190 Mr MarshalPs Meteorological Observations 



The preceding numbers will enable any person to find the positions of 

 the planets, to lay them down upon a celestial globe, and to determine their 

 times of rising and setting. 



Art. XXXIII. — Summary of Meteorological Observations made at Kendal 

 in September, October, and November 1828. By Mr Samuel Marshall. 

 Communicated by the Author. 



State of the Barometer, Thermometer, &^c. in Kendal for September 1828 



Barometer. Inches. 



Maximum on the 16th, ... 30.40 



Minimum on the 12th, . . - - 29.16 



Mean height, . . . . 29.78 



Thermometer. 



Maximum on the 9th, - - - 73" 



Minimum on the IGth, - - - - 33.5* 



Mean height, .... . 55.05* 

 Quantity of rain, 4.497 inches. 

 Number of rainy days, 13. 

 Prevalent wind, west. 



For the first week in this month, the weather was as fine as that which 

 we had at the latter part of last month, aflPording abundant opportunity to 

 conclude the labours of the harvest in this district. We then had a suc- 

 cession of wet days till the 14th, and again a portion of remarkably fine, 

 clear weather to the 23d, since which time we had heavy rain very fre- 

 quently. The temperature has been very variable. On the 8th the ther- 

 mometer stood at 73°, whilst on the 13th it did not attain a higher alti- 

 tude than 51° during the day. On the 24th we had sudden, violent squalls 

 of wind, such as are usually prevalent, about the time of the equinoxes, 

 and which have occurred almost daily since that period. The changes 

 from a clear to a cloudy sky have been very sudden in that period, the sky 

 being remarkably clear at times, and in a few minutes, completely over- 

 cast, and attended with sudden squalls and heavy rain. 



