Meteorological Journal. {19 
Arr.° XIV.—Meteorological Journal, kept at Westfield, 
Massachusetts, from November 1, 1824, to November 1, 
by E. Davis. 
A. B. C. D. | E. | F. 
1825. |1824 & 5|1825 & 6.1824 & 5.1825 & 6. 
Oct. | 51,9 | 50,6 | 70,0 | 66,0 | 37,6 | 39,0 
A and B, average monthly temperature. C and D, ave- 
rage temperature of the warmest day in each month. E and 
F, average temperature of the coldest day in each month, 
Remarks. 
1. Records of temperature are made in my Journal at sun- 
_ vise, at sun-setting, and at 2and 9, P. M. The 
meter is Farenheit’s, and hangs in the shade, north of the ~ 
house. s 
2. July is the warmest month, and January the coldest. 
3. The annual temperature averages about 50°, as ap- 
pears from my Journal, and from a Journal kept the latter 
part of the last century by the late Rev. Noah Atwater. 
4. The mercury rises highest in June, and sinks lowest in 
February. Pe 
5. The extreme ranges of the thermometer in 1825, were 
—4° and 95°+, in 1826,—17 and 91°+. 
6. Unusually warm days at all seasons of the year, and 
rainy days, especially during the winter months, are followed 
by strong westerly winds. ‘This town is bounded west by 
mountains. : 
