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Kat in the’n\onth of February, ‘they were 
more frequent; and one day it was ‘so’ 
dark, that alinost all business was, for a 
considerable time, suspended. * March 
Was remarkable for the heaviest fall of 
“snow: during the whole winter, which was 
succeeded by a vast quantity of rain. 
° May was aiuild and very pleasant month. 
June was! dla, the wind chiefly in the 
> ‘north-east we usvally have jin’ the | 
Uspting” of the year from five to seven or 
eight’ Weéks ii which the easterly winds 
© preva 12°“Phis°month was so dry that a 
2 'Seateity was apprehended, and even pre- 
Asdieteetlby 2 awriter of popular talents; but 
who was, fortunately mistaken in” his 
News. Owing to the vast drought at this 
+ period of the ye: year, the crop of hay was - 
short;“afid its price has kept up, to the 
} present time, to nearly ten pounds a load. 
} {ngno; part of the summer had we what 
)may be denominated suliry weather. 
| The hottest day was on the 25th of June, 
bill aun 
mm” 
Meteorological. Observations at Carlisle. 
we Je | | if 
beh nhl 
than 80°. Tn August even, ther mor i 
and evenings were complained of a cold 
and chilly ; and so much rain fell about 
this season, as to alarm the public . at 
Jarge, as well as the farmers, lest they 
should have no means of housing a very 
abundant harvest. The rains however 
ceased in good time, and by their Jong 
continuance a plentiful second crop of 
hay crowned the hopss of those whose 
farms are chiefly meadow-land, In Sep- 
tember the weather was cold and wet for 
the season; but October was a beautiful 
“wonth, as it usually is in this part of the . 
island. November and December were, 
as we have observed, noticed for their . 
large quantities of rain... The.weather 
vas mild to the end of the year; but to- 
wards the close, violent winds did much 
mischief in various parts of the country: 
‘andon the night of Christinas-day, there 
was a deal of lightning for several hours; 
in some quarters during the whole night. 
snd/on that the-mercury was not higher Highgate, Jan. 8, 1811. Jed, 
A ——ia . = 
Soe kent > For the Monthly Magazine. / 
_ METEOROLOGICAL AnstRacT for the 
Teo) - 
last TWELV® MONTHS at CARLISLE. 
, 
4 
- wererather stormy; 
So 
a Thermometer. Barometer. © Rain. |= 2 ’ 
or (aaa 
{ \titn PY | ee a Nr la - es 3 
High)Low | Mean/High | Low} Meaa | Inches/Q |S.E. , 
Janpary 51 | 18 /36, 9130,36)29,70/30,086 | 1,84 8) 24) 7 
February 53 | 14 [57,62/30,45128,86/29,777 |°1,22 | 13 | 18 } 10 
Marth’ D2") 2o38s«¢ gees aiepes 29,681 | 3,80 {| 17 | 11 | 20 
‘ falprif! 2 68 | 35 | 164,68}30,28 29, 24/29,8455| 1,01 | 15 | 18 | 12 
Mamayo oboe oliga]oe7 fag, a}3o, 43129, 47199,97. | 53} 6 | 12 |°19 
lines Vise: 78 | 42 |59,35/30, 44|29,76|30,12 | -1,60 & | 14} 16 
ng qaly 38 9 bn 71 1-49 |59,98|30, 17|¥9, 36/29,782 | 3,24 | 93 | 23'} 8 T 
erfAugust .yi9 74] 49 |59,02/30,27/29,34|29,865 } 3,92-| 21 | 24 7 
spiepcember) 73.) 44 |5G,29]30,4829,60130,0617} 1,70 | 6 | 15 | +45 
-dopohistg ber 664 31 {285 4|30,44|28,88}29,93 3,12 9 | 18 f 435 
ofNovember 51, | 28, /39,, 6|30,88)29,90}29,50 | 3,35 | 16 | 14] 46. 
December 51 |. 22: 128,-2/30, 718 98,67/29,6573| 4,30 |. 19 | #3 8 
weyeb ido ates “|= 7 : Ta 
; Os An. Mean. Mean 99 ,8563|.-28,73 | 161.| 214.) 151 
chan Annl. 
Total (PoraliTotast 
Generui Remarks on the “Weather, Se. 
observed at Carlisle, during the Year 
qSio.. - 
JANUARY was- remarkably» mild till 
Wothe 1Sth, the-1st, 14th, and 12th, 
afterwards, moderate 
_ frost: with light “showers of snow. , The 
weather was, on the whole, unusually fine 
the s€asort.” 
ee PRG: ‘62P je former half of this 
dont) was fair, mild, and exceeding 
pleasant; ‘the remainder was variable, 
and often very stormy, with heavy falls 
of snow, when,all the surrounding mouns 
tains were perfectly white. ae 
Blarch was. a very wet and gloomy 
month, the quantity of rain, 3,8 inches, 
is nearly equal to that which fell here » 
ine the corresponding month during, the 
last. five years: the weather was) cold, 
and the motntains were generally cos 
vered with snow, 
“dlpril was dry, but, on the whole, 
seasonable and pieasanty the weather, 
during the last week of the month, was 
very warin, with a serene and aa hi . 
sky. 
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