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Mr. PitCs Annnul Mdeorohaical Abstract. 



[Feb. 1, 



For the Monthly Magazine. 



METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT /or t/tC last TWELVE MONTHS, ff^ CARLISLE. 



Months 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September. 



October 



November 



December 



Thermometer. 



Barometer. 



30-94 



30-42 



30-52 



30-75 



30-37 



30-48 



30-31 1 



30-24 



30-36 



30-66 



30-3S 



30-31 



Ale 



2S-8i 

 29-36 

 28-80 

 29-23 

 29-11 

 29-27 

 29-34 

 29-37 

 29-30 

 2S-60 

 29-41 



2;)'no 



29-863 



29-93 



29-SS 



|30-(!0 



29-74 



J29-955 



129-97 



29-80 



[29-935 



29-60 



29-SfiI 



29-!);:; 



46.42 AnuualiMeaul29-877 30-17 



Toiiil. 



Rain. 



Inches 



L'-l'.j 



1-80 

 2-47 

 100 

 3-40 

 3-64 

 2-02 

 4-01 

 3-11 

 2-45 

 1-60 

 2-12 



5^ 



S. t 



9 

 14 

 16 

 19 

 IS 

 14 

 16 

 27 

 24 

 16 

 13 

 16 



K. 



NE. 

 N. & 

 iN.W. 



162 1202 



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M.|ToUK 



General remarks on tiie Weather, S)C. 



as observed at Carlisle, during- the 



year 1820, 

 ■JANUARY. — The intense frost 

 tF which prevailed in tlie Icffer part 

 of the preceeding year, cnnlinued with 

 increasing sevcritj- the beginning of 

 the present year. On tlie morning of 

 the first, the thermometer was 3 \ noon 

 14", and night iOi; the morning of the 

 2d IS", noon 26", and night 1.5"; the 

 morning of (he 3d 2", noon 20o, and 

 night 7°; the weather afterwards was va- 

 riable with intervals of moderate thaw, 

 hea\'y rain, intense frost, liglit showers of 

 snow and dense fogs ; on the 19th and 

 20lh, an immense quantitj'of snow fell 

 accompanied with a strong wind, which 

 drifted the snow to such a degree, tli.at 

 in many jilaccs travelling in the pul)lic 

 roads was very much impeded ; on the 

 21st and 22d the frost was again ex- 

 tremely severe; onxthe morning of 

 the 22d, the thermometer was at zero 

 (Oo) : during this latter period the pub- 

 lic roads were coated witii tliick ice, 

 and many serious accidents happened 

 hei-e as well as in other parts of the 

 country. On the 24th a mild thaw 

 commenced with heavy rain, when the 

 snow was speedily dissolved, and the 

 rivers and roads cleared of the ice, the 

 weathercontinued very mild to the end 

 of the month. In the beginning of the 

 month the barometer was remarkal)!}'^ 

 high, on the 9th it was 30,94 wliich is 

 the highest it has been during the pe- 

 riod of this register, namely 20 j'ears. 

 February. — The weather continued 

 di-y and vei-y mild for the season till 



thi; 15ih, tlie remainder was variable 

 with intervals ot frost, trifling falls of 

 snow, and light rain ; during this pe- 

 riod much snow fell in the surround- 

 ing country. Excepting about ten or 

 twelve days in fliis and the last mouth, 

 when the wind was rather brisk, the 

 who'e of the remainder was calm and 

 often perfectly dead calm. 



March. — The first week was ex- 

 tremely severe frost accompanied with 

 heavy faUs of snow; in the night on 

 the 2d the thermometer was 22°, the 

 next morning 21°, and night 17°; on 

 the morning of the 5th 14", and night 

 11"; on the 8th thaw commenced, and 

 on the following diiy the snow in this 

 neighbovirhood was nearly dissolved. 

 The weather afterwards was dry, sea- 

 sonable and pleasant till the 23d, when 

 we had heavy falls of snow, hail, and 

 sleet, and strong frost in the nights till 

 the 27tli, when all the surrounding 

 mountains were perfectly white : the 

 remainder "as mild and pleasant, 



April. — The small quantity of rain 

 this month (1 inch) fell in the first 

 eight days. The temperature was re- 

 markably variable: hoar frost fre- 

 queutlj^ occurred iu the nights, and at 

 times the weather was extremely hot ; 

 on the 22d and 23d the thermompter 

 washigli as 70^ for a considerable time 

 each day ; in the latter part of the 

 montli wc had strong parching northerly 

 winds, when some of the highest moun- 

 tains were covered with snow. 



Mai/. — The former part of this month 

 was remarkably cold : on the mornings 

 of the 4th anS 5th the thermometer 



