Meteorological Observations. 423 



Carbon 67-03 



Hydrogen 8'37 



Oxygen 24'60 



From the Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, 

 read February 5, 1845. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR MARCH 1846. 



Chiswick. — March 1. Overcast. 2. Very fine. 3. Cloudy. 4. Rain. 5. 

 Showery : clear and fine. 6, 7. Very fine. 8. Clear : cloudy : clear. 9. Frosty: 

 fine. 10. Frosty and foggy : fine: very clear. 1 1. Slight fog : very fine : clear. 



12. Foggy. 13. Slight haze. 14. Cloudy and windy. 15. Showery. 16. Cloudy: 

 boisterous: heavy showers. 17. Overcast: clear : slight frost at night. 18. 

 Frosty: overcast: clear and frosty. 19. Frosty: overcast: hazy. 20. Snow early 

 a.m., nearly two inches deep : cloudy : clear and frosty at night. 21 . Sharp frost : 

 densely clouded : boisterous, with rain at night. 22. Clear and fine : showery. 

 23. Rain : cloudy and fine : clear. 24. Cloudy and fine : clear. 25. Fine : 

 overcast : showery. 26. Cloudy and fine. 27. Clear and fine. 28. Hazy. 

 29. Hazy clouds : fine. 30. Slight haze : cloudy and cold : clear. 31. Dry haze: 

 clear and fine. 



Mean temperature of the month 43 0- 43 



Mean temperature of March 1845 38 *49 



Mean temperature of March for the last twenty years... 42 - 89 

 Average amount of rain in March 1 '36 inch. 



Boston. — March 1. Foggy. 2, 3. Cloudy. 4. Windy : rain early a.m. 5. 

 Cloudy : rain early a.m. 6. Cloudy : rain p.m. 7 — 10. Fine. 11,12. Cloudy. 



13. Cloudy, rain at noon. 14. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 15. Cloudy. 16. 

 Windy : stormy day : rain p.m. 17. Cloudy. 18. Fine. 19. Cloudy : snow 

 early a.m. 20. Cloudy. 21 — 25. Fine. 26. Cloudy : thunder-storm, with rain 

 p.m. 27,28. Fine. 29. Fine : rain a.m. SO. Cloudy. 31. Fine. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — March 1. Bright: cloudy. 2. Clear: cloudy. 3. 

 Showers : clear. 4. Bright : clear. 5. Fine : clear. 6. Clear. 7. Bright : 

 hail-showers. 8. Showers : clear. 9. Damp : drops. 10. Damp: cloudy. 11. 

 Clear: halo. 12. Cloudy: drops. 13. Cloudy : showers. 14. Sleet-showers: 

 showers: sleet. 15. Sleet- showers: cloudy: sleet. 16. Sleet-showers: sleet. 

 17. Sleet-showers : snow. 18. Snow-showers: snow • cloudy. 19. Snow : clear. 

 20. Snow : clear : snow : cloudy. 21. Snow-drift : thaw : clear. 22. Cloudy. 

 23, 24. Bright : clear. 25. Rain : damp : clear. 26. Showers. 27. Showers : 

 clear. 28. Clear. 29. Showers: cloudy. 30. Clear: cloudy. 31. Snow- 

 showers: cloudy. 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — March 1. Fine till 10: p.m. rain. 2. 

 Heavy showers p.m. 3. Heavy rain all day. 4. Heavy rain all day : flood. 5. 

 Very fine. 6. Showers. 7. Showers : hail: frost. 8. Hoarfrost. 9. Slight 

 showers. 10,11, 12. Fine: fair. 13. Wet a.m. 14. Heavy rain a.m. 15. 

 Rain p.m. 16. Showers : hail : sleet : rain. 17. Hard frost. 18. Frost: snow- 

 showers. 19. Hard frost: clear. 20. Hard frost. 21. Frost: snow : hail : 

 rain : thunder. 22. Rain: hail. 23. Slight drizzle : hail. 24. Showers. 25. 

 Wet a.m. : cleared. 26. Hoar frost : drops. 27. Showers : bail. 28. Hail : 

 rain. 29. Frost : clear and fine. 30. Frost: clear : cloudy. 31. Frost. 



Mean temperature of the month 42°-2 



Mean temperature of March 1845 36 '3 



Mean temperature of March for 23 years 39 *0 



Mean rain in March for 18 years •....,... 2 '35 inches. 



