Mr, HotOard's Meteorological Journal. [Feb. 1822. 



REMARKS. 



Twelfth 3/»M«/i.— 1. Rainy. 2. Cloudy. S. Rainy. 4. Fine morning: rainy 

 night. 5. Showers : some tliunder in the afternoon. 6. Fine : cold. 7. Fine morn- 

 ing: drizzly afternoon. 8, 9, 10. Fine. 11, 12. Cloudy. 13, 14, 15. Fine. 

 16. Fine day ; rainy night. 17. Fine moaning : rain in the afternoon : night squally. 

 18, 19. Fine. 20. Heavy showers at intervals during the day : night stormy, with 

 lightning. 21. Small rain in the morning: afternoon, fine. 22, 23. Fine. 

 24. Rainy. 25. Very fine. 26. Rainy. 27. Rainy: hail about noon. 28. Rainy: 

 some sleet about half-past one, p. m. 



*^ This month is remarkable for a depression of the barometer, which, for liondon 

 at least, or its vicinity, is nearly without a precedent on record. The lowest observation 

 here given, 27*83 in. was obtained at Tottenham from a portable barometer of Sir H. 

 Bnglefield's construction, about five, a.m. on the 25th. The barometer at the labora- 

 tory iwas not observed when at its lowest point. The indexes of many wheel barometers 

 retn^aded on this occasion into the set fair part of the scale, and were found in the 

 vicinity of 31 inches, a circumstance which occasioned some curious remarks on the sup- 

 posed inconsistency of the weather glass with the weather. We had no storm of wind of 

 any consequence after this great depression, which, it should be remarked, had been 

 comitig on for about two weeks. It appears by the papers, that a like state of the baro- 

 metet was extensively observed at the same time on the Continent, and that rery tem- 

 pestuous weather attended it, far to the south of our island. 



I RESULTS. 



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Winds: E, 1 ; SE, 6; S, 3; SW, 9; W, 5; NW 7. 



Barometer : Mean height 



For the month 29538 inches. 



For the lunar period, ending the 16th 29-916 



For 15 days, ending the .Sd (moon south) 29*786 



For 12 days, ending the 15th (moon north) 30-085 



For 1 5 days, ending the 30th (moon south) 29*005 



Thermometer : Mean height 



For the month 43*354<> 



For the lunar period 45*733 



For 30 days, the sxm in Sagittarius 45*316 



Evaporation. 1*31 in. 



Rain 4-85 



Laboratory y Stratford, First Monthy 2?, 182S. R. HOWARD. 



