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RAIN DURING THE PRESENT YEAHiff Iibfi J3 



Mr. Luke Howard has furnished us with the follo\*iiig monthly 

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



January .... 0-83^ ^^^ '''/'\".'\ 



February .... 60 1 ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ 



March 1-85 [ . 



April 1*36],, :, . 



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-9iq aoiBS 3ib ^^^i^^^^^'o/'^firfg.g- ^ 13-40 last four months. 



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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR AUG. 1845. 



ChiswicL — 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. 11. Heavy showers : thunder. 12. Over- 

 cast. 13. Slight rain : cloudy : showers. 14. Densely clouded. 15. Cloudy: 

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

 20. 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 

 r.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. 1.3. 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 1833. 



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

 Rain: rain and cloudy. 4. IJain : 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. 



Applegarth 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 '0 



