400 Mr. Howard's Meteorological Journal. [May, 1821. 



REMARKS. 



Tinrd Month. — 1. Cloudy. 2. Showery afternoon. 3, 4. Rainy. 5. Cloudy. 

 6. Rainy. 7. Fine day: rainy evening. 8. Fine. 9. Showery. 10. Showery. 

 11, 12. Fine. 13. Fine morning : a slight shower of hail about noon : lunar halo in 

 the evening. 14. Fine: lunar corona. 15. White frost: fine: a very distinct 

 lunar halo, slightly coloured. 16, 17. Fine : white frosts in the morning. 18. Bois- 

 terous: frequent showers of mingled hail, snow, and rain. 19. Windy: hail. 

 20. Windy: cold. 21. Cloudy. 22. Hail. 23. Fine. 21, 25. Showery. 26. Fine 

 day : boisterous night. 27. Boisterous. 28. Rainy : windy. 29. Shower*. 

 30. Fine: rain at night. 31. Rainy. 



RESULTS. 



Winds: N, 1 ; NE, 3; SE, 3 ; S, 1 ; SW, 12; W, 2; NW, 7; Var. 2. 



Barometer : Mean height 



For the month 29-710 inches. 



For the lunar period, ending the 26th 29-765 



For 14 days, ending the 4th (moon south) 29-989 



For 14 days, ending the 15th (moon north) 29-866 



Thermometer : Mean height 



For the month 42*7 58* 



For the lunar period 41*448 



For 30 days, the sun in Pisces 39-383 



Evaporation » 1-86 in. 



Rain 2-92 



Mean of hygrometer. 770 



•♦• The mean temperature of this month, by Six's Thermometer, at TottenJunHy 

 w%\ 43-61 S*); and the rain for that station, 3-44 incbfl6. 



Lchjratory^ Stratford, Fourth Month, 20, 1821. R. HOWARD. 



