made at Kendal in Sept Oct. and Nov. 1829. 38^ 



The barometer has generally been much depressed during this months 

 and the mean is seldom so much below the average. The weather has 

 been uncertain and subject to sudden changes from the prevalence of 

 showers which have often occurred very unexpectedly. Though the ther- 

 mometer has not yet been so low as the freezing point in the valley, the 

 higher grounds have frequently been covered with hoar frost in the niorn- 

 ings. The quantity of rain for the year is still below the average. Tjiough 

 the most prevalent wind has been the west, we have had freqi^ent winds 

 from the north, which has made the air cool. 



October. 



Barometer. Inches. 



Maximum on the 27th, - . - 30 20 



Minimum on the 5th, - - . 29.28 



Mean height, .... 29.78 



Thermometer. 

 Maximum on the 3d and 5th, - - 57* 



Minimum on the 23d, . - . . 30.6* 



Mean height, _ - . . . 45.0)5° 



Quantity of rain, 6.684 inches. 

 Number of rainy days, 19. 

 Prevalent wind, west. 

 About the middle of the month, or from the 9th to the 23d, we had 

 very heavy rains. On the I4th, 2.533 inches were measured, which fell 

 within the preceding twenty-four hours, the greatest quantity taken at 

 once within the last seven years. The highest flood known for the last 

 quarter of a century succeeded the heavy rain on this day. The thermo- 

 meter has been but three times below the freezing point during the month, 

 and the barometer has been mostly high. On the 7th snow was observed 

 on the neighbouring hills for the first time this season. At half past ten 

 o'clock on the evening of the 25th, the Aurora Borealis was observed in 

 five distinct streaks of light parallel to each other, the lowest about 30° 

 above the horizon, and crossing the magnetic meridian at right angles. 



IVovember 



Barometer. Inches. 



Maximum on the 1 7th, - . - 30.23 



Minimum on the 4th, ... 29.44 



Mean height, .... 29.80 



Thermometer. 

 Maximum on the 13th, ... 52° 



Minimum on the 19th, - - .26 



Mean height, ... - 39.20 



Quantity of rain, 3.855 inches. 

 Number of rainy days, 15. 

 Prevalent wind, west. 



From the beginning of the month to the 15th the weather was wet and 

 unsettled. Since that time, though very little rain has fallen, it has been 

 dull, cloudy, and more frosty. There has been more uniformity in the 

 meteorological appearances of this month than is generally the case at this 

 season of the year. 



