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ABSTRACT of a METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, from the Ist of January 
to the Ist of July 1825—kept at High Wycombe. 
Thermometer. Barometer. Rain. 
MONTH. 
Highest.| Lowest. | Mean. || Highest.| Lowest. | Mean. || Ins.Dcls. 
January - | 50°50 | 25°00 | 36°37 || 30°57 | 29°10 | 29°93 || 0°987 
February. | 49°50 | 26:00 | 36:43 || 30°27 | 29°18 | 29°86 || 1:187 
March... | 57°00 | 22°00 | 38°32 || 30°35 | 28°73 | 29°81 || 1°318 
April.... 66°25 | 27°00 | 46°43 || 30°18 | 29°05 |. 29°74 || 3°025 
May..... 71°25 | 31°75 | 50°11 || 30°11 | 29°34 | 29°69 || 2-699 
June.... | 78°50 | 32°50 | 54-09 30°10 | 29°09 | 29°73 || 1°825 
Mean ....| 43°62 Mean .... | 29°79 104 
General Observations on the Weather, 
made at High Wycombe, during the 
Year 1825. 
January—Was neither so warm or 
cold as last year, but the mean tempe- 
rature much higher. Little rain fell, 
and at long intervals of very fine wea- 
ther. The barometer, on the 9th, stood 
at 30°57, and was very high during the 
whole month, the mean being 29°93. 
Snow fell but once, on the morning of 
the 23d, but did not lie. 
February.—Heavy gales of wind from 
the S.W., on the 2d and 3d, were fol- 
lowed by snow on the 4th and 5th, with 
the wind at W. On the latter day, 
about half an inch fell, the greatest 
quantity since April 1824; but it was 
all dissolved before the next morning. 
The quantity of rain was small, and the 
barometer much elevated. The month 
might be denominated fine and sea- 
sonable. 
March—Was very dry. Rain fell’ 
only on seven days, and there was none 
after the 13th. The extreme of cold, 
during the winter, occurred on the night 
of the 16th, when the thermometer was 
at 22. The barometer generally very 
high, and the weather, for several days, 
fine and clear. 
April.—No rain fell from the 13th of 
March until the 20th of this month 
(except 0°05 on the 13th). This long 
drought was succeeded by a heavy fall 
of rain on the remaining ten days, and 
the whole quantity amounted to up- 
wards of three inches—much more than 
usual in April, Thunder was heard on 
the 24th, 25th and 26th. Although the 
thermometer descended five degrees 
below the freezing-point on the Ist and 
2d, the mean temperature of the month 
was higher than I have observed in the 
last nine years. 
May —generally fine, and warmer 
than last year. Upwards of an inch of 
rain fell on the 12th, nearly half the 
quantity for the whole month. _Light- 
ning seen on the 4th, 6th and 23d, and 
thunder heard on the 7th. On the 
night of the 3lst, the thermometer was 
at 31°75. : 
June—was very dry. After a trifling 
rain at the commencement of the month, 
no. more fell for nineteen days; but 
some very beneficial showers followed :. 
and the whole quantity for the month. 
was only two-thirds of that in June last 
year. The weather moderately warm; 
but the range of the thermometer great, 
being 46 degrees. The barometer high, 
although the wind was generally. at west 
and south-west. Thunder heard on the 
27th. 
Compared: with the first half of the 
last year, the present has been distin- 
guished by dryness, warmth, and eleva- 
tion of the barometer ;—the quantity of 
rain 6'276 inches less, the mean height 
of the barometer twelve hundredths of 
an inch higher, and the mean ‘tempera- 
ture 1° 28’ warmer;—the number of 
days on which rain or snow has fallen, 
twenty-seven less than in the same 
period in 1824. James G. TatEem. 
High Wycombe, July 5, 1825. 
