Climate of Whitehaven, 59 



6X(J6Ss x'^tlis of a degree. Between the parallels 52° and 53°, the 

 tomperatiiro is 1° 2 below that of June 1847 ; between 53° and 54°, 

 it is 2°*1, and at Whitehaven, in lat. 54^°, it is 2°*7 below that of 

 June 1847. 



The extraordinary depression in the temperature has therefore 

 been unparticipated in, by places situated south of the parallel 

 of 53°. 



Second Quarter. — The mean temperature of the quarter end- 

 ing June 30, is 1°*92 below the average of twelve preceding 

 years ; and the difference between the air and dew-point tempera- 

 tures is 1°*32 above that of the corresponding quarter in the years 

 1847 and 1848. 



The average fall of rain is 8*15 inches ; in the second quarter of 

 1849, the fall is 5*74 inches, or 2*40 inches under the normal 

 quantity. 



The deaths in the town and suburb are 139, being 21 above the 

 corrected average number, which is 117* In the June quarters of 

 1847 and 1848 the deaths were 177 and 147 respectively. The 

 births exceed the deaths by 59. 



Juli/. — Cold and^ wet. Temperature l°-82 below the average. 

 The hay harvest began in this neighbourhood about the 20th June; 

 meadow hay was rather light on the ground, but the crop generally 

 was well secured. 



August. — Average temperature and depth of rain, with a serene 

 and stagnant atmosphere. The complement of the dew point is 

 1°*78 below the average of the month in the two preceding years. 



September. — A fine, mild, and rather dry month, with serene 

 atmosphere. At the close of the month, several of the public foun- 

 tains were dry, and most of the pumps in the town had ceased to 

 yield their supplies. 



Third Quarter. — The temperature of the quarter ending Sep- 

 tember 30th is 0°'37 belovj the average, and the complement of the 

 dew-point, as compared with the two previous years, is 0°'5 below 

 the mean. The depth of rain is 0-36 inch under the average 

 quantity, which is 12*42 inches. The deaths in the third quarter 

 of 1849, in the town and suburb, are 168, or 47 above the corrected 

 average number; and, except in 1846, a greater number than has 

 occurred in any September quarter since the register was begun in 

 1839. In the September quarter of the last four years, the deaths 

 are as under: 1846, 255; 1847, 148; 1848, 142; and 1849. 

 168. The births exceed the deaths by six in number. During this 

 quarter we had a few cases of Asiatic cholera in this town, chiefly in 

 the month of September ; and at the adjacent seaport of Workington 

 the disease was of a most malignant character, and exceedingly fatal. 

 The total number of deaths from the commencement of the epidemic 

 on the 13th of August, till it entirely ceased on the 6th of Novem- 

 ber, was 172. In 1841, the population was 6041, which gives a 



