474 Mr. Howard's Meteorological Journal, [J u N e, 1 821 . 



REMARKS. 



Fourth Month. — 1. Fine: rain at night. 2. Showery: windy. S. Squalls, with hail 

 and Nimbi, 4, 5. Fine. 6, 7. Cloudy. 8. Very fine : thermometer 63® at half- 

 past nine. 10.. Cloudy: some appearance of thunder, p.m. : lunar halo. 11. Cloudy t 

 windy. 12. Showery: gusty: at Tottenham a heavy hail-storm. 1 3. Slight showers a 

 fputf. 14. Showery: windy. 15. Ditto: at Tottenham thunder was twice heard to 

 the N, Aere being at the time many larg2 Nlmh'i, and the first swallow made it» 

 .appearance. 16. Fine : a hoar-frost in the morning. 17. Hoar-frost: thundered twice 

 at half-past four, p.m. 18. Showery: frequent rainbows during the afternoon ; one 

 was observed witli two complimentary bows at some distance beneath it. 19. Showery: 

 boisterous night. 20. Slight showers during the day : very frequent lightning in the 

 evening : a thunder-storm about seven, p. m. : the lightning extremely vivid, and nearly 

 continuous from SW to SE, and much forked : some flashes descending perpendicularly 

 to the earth. 21. Cloudy: clear night: swallows now numerous. 22. Very fine 

 morning. 23. Fine : some lightning at night. 24. Very fine. 25. Ditto. 26. Sultry 

 day: incessant lightning in the evening, which continued nearly all night in every 

 quarter of the horizon, and very distant. 



RESULTS. 

 Winds : N, 3 ; NE, 2; E, 3 ; S, 1 ; SW, 5 ; W, 7 ; NW, 8 ; Var. 1. 

 Barometer : 3Iean height 



For the month 29-697 inches. 



For the lunar period, ending the 25th 29*6 1 5 



For 14 days, ending the 1st (moon south) 29*52 1 



For 13 days, ending the Hth (moon north) 29*675 



For 14 days, ending the 28th (moon south) 29-689 



Thermometer: Mean height 



For the month 40'45(P 



For the lunar period 48-400 



For 30 days, the sun in Aries 45*633 



Evaporation 2*91 in. 



Rain 1.52 



.Mean of hygrometer 67° 



1 

 Laboratory, Stratford, Fifth Month, 21, 1821. R. HOWARIX 



