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S.—W., then the N.—E., and the least frequent those from 
E.—S. If we take the mean frequency of each class of winds in 
the several seasons, the result appears as in the following Table :— 
N.—E. | E—S. | S—W. | W.—N. 
Spring 26.1 | 17.7 | 184 29.4 
Summer | 20.2 | 10.3 | 22.1 37.5 
Autumn | 23.0 | 12.3 | 22.1 30.5 
Winter | 17.5 | 146 | 31.0 24.1 
It will be seen that the N. and N.E. winds in Bath, as in 
most other places in England, attain a maximum in Spring, and 
are least prevalent in Winter. The S. and S.W., on the contrary, 
attain a maximum in Winter, and are least prevalent in Spring. 
This is quite in accordance with the circumstance of the Winter 
being the wettest season, and the Spring the driest season, in 
Bath, as before shown, our chief rains coming from the S.W. 
The W. and N.W. winds are those that mainly characterise the 
Summer months, while in every season except Winter they pre- 
dominate over all the others. S.E. winds are chiefly attendant upon 
weather in a transitional state, and seldom continue long, though 
more frequent in Spring than at other times of the year. 
These results, with regard to the winds in Bath, are not very 
different from what I obtained in Cambridgeshire, after tabulating 
them there for nineteen years; and the same order probably 
prevails over a large part of the southern half of England. Yet, 
from local conditions of the atmosphere, they may vary in 
character in different places, and in their effect upon the human 
frame. Thus the N.E. winds in Bath do not come up to the 
severity of those winds in the eastern counties, from the circum- 
stance of Bath having a higher mean temperature, with higher 
