346 THERMOMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS. 

 APRIL, 1791. 



At 3. P. M. 



REMARKS. 



S. E 



N. N. E. 



W. 



N. W. 

 Variable. 

 E.N.E. 



N. E. 



Calm. 



Calm. 

 S. S. E.l 

 Variable. J 



Calm. 

 S. W. 



w. s. w. 



WNWi-W 



Cloudy with fome rain. 



Clear. Mercury loiueJI. 



Serene and pleafant. Smart froft, fome ice and 



wind laft night. 

 Serene and pleafant. Smart frofl; laft night. 

 Ditto. ditto. Slight froft laft night. 



Rainy A. M. Overcaft P. M. Between 8 & 9 P. M. 



fhock of an earthquake, 2 minutes. 

 Clear. 



Serene and pleafant. 

 Ditto. ditto. Greatejl heat. 



Ditto. ditto. 



Cloudy in part A. M. Rain P. M. 



Clear and calm A. M. Cloudy P. M. a ftiort but 



violent guft of wind, attended with rain, tliun- 



der and lightning. 

 Cloudy and fun-fhine alternately. High winds all 



day, with thunder and lightning towards noon. 



Showery but pretty rainy at night. Laft night 



heavy rains. 

 Showery all day, and fome fmart rains laft night. 



OC/^ Here end my obfervations at Fort Walhington. 

 The fucceeding month and part of June wei-e 

 remarkably wet and warm; the mercury 

 frequently rifmg fome degrees above 80°. 

 Some of the fhowers were like tumbling tor- 

 rents of water, and were now and then ac- 

 companied with thunder and lightning. 



G. TURNER. 



SUMMARY; 



