Meteorological Observations. 669 
There were 160 days in the year at an average, 
on which rain more: or less fell. 
I kept a rain-gage on the top of St. John’s 
steeple, Manchester, from midsummer 1797 to 
the end of 1798; and another on the ground in 
the vicinity, about 50 yards perpendicularly be- 
low... In- summer. the ratio- of the- raim below 
to that above was 3: 2\nearly ; in winter it was 
= 21 yearly. F” 
Rainat Kendal, 1793—52- 74; A ae O4's 
179556. 25; -1796-—45-.-733 1797-596. 835 
—1798—54. 63; 1799-56: 933; 1800—48. 205 
1801—50. 612 ;, uniting these observations with 
those for the five.preceding years (see my Meteor. 
Essays) we obtain 58.1 inches.the mean annual 
rain at Kendal for 14 years. 
Observations on the Winds for 1801. 
North, 44: North East, 277: East,.11: South ’ 
East; 19: South, 22: South West, 412: West, 
153: North West, 12. Total goo. 
The South West and the North East winds, 
as usual, have been the most prevalent; they 
are in fact winds that properly belong to the 
northern temperate zone, arising from the two 
general currents of air tending fom and towards 
the equator, (See my Meteorological Essays, 
page gt). 
