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The Rev. H. Lloyd on the Meteorology of Ireland. 



Table XXV. Number of Times in which the Velocity of the Wind 

 WAS 35 Feet per Second and upwards. 



From the foregoing numbers it appears, that high winds are much more fre- 

 quent on the western than on the eastern coast, the numbers denoting the re- 

 lative frequency, on the average of the entire year, being nearly as 3 to 1. 

 This preponderance of high winds on the western coast holds at all seasons of 

 the year, the maximum occurring at the north-western extremity in autumn, 

 and at the south-western in winter. The greatest frequency is in the north-west, 

 on the average of the entire year. 



The following are the cases in which the mean force of the wind, over the 

 whole island, amounted to a gale; or in which the mean velocity was 45 feet 

 per second and upwards : — 



Nov. 23, 24, 1850. — Storm along the western coast, blowing at first from 

 S. S.W., and veering through S. W. to W. Least pressure in north-west 

 throughout. 



Nov. 23, 9 P.M. — Storm began at south-western extremity of the island; velo- 

 city = 45 feet per second. 



