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Summary for the Year 1826, of the state of the Barometer, Tliermo- 

 meter, S<;c. in Kendal. By S. Marshall, Esq. 



The preceding Summary of the Meteorological Phaenomena for 

 1826, presents, in most respects, unusual results for this part of the 

 country. The barometer throughout the year has maintained an 

 altitude not very common for the height of Kendal above the level 

 of the sea. This will appear from the mean altitude for the three 

 preceding years : that of 1 823 being 29-56 ; for 1 824', 29-26 ; and for 

 1825, 29-64<. The mean temperature 47°-8I is also greater than in 

 these years. This is a circumstance which has been generally ex- 

 perienced in every part of the island. In 1823, the mean tempera- 

 ture was 4-5°-00; in J 824, 46°-83; and in 1825, 47°-49. It is gene- 

 rally admitted that no parallel to the late summer can be found for 

 the last 63 years, for intense heat and dryness. In this instance, as 

 in the year 1763, the drought of the summer has been succeeded 

 by an unusually mild and open Autumn and Winter, so far as the 

 latter season has advanced. To the last day of the year, vegeta- 

 tion has maintained much of its verdant appearance, and cattle in 

 this part have been enabled to derive the greater part of their sus- 

 tenance from the fields. The dryness of the year is sufficiently 

 proved from the circumstance, that only 43-060 inches of rain have 

 fallen in that period, and within 16 miles of this town (Yealand) 

 but 29J- inches have fallen. In 1825, 59-973 inches of rain were 

 taken at Kendal, and in the three preceding years, of 1822, 1823, 

 and 1824, nearly 63 inches fell in each year. 



In this town, tiie winds from the S.W, may be said to prevail 

 during nine months in the year; but in 1826,'but five months show 

 this wind to have been the most prevalent. As it is from this quar- 

 ter that the greatest quantity of rain accompanies the currents of 

 the atmosphere, this circumstance appears to be an additional proof, 

 (if any were wanted,) that the greatest quantity of moisture is con- 

 veyed by this wind. In 1823 we had 198 rainy days ; in 1824, 187 ; 

 and in 1825, 169; but in 1826, we have had only 117 days in which 

 rain has flillen ; and had it not been for the remarkably wet month of 

 February, the number would have been nmch smaller. S. M. 



