made at Kendal in March, April, and May 1829. 191 



Thermometer. 

 Maximum on the 18th, - - - 55.6" 



Minimum on the 2d, - - - - 25.6° 



Mean height, - - - - 42.77° 



Quantity of rain, 3.511 inches. 

 Number of rainy days, 18. , 



Prevalent wind, west. 



The prevalence of the dry N. E. winds is one of the usual characteris- 

 tics of this month. During the latter part they have been very frequent 

 both in the day time and the night. The west winds towards the beginning 

 and in the middle of the month were more prevalent than the easterly- 

 ones. On the 28th we had a strong gale of wind accompanied with hail, 

 rain, &c. and all the hills in the neighbourhood were capped with snow. 

 The month on the whole has been a cold one, occasioned chiefly by the 

 N. E. winds. These have a tendency from their dryness and coldness to 

 retard the progress of vegetation, which is backward. We have had oc- 

 casionally sudden squalls of wind, and they have invariably had the effect of 

 lowering the barometer, the mean of which is much less than has been the 

 case for many months. The quantity of rain is still very much below the 

 usual amount, as we have had but 6.359 for the four months of this year, 

 whereas in last year we had 17.269 inches in the same time. 



May. 



Barometer. Inches. 



Maximum on the 26th, - - . 30.42 



Minimum on the 2d and 3d, - - 29.34 



Mean height, . - - . 29.89 



Thermometer. 

 Maximum on the 29th, - . - 71° 



j Minimum on the 26th, - - - - 36* 



Mean height, - - - - 53.26o 



Quantity of rain, 1.977 inches. 

 Number of rainy days, 9. 

 Prevalent wind, west. 



This has proved a dry month, except for the first eight days, since which 

 time we have had no rain except a slight shower on the 14th, and a few 

 drops scarcely perceptible on the evenings of the 23d and 31st. The total 

 quantity for this year is no more than 8.336 inches. The season has been 

 a drier one than any other in the seven preceding years. The smallest 

 quantity taken in the first five months of the year during that period was 

 in 1824, which amounted to 16.173 inches, or nearly double that of the 

 present year, during the same space of time. The barometer has been 

 high most of the month, and has fluctuated little. The mean temperature 

 is 53.26°, and this probably would have been much greater had it not been 

 for the dry and cold winds from the east. It has frequently been diflScult 

 to decide which might be called the prevalent wind for the day, as it has 

 generally been variable in the day time, especially in the latter part of the 

 month. 



