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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JAN, 1843. 
Chiswick—January 1, Clear and fine. 2, 3. Frosty: fine. 4. Rain: clear. 
5. Clear: rain and sleet. 6, Frosty: overcast. 7,8. Cloudy. 9. Clear and 
frosty. 10. Stormy and wet: very boisterous. 11. Clear and frosty : very fine. 
12. Hazy: clear: hurricane at night. 13. Stormy and wet: very boisterous : 
barometer at noon exceedingly low. 14, Clear and windy: densely overcast : 
snow atnight. 15. Cloudy: clear and frosty. 16. Cold and dry: fine. 17. Over- 
cast. 18. Hazy: dense fog. 19. Dense fog. 20—22, Hazy. 23. Very fine: 
overcast : stormy, with rain at night. 24, Overcast. 25. Very fine. 26, 27. 
Cloudy. 28. Cloudy: clear and fine. 29, Overcast. 30. Very fine. $1. Uni- 
formly overcast: stormy, with rain at night.—Mean temperature of the month 
3° above the average. The barometer on the 13th was lower than it has been 
observed in the neighbourhood of London since 1821. 
Boston.—Jan, 1—8, Fine. 4, Rain. 5. Cloudy: rain and snow early a.m. 
6. Fine. 7. Cloudy. 8, Cloudy: rain early a.m. 9. Fine. 10. Windy: rain 
early A.M.: stormy r.m., with snow, 11, Windy. 12. Cloudy:rainr.m. 13. 
Stormy: rain early a.m. (barometer 2 p.m. 27°80): rain p.m.: stormy night. 
14, Stormy: snow r.m., 15—18. Cloudy, 19. Foggy. 90—23. Cloudy. 24. 
Cloudy: rain early a.m, 25. Fine. 26. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 27. Cloudy. 
28, Windy. 29. Cloudy. 50. Cloudy: stormy r.m. 31. Fine. 
Sandwick Manse, Orkney.—Jan. 1. Hail-showers, 2. Snow. 3. Cloudy. 
4. Showers: large hail—broke windows. 5. Hail-showers. 6. Showers. 7. Hail- 
showers—broke windows: thunder and lightning. §. Snow-showers and kail. 
9. Snow-showers: rain. 10, Snow-showers. 11. Snowing at noon: clear at 
night. 12. Clear: frostandsnow. 13. Snow: thaw-showers. 14. Frost: thaw- 
showers. 15. Showers. 16. Showers: cloudy. 17. Drizzle. 18. Cloudy: 
drizzle. 19. Showers: clear. 20—22. Clear. 23. Clear: drops. 24. Cloudy. 
25. Cloudy: drizzle. 26. Clear: rain. 27. Rain: showers. 28. Drizzle: 
showers. 29—S1. Showers. 
Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire.—Jan. 1. Frost a.m.: shower: frost P.M. 
2. Frost a.m.: frostr.m. S. Showers. 4, Snowand rain. 5, Frost: high wind. 
6. Drizzling rain. 7. Rain and wind. 8. Snow: frost. 9. Snow: rain: wind. 
10. Snow: frost. 11. Frost: lunar halo. 12. Hard frost. 13—15. Frost: 
drifting snow. 16. Thaw a.m.: frostr.m. 17,18. Thaw: rain, 19. Thick 
fog and thaw. 20. Fair, but cloudy, 21. Fair a.m.: drizzly p.m. 22, Rain 
early a.m.: cleared, 23. Rain. 24. Fair, butmisty, 25. Rainr.m. 26. Wet 
A.M. 27. Wetr.m. 28. Storm of wind and rain, 29. Wet and stormy, 930, 
Heavy showers, 31. Rain, 
