made at Kendal in December 1287, fyc. 185 



Quantity of rain, 4.625 inches. 

 Number of rainy days, 15. 

 Prevalent wind, south-west. 

 In different parts of this month we have had great variations of tem- 

 perature ; some parts being extremely mild for the season of the year, 

 which is evident from the forwardness of vegetation, the fields looking 

 green, and the early trees having burst into leaf. Rain fell almost inces- 

 santly the first nine days of this month. Several days of stormy weather 

 succeeded, and the snow on the 14th had fallen ten inches deep, and was 

 so much drifted as to impede the progress of travellers. A gentle thaw 

 succeeded, and the last ten days of the month were extremely mild, the 

 thermometer on the 28th being at 54°. On the 16th there fell 1.277 inch 

 of rain. The barometer has been generally low. 



March- 



Barometer. Inches. 



Maximum on the 15th, - - - 30.12 



Minimum on the 21st, - - - - 28-75 



Mean height, . - - - 29.69 



Thermometer. 

 Maximum on the 1st, - - 56° 



Minimum on the 7th, - - - 25° 



Mean height, - - . 42.09° 



Quantity of rain, 2.440 inches. 

 Number of rainy days, 18. 

 Prevalent wind, west. 



Though we have had eighteen days in this month on which rain has fallen, 

 the quantity for the month is but trifling. On some of these days the 

 quantity has been very small. The barometer has experienced consider- 

 able fluctuations ; and the temperature for this month has proved, like its 

 two predecessors, higher than usual at this season. The prevalent winds 

 towards the middle of the month were generally W. and S. W. and since 

 the 24th, have been generally N. and E. On the night of the LSth, the 

 wind was high, and was the first which this season indicated the preva- 

 lence of the equinoctial gales. 



April. 



Barometer. Inches. 



Maximum on the 30th, - - - 30.14 



Minimum on the 10th, - - 29.08 



Mean height, - 29.54 



Thermometer. 

 Maximum on the 28th and 30th, - - 58° 



Minimum on the 3d, - - . 28° 



Mean height, - - 45.45° 



Quantity of rain, 4.012 inches. 

 Number of rainy days, 21. 

 Prevalent wind, west. 



Since the 4th of the month, we have had but five days on which rain has 

 not fallen, and yet the quantity is not very considerable, when it is re- 



