704' dbfenaiions on the Slate of the Weather, hie. in 1806. 



the latter end of M;iy : on the 10th of 

 June wc had a llisrlit tliundcr-ftonn at 

 tended vvitli a heavy Ihowcr. ftleaii mid- 

 day iem{jeratui-e. April 50"9, May 603, 

 Julie 02-8. 



Jidij. The weather this month was 

 remarkably giooiny, denfe clouds uhich 

 indicatt-fl chuLider-fioruis pvevailtd alnioll 

 every day ; this progiioiticatioii was veri- 

 fied 012 d:e lltk about -1 o'clock in ti:£ 

 moriiiiij, v^hen we Jiad a dreadful peal -of 

 thuii.'k'r, alfo on the 16th in the after- 

 noon much thunder at adillaiicr ; on the 

 cut ill the atternooii an exceedm;;; loud 

 peal ; and on the 26th vivid lightning, 

 diftant thunder, anil heavy raip, ahnolt 

 all day : the rain which appears in the 

 table for this month fell chiefly in the 

 latter part of it. The rrcatefc height of 

 the thermometer 70^; mean inid-day tem- 

 perature 64°, ami the mean for the whole 

 ■jnunth 59.5 may be deemed very low 

 for the fcalbn. 



AvpiP. This month was marked by 

 niirli thunder and ligliinino, tiiong winds, 

 and heavy rains. Un the 9th in the af- 

 ternoon we were vifited by one of the 

 molt dreadful ftorms of thunder and light- 

 ning ever remembered here; tlie thunder 

 vas loud and terrific beyond dcfcription, 

 and the litjhtning extremely denfo and 

 vivid : in the fuburbs of this city, four men 

 vere ftruck down by the lightning;, but 

 fortunately none of ihcni were very ma- 

 teriallv hurt: much damai^^e was done in 

 this diili-ii t, and the elfecis of the llorm 

 wciv fcverely felt to a cotifidcrable dif- 

 tanc<>3 its couiTe was from weft to eaft 

 in a diicct line over this place : rain mix- 

 fd with hail fell in tonents during the 

 whole time of the lloim, which was up- 

 wards of four hours. Much lightiiinij m 

 the night of the 19th, although the Iky at 

 the time w?is perteiily doiidlefs ; alfo on 

 the i'Olh, Sift, 24iii and 25tii, much 

 lightiiing ar.d diftant thunder. Aurora 

 Worealis on tne lOtli and 20lh denfe, ftill 

 horizontal light. Mean mid-day tempt- 

 r lime C.'>-8. 



S^pfdtiljcr. The wet wcat'i* r which oc- 

 curred during this month foniewhat re- 

 tarded riie progrefs of the Iruveft, yet no 

 very material injury was done to the 

 prain, and the crops which proved very 

 abundant were chiefly s^tl'tred at the 

 «.i:d of tlif month. Aurora borealis on 

 the lUlh and 11th — denfe Hill horizontal 

 li-ii;t, and on the 15th and 16th thin and 

 sfiiAe. Mean mid-day temperature 60. 

 -i'he Avallow tribe began to congregate 

 J ere in the former part of this month ; on 

 \]\: CM innnenfe Hocks were obfervcd 

 hjve..n„.ii Uiia dilbictj they then kit us 



till the 26th, when on that day and the 

 next, bolls of them collected again. On 

 the 29th fome ftra^lers were fecn, and 

 none after. 



V&ohcr commenced with gloomy driz- 

 zling wcallier, which continued till the 

 6th ; it then beciune diy and pleufant and 

 with lonie tniling interruptions was uii- 

 commonly fine tdl the 2oth which «ii5 

 an extremely ftormy day, when the wind 

 blew a mod violent hurricane from the S. 

 The remaining part of the month was 

 moilt and wann with light fliowers at in- 

 tervals. On the 22d at 9 o'clock in the 

 evening, appeared in the weftern part of 

 tlie hemifphere, a remarkably large and 

 brilliant meteor ; its courfe was from 

 S.E. to N.W. nearly parallel to the hori- 

 zon. Altitude about 12° ; apparent velo- 

 city 30° in 5 fecouds of time ; magnitude 

 equal to that of the moon, which was then 

 lliining bright, the iky being perfectly 

 I'roe from clouds ; it Vmril in the air, leav- 

 ing a long train of light behind it : baro- 

 meter at the time, 3tC2 .-mrl riling at the 

 time of one tenth of an inch in an hour: 

 thermomclcr o5°, next morning 32°: the 

 day had been cold,, dark and Ihowery 

 with a ftrong N. wind. I'hc firft autum- 

 nal ice this feafon was formed in the 

 night of the 22d. Mean mid-day tem- 

 perature 5o2. 



November was throughout, gloomy, liu- 

 mid and unpleafant, and much Itormy 

 weather occurred, with heavy falls of hail 

 and rain ; during tlje lali ten days the 

 rain amounted to upwarda of four inches. 

 On the 6th the tops of tiic mountains 

 were patched with fiioiv for the lirll time 

 this feafon, and at the end of the month 

 all the higheft mountains vv|iicli furround 

 this place were perfectly white. Aurora 

 b!>rcalis on the 2d— denfe, brilliant and 

 active beams, difappcarcd in about five 

 iriiiuitcs. Mean mid-day temperature -lU". 

 December continued remai-tably mild, 

 but very wet and giooiny. On the 13th 

 occurred a violent liorin of thunder and 

 li;:htniiig, accompanied with heavy rain 

 mixed wiih h'lil, and an cxccflive ftronj 

 weft wind; it began at c! o'clock in the 

 morning and continued about three fjuar7 

 ters of an hour. During that period the 

 lica\ ens were covered with denfe clouds 

 of a pitchy darknelV, from which darted 

 gleams of lightning, and [irefeiited a moll 

 terrific nfpedt : bammetcr at the time 

 28-61 : thermometer 49°. On Chrillmas 

 day v>e imrl a furious llorm of wind and 

 rain from the S. Mean inid-day tempe- 

 r.iture 44"7. I am Your's &c. 



William Pitt. 

 Ciirliflc, Jiniuary 3, 1£U7. 



1 GEIS'ERAJ. 



