Mr Marshall's Meteorological Observations , §c. 377 



Thermometer. 

 Maximum on the 8th and 17th, - - 49* 



Minimum on the 4th, - - - • 9° 



Mean height, .... 34.59° 



Quantity of rain, 8.630; 

 Number of rainy days, 14. 

 Prevalent winds, S. W. 



The temperature of this month, like the last, has varied much less be- 

 tween the nights and days than is commonly the case, the thermometer 

 in several instances being not more than 2° or 3° different in the night 

 from the preceding day. At the beginning of the month the cold was in- 

 tense, the thermometer varying from 9° to the freezing point, for nearly 

 a week. In three days, the 14th, 29th, and 30th, upwards of four inches 

 of rain fell. On the 14th, 1.140; on the 29th, 1.730; and on the 30th, 

 1.208. We have had several falls of snow during the month, but mostly 

 in small quantities at a time. The districts east of this place have occa- 

 sionally had much greater deposits of snow. 



On the 9th the Aurora Borealis was very bright, attended with vivid 

 streamers of light. On the 12th there was a well-defined lunar halo. 



State of the Barometer, 6$c. in Kendal for February 1827. 



Barometer. Inches. 



Maximum on the 4th, - - - 30.40 



Minimum on the 27th, - - - 28.89 



Mean Height, - - - 29.51 



Thermometer. 

 Maximum on the 28th, ... 53* 



Minimum on the 20th, - 14* 



Mean Height, .... 33.92 



Quantity of Rain, 2.698 inches. 

 * Number of rainy days, 5. 

 Prevalent Winds, N. 



During this month we have had winds from the N. and E. the baro- 

 meter keeping steady, and generally high. Though the thermometer has 

 not been so low as in some parts of last month, the cold weather has been 

 of longer duration, and the mean is less than that of January. But one 

 slight shower of rain fell till the 25th ; and the deposit measured on that 

 day by the rain-gage was chiefly melted snow. This, together with heavy 

 rain on the 26th, (1.388 inches,) makes the total quantity 2.698 inches 

 for this month. The town is seldom visited with so heavy a fall of snow 

 as that which fell on the 17th, and which was on an average upwards of 

 seven inches deep, the wind having been for the previous six days in the 

 N. and E. 



* Under this head are included the days on which snow and rain fell* 



