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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR SEPT. 1848. 



Chiswick. — September 1. Clear and fine. 2. Overcast and fine. 3. Slight fog : 

 very fine. 4, 5. Slight fog : sultry : clear : rain. 6. Cloudy : clear at night. 

 7. Overcast. 8. Overcast : fine. 9. Very fine. 10. Cloudy and fine : overcast : 

 rain. 11. Very clear : fine : clear. 12. Fine. 13. Slight fog : fine. 14. Par- 

 tially overcast : dusky clouds : fine. 15. Clear: fine: clear. 16. Slight fog: 

 very fine : clear. 17. Slight fog : fine : light clouds. 18. Very fine. 19. Foggy : 

 cloudy: clear. 20. Clear -. exceedingly fine : clear. 21. Slight fog : very fine, 

 with hot sun. 22. Fine : slight haze : clear. 23. Foggy : heavy rain : clear. 

 24. Foggy and drizzly : overcast. 25. Fine. 26. Rain. 27. Overcast. 28. 

 Heavy rain. 29. Rain. 30. Cloudy. 



Mean temperature of the month 56°*34 



Mean temperature of Sept. 1847 53 # 40 



Mean temperature of Sept. for the last twenty years 52 - 80 



Average amount of rain in Sept 2*68inches. 



Boston. — Sept. 1 — 4. Fine. 5. Fine: rain p.m. 6,7. Fine. 8. Cloudy. 

 9. Fine. 10. Rain : rain a.m. and p.m. 11 — 21. Fine. 22. Cloudy. 23. Fine. 

 24. Rain: rain early a.m. : rain a.m. and p.m.* 25,26. Cloudy. 27. Rain. 

 28. Cloudy. 29. Rain. 30. Rain : rain early a.m. 



Remarkable rainy days at Boston, Lincolnshire : — 



1837. inches. 1843. inches. 



August 17 2-34 June 5 MO 



October 25 1-06 August 10 1-22 



1839. November 1 ... 0'95 



June 15 1-28 1844. 



July 31 0-96 February 26 ... 1*16 



1841. 1846. 



June 25 1*08 October 29 10 



July 6 1'27 December 22 ... 0*89 melted snow. 



1842. 1847. 



January 27 1*08 May 29 1'75 



July 1 1-38 October 24 0-97 



September 24 1-15 1848. 



September 24 ... 2*34 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Sept. 1—4. Fine harvest day. 5. Fair a.m.: 

 rain p.m. 6. Showery : cleared. 7. Fair, but stormy. 8. Showery. 9. Damp, 

 though no rain. 10. Fine a.m. : showers p.m. 11. Beautiful harvest day. 12. 

 Beautiful harvest day : after frosty evening. 13. Beautiful harvest day, though 

 getting cloudy. 14. Beautiful harvest day : fine. 15. Beautiful harvest day : 

 dull. 16. Heavy dew : thunder. 17. Heavy dew : clear and sharp. 18. Fine 

 harvest day. 19. Fine harvest day, but looking dull. 20. Cloudy: rain r.M. 

 21. Sunny and warm. 22. Still and cloudy: threatening. 23. Fiery wind: 

 sultry. 24. Dull a.m. : rain p.m. 25- Fair, but blustering. 26, 27. Fair : cloudy. 

 28. Fair and clear. 29. Slight drizzle : cleared. 30. Drizzly day. 



Mean temperature of the month 53 0, 1 



Mean temperature of Sept. 1847 50 # 9 



Mean temperature of Sept. for twenty-five years 53 # 2 



Mean rain in Sept. for twenty years 3-13 inches. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — Sept. 1. Showers: damp. 2. Damp : rain. S. 

 Showers: damp. 4. Cloudy : clear : aurora. 5. Cloudy: clear. 6. Bright: 

 clear. 7,8. Showers : clear : aurora. 9, 10. Showers. 11. Sleet: showers. 

 12. Clear: showers. 13. Showers. 14. Clear. 15. Clear : cloudy. 16. Cloudy. 

 17. Bright: clear: aurora. 18. Cloudy: fine. 19. Cloudy: fine: cloudy. 

 20. Drops: clear. 21, Fine: clear: fine. 22. Bright: cloudy. 23. Fog: 

 cloudy. 24. Hazy : cloudy. 25. Bright : cloudy. 26, 27. Fine : cloudy. 

 28. Cloudy. 29, 30. Cloudy : drizzle : aurora. 



* Not so great a rain since 1 7th August 1837. 



