74 Meteorological Report for the year 1828. 
Hence it appears, that the year 1828 has been distinguish- 
ed for a large proportion of serene weather, the fair days, in- 
cluding all in which the clear sky was seen, having amount- 
ed to about three fourths of the whole. 
V. Rain, &c. 
January and February,2.74 inches. Winter months, 3.94 
March, 3.10 
April, 2.30¢ do. Spring do. 11.41 
ay, 6.01 
June, 3.70 
July, -. 11.10¢ do. Summerdo. 15.30 
August, 0.50 
_ September, 8.90 
October, 1.40> do Fall do, - 17.20 
November, 6.90 
ember, 1.20 
Amount, 47.85. eS 
The average fall of rain at this place for a great number of 
years, has been 44 inches. ring the year 1827 the a- 
VI. Review oF THE INDIVIDUAL MONTHS. 
The first part of the year 1828 was distinguished through 
out most parts of our country, for mildness. Ac- 
cording to the Philadelphia National Gazette, the first week 
in January, pa in that city without frost ; and accounts 
from the States farther south represented the months of 
December, and January, as having been very remarkable 
for warm weather. Green peas were gathered in January, 
as far north as Newburn in North-Carolina; and at Charles- 
ton, in South-Carolina, watermelons and _ strawberries ri- 
pened in January, and the fruit trees were in full bloom. 
A writer from St. Francisville Lou. on the 8th of Janua- 
ry represented himself as suffering much inconvenience from 
