on four diiferent days, and the whole amounted to 8 in. in depth ; 

 the quantity of rain and melted snow 1*475 in., of which about f of an 

 inch was from the latter. A lunar halo, with misty area, seen about ten 

 o'clock on the 28th. The evaporation 0*03125 of an inch. 



March. This month was remarkably dry, and, about the middle, very 

 warm for the season; the mean temperature above that of last year which 

 was higher than usual. The mean height of the barometer was also above 

 that of March last year. The quantity of rain very considerably less than 

 in any corresponding month since 1822. Some little snow fell on the night 

 of the 28th, but was soon melted. Thunder heard on the 22d and 23d, 

 and a rainbow seen, on the fourth, about five P. M. The evaporation 

 0*14575 of an inch. 



A'pr'd. Rain fell on twenty different days, between the 3d and 25th, after 

 which tlie barometer rose, and the weather became fine ; the quantity of 

 rain greater than since April 1818, and, as might have been expected, the 

 temperature and barometer were both low. The mean of the thermometer 

 lower than for the last four years, while the mean of the barometer was below 

 that of any year, in the same month, since 1821. An indistinct lunar halo, 

 with misty area, seen on the 28th about nine P. M, The evaporation 

 0*25625 of an inch. 



May. The range of the thermometer not so great as in May last year, 

 but the mean temperature was 1*15227 higher. The barometer was also 

 higher, although below the usual average of May. In the latter part of the 

 month, there was much dull and heavy weather. On the 27th half an inch 

 of rain fell, yet the whole quantity was less than in 1827. The maximum 

 of heat occurred on the 16th, on the evening of which some little lightning 

 was seen in the north and north-east. The evaporation 06625 of an inch. 



June. The mean temperature was above the average of the month, and 

 considerably higher than in June last year, though not so high as in 1826. 

 The mean elevation of the barometer partook of the same character. The 

 quantity of rain more than since 1824. Lightning seen on the 16th and 

 thunder heard on the following day. The evaporation 0*86875 of an inch. 



July. The quantity of rain remarkably great, exceeding that of July in 

 any one year, since 1825 (on the 9th upwards of 1^ in. fell in the course 

 of the day) ; the temperature was consequently low, the maximum being 

 beneath those of the last six years, and the mean lower than since 1825 ; ^he 

 barometer was also much depressed, the mean lower than since 1822. Thun- 

 der heard on the 8th, 1 4th, and 26th, and lightning seen on the 5d. The 

 evaporation only 0*28125 of an inch. 



August. The month, like August in last year, was cold, the temperature 

 being extremely low, the maximum never reaching summer heat and the 

 range very small ; the barometer was also low, and the quantity of rain 

 greater than what has fallen at Wycombe, in any one month, for the last 

 six years ; the wind chiefly from the west and south west. Thunder heard 

 on the 3d, and thunder heard and lightning seen on the 6th, and also on the 



