152 Meteorological Summary for 1823. — Lancashire. 



there was hail, with rain : three days before, the temperature 

 was 71°, the same as in May; but the mean of the day was 

 2° higher. The rain that fell measured upwards of five inches. 



August. The average temperature was just the same as that 

 of Jul v; and the rain, which measured nearly five inches, was 

 pretty" evenly distributed throughout. An observer of rural 

 affairs says, about the 9th, that " the weather most unfortu- 

 nately still continues unfavourable to the ripening of corn, 

 which, on the whole, presents a very healthy and full appear- 

 ance. The hay is only partially got in ; and a great deal of 

 grass is yet to cut. Very fortunately, this wet state has not 

 been common throughout the country ; on the contrary, many 

 places south have been in great want of rain." He also re- 

 marks, " It is observed, this summer, in point of wetness, is 

 equal to 1816." This certainly is not correct ; for on referring 

 to that year, I find only about nine inches of rain fell in the 

 three months of June, July, and August ; but in the three 

 months of the following year there fell upwards of fifteen and 

 a /m/f inches : in the corresponding months of the present year 

 near twelve inches. 



September: weather generally gloomy, cloudy and wet, with 

 occasional sun-gleams. Mr. Cobbett was enabled to state from 

 his rural ride through Kent, &c, in the beginning of the month, 

 that the result of his observations and inquiries, is, the crop is 

 a full average crop of every thing except barley, and that the 

 barley yields a great deal more than an average crop. 



October. Partial showers of rain almost daily to the 10th; 

 on the 12th, hail. First indication of winter at the close of the 

 month, by a decrease of temperature, and a slight fall of snow. 



November. The temperature on the second under freezing : 

 gloomy and foggy state of the atmosphere now prevailed. Rain 

 fell on sixteen days, but very slightly except on the 30th, when 

 it continued the whole of the day. 



December commenced with strong wind, showers of hail, 

 and a falling barometer. On the 3d, in the morning the ba- 

 rometer stood at 29*24, wind blowing strong from the south- 

 west ; in the evening the pressure was lowered to 28 - 7S, wind 

 west, and approaching to a gale; and in the. course of the 

 night and following morning blew quite a hurricane, nearly 

 equal to the storm diat took place on the 4th of December, 

 1822. On the 12th, gusts of eastern wind with hail; the 17th 

 was very stormy and rainy ; pressure much agitated ; in the 

 course of the day it lost '76 of an inch ; indeed, the barome- 

 trical pressure has been much disturbed throughout the month. 

 Temperature high for the season. 

 Bridge-street, Feb. 16th, 1824. 



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