1 824.] Mr. PitVs Remarks on 



was at 12°, and the average for the 

 whole month G5-7. The barometer 

 was remarkably variable, the mercury 

 frequently rising or falling one-tenth 

 of an inch in an hour. Snow confi- 

 nued to lie very deep in the surround- 

 ing country, and all the neighbouring 

 mountains were perfeclly white. 



March, — from the beginning till the 

 22d, was marked by intervals of severe 

 frost, heavy falls of snow, hurricanes, 

 and thunder and lightning, with bail, 

 rain, and sleet. Snow continued on 

 all tbe surrounding mountains the 

 whole of the niontli. The last ien days 

 were fair, bright, and pleasant. 



April — was extremely cold and un- 

 genial for the season ; we had frequent 

 fails of snow, which at times covered 

 the ground two or three Indies in 

 depth, and heavj' falls of hail and 

 sleet. The nights were frosty, with 

 parching easterly winds, wh'ch greatly 

 retarded vegetation. The tuermo- 

 meter was only twice as high as 56', 

 and tbe average (40') is c:;(veme]y 

 low for the season ; the snrrounding 

 mountains w ere generally covered with 

 snow. 



May. — The weather was remarkably 

 variable ; the changes from cold to 

 lieat, aud heat to cold, were extremeiy 

 sudden and intense. Between the 4ib 

 and 6th we experienced a change of 

 thirty-three degrees,— from 08° to 71°. 

 The weather, when fair, was generally 

 very cold and drouf^-^bty, with frosty 

 nights. It was often very stormy, 

 with heavy falls of ra'o. On the 26th 

 we had a dreadful thunder-storm, 

 which passed diiectly over this city ; 

 the lightning was extremely vivid, the 

 thunder awfully loud and appalling, 

 and accompanied with torrents of 

 rain. The quantity of rain, 4*61 

 inches, is nearly double our monthly 

 average. The average temperature, 

 52'7, is very low for the season. 



June — was extremely cold for the 

 season: the average temperature, 52"3, 

 is the lowest during the period of tips 

 Register (twcniy-ihree years), and 

 probably unprecedented in this cli- 

 mate. 'Jhe weather was very droughty: 

 the small quantity of rain, 1*.07 inches, 

 fell ehietly in the first five days of the 

 month. 



July — was cold, wet, and gloomy: 

 the depth ol' rain, 5 12 inches, is n'ore 

 tl)an double our monthly average. 

 The weather throughout was very un- 

 favourable for the season. 



the Weather at Carlisle. 



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August — was a continuation of tbe 

 same wet and gloomy weather expe- 

 rienced last month. The depth of 

 rain fallen during th's and the pre- 

 ceding month amounts to 10-3 inches. 

 Eleven days orly of these two months 

 were fair. In the afternoon of the 

 8th, we had some vivid lightning and 

 loud pe?ls of ilmndei, accompanied 

 with heavy rain, mixed with hail. 



Sepiewber — continued wet till the 

 6th ; we afterwards had a week of fair, 

 bright, and extremely fine, weather, 

 which was the commencement of a 

 very busy harvest in this district; it 

 was soon checked by an almost conti- 

 nued succession of showery, moist, 

 and gloomy, weather, during Ihe re- 

 mainder of the month, which greatly 

 retarded the harvest-work, aud did 

 considerable injurj to the grain. 



October. — The weather was shovcery 

 and unsettled tiM the 17th ; it after- 

 wards continued, fair, bright, and 

 exiiemcly favouiable, till the 26th, 

 when we had some very heavy fogs, 

 and on the 28ih a heavy fall of rain. 

 On the morning of the 30th we expe- 

 rienced a severe fiost, when the ther- 

 mometer was tour degrees below the 

 freezing point, and snow was observed 

 on some of the snrrounding mountains. 



November. — On the morning of (he 

 1st, the thermometer was 27°, and in 

 the evening 28°. The weather after- 

 wards, during the whole of the month, 

 was uniformly mild; and, excepting 

 the two last days of the month, (which 

 were rather stormy,) was remarkably 

 calm, with light fog in the mornings. 



December. — Tbe aveiage tempera- 

 tuie of this month, 40°, is unusually 

 high for the season. The weather was 

 very unsettled; it was often very 

 stormy, with heavy showers of hail, 

 rain, and sleet. Early in the morning 

 of the 20th we were \isited with a vio- 

 lent hurricane, which continued all 

 day, with heavy showers of snow. 

 Some intervals of frost occurred, but 

 .seldom continued longer than one day. 

 In the latter p:irt of the month we >ad 

 some heavy rains, with violent gusts 

 of wind from the south-south-west. 

 The surrounding mountains weie often 

 par<ially covered with snow. 

 (Jar lisle ; Jan. 2, 1 824. W . Pi tt. 



To the Editor of the Moiahhj Magazine. 



SIR, 



I WAS astonished at observing a 

 second article from your Hucks. 

 corres- 



