JftS Mr Marshall's Meteorological Observaticms, S^c, 



Art. XLII. — Summary of Meteorological Observations made at Kendal in 

 March, April, and May 1827. By Mr Samuel Marshall. Commu- 

 nicated by the Author in a Letter to the Editor. 



State of the Barometer, Thermometer, S^c. at Kendal for March 1827. 



Barometer. Inches. 



Maximum on the 26th, - - - 30.03 



Minimum on the 8th, - - - 28.40 



Mean height, - - - - - 29.36 



Thermometer. 

 Maximum on the 21st, 24th, and 25th, - - . 56^ 



Minimum on the 10th, - - - 23* 



Mean height, - ... - 42.93° 



Quantity of rain, 8.676 inches. 

 Number of rainy days, 22. 

 Prevalent wind, S. W. 



The month of March has proved a very stormy one. Sudden gusts of 

 wind before and after the equinox, the currents of the atmosphere rush- 

 ing from almost every point of the compass in a few hours. Rain has 

 fallen 22 days out of the 31, and most of the month has been very dull and 

 wet. The thermometer has been rarely below the freezing point ; indeed 

 the weather generally has been mild, as will appear from the mean for 

 the month. 



The barometer has fluctuated continually, frequently nearly an inch in 

 the course of twenty-four hours. 



State of the Barometer, S^c. at Kendal for April 1827. 



Barometer. inches. 



Maximum on the 8th, - - - 30.13 



Minimum on the 12th, - . ^ . 29.42 



Mean height, - - - - - - 29.77 



Thermometer. 

 Maximum on the 30th, - - - 70* 



Minimum on the 11th, - - -30 



Mean height, - - - 47.23* 



Quantity of rain, 2.553 inches. 

 Number of rainy days, 14. 

 Prevalent wind, S. W. 



Though the weather during this month has been very variable, yet the 

 range of the barometer has been trifling. The N. E. wind, which generally 

 prevails in the latter part of this month, and the beginning of the next, 

 has been very severe, and attended with frequent snow showers. The 



