3 14« Meteorological Summary for 1831 . — Hampshire. 



Position of the Winds. Days. 



From Nortli to North-east 28^ 



North-east to East S9^ 



East to South-east 21^ 



South-east to South 40^ 



South to South-west 34^ 



South-west to West 80^ 



West to North-west 60 



North-west to North 54| 



365 



Clouds, agreeably to Howard's Nomenclature, or the Number oJ'Days 

 on tvhich each Modification has appeared. 



Days. Days. 



Cirrus 216 I Cumulus 225 



Cirrocumulus. . 107 | Cumulostratus . . . 198 



Cirrostratus . . . 334 Nimbus 201 



Stratus 6 | 



General State of the Weather. Days, 



A transparent atmosphere without clouds 41 



Fair, with various modifications of clouds 164§ 



An overcast sky without rain 965 



Rain, hail, and snow 61^ 



365 



Atmospheric Phcenomena. No. 



Aurorae Boreales , 15 



Parhelia, or mock-suns on the sides of the true sun 4 



Solar halos 16 



Lunar halos 12 



Rainbows ,. 7 



Meteors 58 



Lightning, days on which it happened 23 



Thunder, ditto ditto 17 



Evaporation. Inches. 



Greatest monthly quantity in May 6-35 



Least monthly quantity in December O'SO 



Total amount for the year 33*70 



Rain. 



Greatest monthly depth in October 4'835 



Least monthly depth in June 1-555 



Total amount for the year, near the ground 32"936 



The instruments with which the observations were made are the 

 same as those used last year, 



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