made at Kendal in' June, July, and August 1828. 373 



Thermometer. 

 Maximum on the 1st, - - . . 76° 



Minimum on the 16th, .... 40° 



Mean height, • ... 58.62° 



Quantity of rain, 3.502 inches. 

 Numter of rainy days, 12. 

 Prevalent wind, west. 



The steadiness of the barometer during this month has been very remark- 

 able, when it is recollected that the weather has been changeable. The 

 variations have scarcely equalled f inch. The temperature for the month 

 is much less than usual in July. The heat has not been equal to that of 

 last month, the thermometer having never been so high as 70°, except on 

 the 1st and 2d, and the mean for the month is less than that of June, 

 which was 59.07°. It has happened through the month that we have 

 generally had an alternation of three days wet, and four or five fine weather. 

 We have had frequent thunder storms, the most severe of which happened 

 on the 12th, and 1.104 inch of rain was measured the following morning. 

 The winds have been mostly gentle, and frequently in the N. N.E. and 

 N.W. about the middle of the month, though that from the west prevail- 

 ed for nine days during the month. The wind was from the N«W. six 

 days, N.E. five, N. four, from S.W. six, and S. one day. 



August. 



Barometer. Inches. 



Maximum on the 26th, - - . 30.14 



Minimum on the 1 0th, ... 28.89 



Mean height, - 29.65 



Thermometer. 

 Maximum on the 30th, . - - 73° 



Minimum on the 16th, - 40° 



Mean height, .... 58.25° 



Quantity of rain, 5.581 inches 

 Number of rainy days, 17. 

 Prevalent wind, west. 

 Since the 23d of the month, the weather has been as favourable for the 

 labours of the harvest as could be wished, uniformly clear and fine with- 

 out rain, and the thermometer and barometer both high. From the be- 

 ginning of the month to the 23d, the weather was mostly cold and rainy, 

 though we have by no means had the heavy rains or floods so prevalent 

 through most of the nation, and the grain cannot be said to have suffered 

 materially. We had thunder storms about the beginning of the month, 

 and the most violent on the 8th, when three horses in a stage coach, a few 

 miles from this town, were killed, and a passenger seriously injured. The 

 W. and S.W. winds have prevailed during twenty-three days, that from 

 the W. thirteen, and from the S.W. ten days. The quantity of rain for 

 the past eight months in this year is 31.391 inches, which is about an inch 

 above the average quantity for the eight months ending in August, calcu- 

 lating from the quantity for the last four years. 



