376 Mr Marshall's Meteorological Observations, <%c. 



MAY. 



The preceding numbers will enable any person to find the positions of 

 the planets, to lay them down upon a globe, and to determine their risings 

 and settings. 



Art. XL VI— Summary of Meteorological Observations made at Kendal 

 in December 1826, and January and February 1827. By Mr Samuel 

 Marshall. Communicated by the Author in a Letter to the Editor* 



State of the Barometer , S$c, at Kendal in December 1826. 



Barometer. _ Inches. 



Maximum on the 27th and 28th, - - 30.29 



Minimum on the 2d, ... 28.62 



Mean height, .... - 29.61 



Thermometer. 

 Maximum on the 11th and 3 1st, - - • 50* 



Minimum on the 27th and 28th, - - 26* 



Mean height, ..... 40.24* 



Quantity of rain, 4.078 inches. 

 Number of rainy days, 17. 

 Prevalent wind, S. W. 



The barometer has been higher during the greater part of the month 

 than is common at this season. The temperature of the air has been the 

 most extraordinary 1 ever knew in this month, or perhaps in any other, 

 the air being little different in the nights from the days ; in some cases 

 varying not more than 1°, 2°, or 3°. 



We have had very little snow, and that with the wind at E. and S. E. 

 The rain has fallen, excepting in two instances, in very small quantities 

 at a time. 



State of the Barometer 6$c, at Kendal in January 1827. 



Barometer. Inches. 



Maximum on the 19th, - - - 30.08 



Minimum on the 14th, .... 28.89 



Mean height, ...... 29.61 



