588 OBSERVATIONS ON THE BAROMETER, 
I have received from Thomas Ashton Esq. of 
Hyde, the following account of the quantity of 
rain which has fallen near his residence. The 
township of Hyde, in Cheshire, is about eight 
miles east of Manchester, and the line of the Peak 
Forest Canal passes through it a short distance 
from Mr. Ashton’s house, at an elevation of 
320 feet above the sea. Hyde is situated on 
the west side, and towards the bottom of the 
range of hills which occupy the north east part 
of Cheshire, and west of Derbyshire, and in the 
latter county rise to the height of 2000 feet 
above the sea. The country to the west is a flat 
plane, extending to the sea, at the distance of 
upwards of forty miles. 
OF HYDE, IN CHESHIRE, FOR TEN YEARS. 
Jan. | Feb.| Mar.) April] May./June.| July.) Aug.| Sept.| Oct. | Nov.| Dec. 
In. In Tne jh. |) In. |) Ine |) dns Le el In. | In. | In. 
1831 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 2.1 
1832 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 |°2.5 | 3.6 | 5.7 
1833 |°0.5 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 7:1 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 6.3 
TSSA Paes SAE PSL. Ga OL8) | 2.7] Gale eS aks | 2c0i 7a eo) 
1835 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 1.6 
1836 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 44]28]| 0.2 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 7.3) 4.1 
1837 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.3] 1.8] 1.4] 1.9 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 3.9 
1888 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.8] 4.6 | 3.8 | 5.8] 1.4] 4.4 | 2.6) 0.9 
1839 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 2.2 
1840 | 4.0 | 1.5 | — | 0.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 0.3 
Means| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 2.8 [35.3 
TABLE OF THE FALL OF RAIN, TAKEN IN THE GARDEN OF THOMAS ASHTON, ESQ. 
