1 65 Meteorological Summary for 1 826.— Hampshire. 



Position of the Winds. Days. 



From North to North-east 49 



North-east to East 61 



East to South-east 23^ 



South-east to South 44^ 



South to South-west 26 



South-west to West 67-5 



West to North-west 36| 



North-west to North 57 



365 



Clouds, agreeably to the Nomenclature, or the Number of Days on 

 ■which each Modification has appeared. 



Days. Days. 



Cirrus 209 



Cirrocumulus . . 120 



Cirrostratus .... 32 1 



Stratus 8 



Cumulus 236 



Cumulostratus . . . 234 

 Nimbus 179 



General State of the Weather. Days. 



A transparent atmosphere without clouds 58 



Fair, with various modifications of clouds 156| 



An overcast sky without rain 95^ 



Foggy 3 



Rain, hail and sleet 52 



365 



Atmospheric Phenomena. No. 



Anthelia, or mock-suns opposite the true sun 3 

 Parhelia, or mock-suns on the sides of the true sun 14 



Paraselense, or mock-moons 4 



Solar halos 22 



Lunar halos 17 



Rainbows, solar and lunar 13 



Meteors of various sizes 143 



Lightning, days on which it happened 19 



Thunder, ditto ditto 6 



Evaporation. Inches. 



Greatest monthly quantity in June 6"00 



Least monthly quantity in December 0*75 



Total amount for the year 34-62 



Rain. 



Greatest monthly depth in September 4*555 



Least monthly depth in January 0890 



Total amount near the ground for the year .... .28*015 



Total amount near 23 feet high for ditto 25770 



N.B The Barometer is hung up in the Observatory, 50 feet above 

 the low-watermark of Portsmouth Harbour; and the Self-registering 

 Horizontal Day and Night Thermometer, and De Luc's Whalebone 

 Hygrometer, are placed in open-worked cases in a northern aspect 

 out of the rays of the sun, 10 feet above the garden ground. The 



Pluviameter 



