during the Quarter endhig December 31, 1849. 117 



November 5 ; at Stonyhurst on November 6 ; at Greenwich 

 and Stone on November 7 ; at Nottingham and Safiron 

 Walden on November 15; at Nottingham on November 27 

 and December 20; and at Greenwich on December 21. 



Stiow fell at Stonyhurst and Darlington on October 3; at 

 Shap on October 4; at Lancaster, Darlington, Whitby, Man- 

 chester and Stonyhurst on November 6 ; at Lanark, Edin- 

 burgh, Stonyhurst, Stone and Saffron Walden on Novem- 

 ber 7; on the mountains near Whitehaven on November 15; 

 at Yarmouth, Lynn and Manchester on November 27; at 

 Yarmouth, Lynn and Whitby on November 28 ; at Lynn, 

 MofFatt and Glasgow on November 29. Li December, on the 

 4th at Stone, Cardington, Nottingham and Saffron Walden ; 

 on the 5lh at Stone, Cardington and Nottingham; on the 12th 

 at Stone; on the 1 9th at Greenwich; on ihe 21st at many 

 places; on the 22nd it was falling all over the country; on 

 the 24th at Basingstoke and Exeter ; on the 27th at Yar- 

 mouth, Greenwich, Stone, Liverpool (the only instance), at 

 Cardington, Saffron Walden and Chiswell Street, London 

 (the first snow this season) ; on the 28th it was falling all over 

 the country; on the 29th at Greenwich, Stone and Notting- 

 ham ; and on the 3()th at Greenwich. 



The following abstract of the weather at Guernsey has been 

 furnished by Dr. Hoskins, F.R.S.: — 



October: — The mean temperature agrees with the average 

 for five years. The rain above the average both in quantity 

 and number of days : the dew-point below the average. 

 This month was on the whole windy and rainy, but not cold. 



November : — A finer month than the former : less wind 

 and more sunshine: the temperature about the usual average. 

 Dew-point high : much humidity. 



December : — From the 1st to the 10th much rain : towards 

 the end slight sleet and snow showers : wind variable in 

 force. Although the temperature was never below 33°, par- 

 tial frosts occurred in exposed situations. Nevertheless orange 

 trees, geraniums, and other exotics out of doors, were only 

 slightly injured. Out-of-door grapes are still to be seen in 

 paper bags on the walls of houses. On the whole, the weather, 

 though keen, was not cold. The snow did not lie more than 

 a few hours. Rain fell with greater continuance than usual; 

 as much as 1'505 inch was measured in twenty- four hours. 

 Generally rain occurs in heavy showers, the interval being 

 line with sunshine, and the surface readily dries. 



The direction of the wind at Greenwich was north-east till 

 October 16, passing at the rate of 107 miles daily; it was 

 south-west from October 17 to November 18, with an average 



