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TABLE XXIX.—MINIMUM TEMPERATURE of each MontTH on Sca Fell Pike and the Gabel, 
and at Sprinkling Tarn, in the Year 1853. 
Tarn. 
CHARACTER OF THE MONTH. 
Sprinkling 
Great Gabel. 
Seathwaite. 
January .| 21 A mild,‘wet month. Minima taken February 16. 
February . 20 A dry, frosty month ; frequent snow showers. 
Mareh . . 23 A fine, dry, cold month; frequent snow showers. 
April. 25 A fine seasonable month. 
May . 26 A very fine and exceedingly dry month. On the 9th, the 
valleys were covered with snow. 
June. .| 41 A fine, but rather cold month. 
aU Ly cee |i 21 Cold and damp. 
August... Fine and dry. 
September ‘5| Do. © do. 
October 5 : Mild and wet. On the 2d, Great End was covered with 
. snow. 
November . A mild month. Snow on Fells. 
December A very dry, frosty month. Frequent snow showers in the 
valleys. 
1853. 28-4| 22-9] 21-5} 34-2 
1852. 28-6| 23-6) 22:0) 35-8 
February.—At the middle and end of this month, the depth of snow covering the Sprinkling 
Tarn thermometer was estimated at 2 feet. On Sca Fell and Gabel, the depth was probably about 
18 inches. 
March.—The high reading of the thermometer at Sprinkling Tarn in the first three months is 
owing to the greater depth of snow covering the instrument. The thermometer was found to be in 
good working order. 
December 31.—The thermometer box at Sprinkling Tarn was under 18 inches, and those on 
Gabel and Sca Fell under about 15 inches of snow. ; 
