made at Kendal in June^ July^ and August 1829. 377 



Thermometer. 

 Maximum on the 25th, - - - 72® 



Minimum on the 27th, . - . , 43«> 



Mean height, - - - 67,96* 



Quantity of rain, 5.569 inches. 

 Number of rainy days, 21. 

 Prevalent wind, west. 



There have been 21 days in this month on which we have had rain, 

 though in several instances too small a quantity in the course of the day 

 to he measured by the gauge. The weather has been very unsettled through 

 the greater part of the month, and the hay harvest has, in consequence, 

 been much retarded, and rendered difficult to proceed with. The barome- 

 ter has varied very little during the month, and the temperature has never 

 exceeded 72°, and from the prevalence of winds from the E. S. E., and 

 N. E., in several parts of the month, the weather has been frequently cold 

 for the season. There was a most beautiful display of the Aurora BoreaUs 

 on the evening of the 25th, We have had two thunder storms, one on 

 the 11th and another on the 24th ; since the latter, the weather has been 

 more settled than in any previous portion of the month. 



Maximum on the 30th, 

 Minimum on the 27th, 

 Mean height. 



August* 

 Barometer. 



Thermometer. 



Inches. 

 30.07 

 29.10 

 29.69 



68" 

 430 



55.78<» 



Maximum on the 8th, 



Minimum on the 30th, > _ - 



Mean height, . . - . 



Quantity of rain, 9.383 inches. 



Number of rainy days, 20. 



Prevalent wind, west. 



The barometer has fluctuated frequently, though the range for the month 

 is not great. The weather has been very changeable, and the quantity of 

 rain has greatly exceeded that of any other month in the year. The wet- 

 ness of the season has been very unfavourable for the harvest. The last 

 3 days have been fine. The rain has frequently fallen in large quantities. 

 On the 3d, 1.087 inch of rain was measured ; on the 14th 1.188 ; and on the 

 23d, 1.235, which had fallen in the preceding 24 hours. In consequence 

 of these sudden and heavy rains we have had higher and more frequent 

 floods than are common at this season of the year. The wind has been 

 frequently very changeable, and the changes have been sudden. That 

 from the west prevailed 10 days, from the N. 9, S. W. 8, N. W. 2, E. 1^ 

 and S. 1 ; but the currents of air frequently varied so much as to render 

 it difficult to decide from which quarter the wind prevailed most. On 

 the 13th, we had a storm amounting almost to a hurricane, and on the 

 28th the wind resembled the equinoctial gales. 



