Meteorological Observations. 



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Berlin by Prof. Encke on July 5, and since that date observations 

 have been made very generally at the different European observato- 

 ries. The following are the elements according to different calcu- 

 lators :— - 



The longitudes in first and second set are counted from M. Equi- 

 nox of 1847-0 ; in the third set from M. Equinox of July 0. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JUNE 1847- 



Chiswick. — June I — 3. Clear and very fine. 4. Light clouds and fine. 5. 

 Cloudy. 6. Light clouds : clear, 7. Clear : cloudy. 8. Rain : thunder-showers. 

 9. Clear and fine. 10. Rain: cloudy: clear. 11, 12. Clear and very fine. 

 18. Rain : cloudy. 14. Densely clouded : showery. \5. Rain: thunder and 

 heavy shovt^ers. 16. Cloudy : rain. 17,18. Rain. 19. Cloudy and fine. 20. 

 Cloudy: slight showers. 21. Cloudy: fine. 22. Very fine. 23. Very fine : 

 heavy showers, with thunder. 24. Cloudy and fine. 25. Rain : cloudy and 

 fine. 26. Very fine. 27. Drizzly : cloudy and fine, 28. Fine. 29. Very fine, 

 30. Light clouds : very fine : overcast. 



Mean temperature of the month 58°*46 



Mean temperature of June 1846 66 '63 



Mean temperature of June for the last twenty years 66*90 



Average amount of rain in June l-88inch, 



^os<o«.— June 1 — 4. Fine. 5, 6. Cloudy. 7. Fine, 8. Fine : rain early a. m* 

 9. Fine. 10. Cloudy: rain early a.m. : showery all day, 11,12. Fine. 13. 

 Cloudy: rain early a.m. 14. Cloudy : rain early a.m. : rain p.m. 15. Fine; 

 rain P.M. 16. Fine: rain a.m. and p.m. 17. Fine. 18. Cloudy: rain early 

 A M. : heavy rain p.m. 19. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 20. Cloudy : rain a.m. and 

 p.M, 21. Cloudy: rain p.m. 22,23. Fine: rain p.m. 24. Rain: rain p.m. 

 25. Fine : rain p.m. 26. Fine. 27, Cloudy. 28, Fine. 29, 30. Cloudy. — 

 This month has been the coldest since 1843, and the wettest since June 1841. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkney. — June I, 2. Clear : fine. 3. Cloudy: fog. 4. Bright : 

 cloudy. 5. Showers : cloudy. 6. Bright : cloudy. 7. Showers. 8. Bright : 

 drops. 9. Cloudy: rain. 10. Showers: sleet-showers, 11. Bright: cloudy. 

 12. Cloudy. 13. Cloudy : rain. 14. Rain : damp. 15. Cloudy : rain : cloudy. 

 16. Cloudy: fine. 17,18. Bright : fine. 19. Clear : fine, 20, Bright : rain. 

 21. Showers: clear. 22. Bright : showers : fine. 23. Bright: showers. 24. 

 Bright : thunder : drops. 25. Bright : thunder. 26. Clear: fine, 27. Damp. 

 28. Cloudy. 29. Fog : cloudy. .30. Damp : fog. 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfries -thire. — June 1^—3. Very fine. 4. Warm, but 

 overcast.' 5. Fair a.m. : showers p.m. 6. Fair a.m. 7. Threatening : rain p.m. 

 8. Slight'shower, 9. Fair : thunder : rain. 10. Fair : clear. 11. Fair, but cool. 

 12. Cloudy: rain P.M. 13. Rain. 14. Fine: thunder: rain. 15. Drizzly: 

 thunder. 16. Bright a.m. : rain. 17. Drizzly. 18. Fair and fine, 19. Fine: 

 a few drops. 20. Rain p.m. 21. Wet a.m. : cleared, 22. Showery. 23. Fine, 

 very : slight shower, 24, Showery : thunder. 25. Showers a.m. : thunder. 26. 

 Slight shower P.M. 27. Shower a.m. : fair. 28—30. Very fine. 



Mean temperature of the month 55°'2 



Mean temperature of June 1846 63*2 



Mean temperature of June for 25 years 56 '10 



Mean rain in June for 20 years , 2*32 inches. 



