Meteorological Observations for April lS'i7. 4-75 



Summary of the Weather. 

 t I 1 A finf. with various modifications of clouds, 13; an over- 

 ^'^^"^t^t'ywUhorrainTsT; foggyi; rain, 4.-Total 30 days. 



Clouds. 

 Cirrus. Cirrocumulus. Cirrostratus. Stratus. Cumulus. Cumulostr. Nimbus. 

 13 *^ "^ 



Scale of the prevailing Winds. 

 N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S^W. W. N.W. Da,s. 



- ThA n-ipan temnerature of the air was so low on the Zina, ^6va, 



"S alS^o'h thatTbecame necessary to resume office fires, which had 

 been' dispensed with from the beginning of the month 



On the ''4th we had several smart showers of pulpy hail without icy 

 nudei sSffident to whiten the surrounding hills; and in the northern parts 

 nuclei, «™^"', '°. -,, ^g^g lightly covered with snow : on the same day 

 l"s3t UtSiHsTn Worc^shire and on Blagdon hills in So^ 



rtret^rori\vest^^^^ 



'S.,t"/Z^So:.ZZl...st. During on'e week of the low tempera 

 ture and fKsty mornings the spring lay dormant, and no progress appeared 



'''TL'''iZxtTJ!::^"i'^^ on the 13th, but from the change in the 

 weather they were very little on the wing for a fortnight afterwards. 



TheBaronirter has been remarkably steady this month on some days 

 it w-t Quk°c^nt ; and the number of changes is comparatively few for April 

 The nS emp'erature of the external ^r for this period is nearly one 

 de'reThic^her than the mean of April for the last deven years. 



The atmospheric and meteoric V^«omena that have come within our 

 obJervaSons this'month, are two parhf-' thj-ee solar and three lunar halos. 

 ?ourmeteors, and two gales of wind from the North-east. 



REMARKS. 



S%3 Cloudy, cold wind. 24. Hail-showers. 25. Fme. 26. Whue 

 fro^f fine ^7 Fine : white frost. 28— 30. Fine. ,„^ -.>o 



'"2o;.'r-April 1,.. Cloudy, 3-5. Fine. ^- /- J^erm^^^^^^^^^^^ 



,,..M.. rain at night. 7-9. Fine. 10. Rain l/^" ^Jou^,^ l" ^^g rJ„. 

 rain p m : 13, 14. Fine. 1 5. Cloudy : rain p.m. 16, 17. ^'ouuy 



iTcioudy rainA.M. 20-23. Cloudy. 24 Rainy : ram p.m. 25. Cloudj. 



"6—29. Fine. 30. Fine : thermometer 78 2 p.m. 



F^^ancc-K^nX 1. Rain : clear. 2. Showers : fair. 3-5^ Fa.r. 6 Mg 



rain. 7. Clear : rain 8. Clear. 9^^a.r:ra.n ^^^^^^^^ 



dear. 26. Clear. 27. Fair: clear. 28, 29. Clear. 30. In general clear. 



,j p 2 Summurij 



