240 Mr. Howard's MeteorohgicalJournal. [March, 1820. 



REMARKS. 



First Month. 1. Hoar frost: cloudy. 2. Much rim on Ihe trees: rainbow: 



thfiw : rainy. 3. Fair: Cirrocumulus : some snow liiis morning. 4. Hoarfrost: 

 foo-gy. 5. Very dense fog, mixed wilh the smoke of the city, a.m.: much rime 

 on^the trees, and hoar frost permanent. 6. Hoar frost and fog, a. m. : misty even- 

 ing: slight tliaw^ 7. Clear and very cold: a little snow about II, p.m. 8. Fine 

 cle.ir morninj^: barometer, 30-62 in. at nine, a.m.: some snow in tlie evening, 

 9. Barometer^ aO-8I in. at nine, a.m.: some snow in the forenoon at temp. 26°. 

 11. Snow last night and this morning to about an inch depth. 12, 13. Snowy. 

 At Tottenham the snow was observed to fall in very regular stellar crystals, and 

 the feathered tribes appeared to suffer greatly from cold and hunger. 14. A bril- 

 liant aurora borealis between 1 1 and 12, p. m. from N VV to N. 15. The lempera- 

 ture at sun-ri-e was, by the thermometer at Tottenham, about half a degree below 

 fitro. The (hermometerat the laboratory, and another at Bromley, within a short 

 distance indicated zero as the minimum. The observation at 2" relates to the tern, 

 neraiure'at nine, a. m. : at 10, it was 3»; at 1 1, 5° ; at 12, 1° ; at half-past two, 

 p.m. 18° ; at six, 21°; at half-past seven, 25°. During this time the barometer 

 fell two-tenths of an inch: the sky was overcast. 10. Very fine day. Tempera- 

 ture at nine, a. m. 19° ; at 11, 26°; at two, p.m. 24°; atfive, 21°; at nine, 25°. 

 n. Foggy morning: gentle thaw, followed by frost at night. 18. Snow from half- 

 past fo'ur, a. m. to the depth of about two inches: thaw began about 10, a.m. : 

 night rainy and boisterous. 19. Snow nearly gone this morning: the river full of 

 floating ice of great thickness. 20. Froze again about four, a. m. The river mucb 

 swollen, and an immense quantity of drift ice: about six, p.m. began a heavy fall 

 of snow, carried by a wind from E and SE: about four inches in depth fell. 

 21. A gentle thaw: wind gone down: snowy, p. m. and sharp frost at night: the 

 riverstill blocked up with ice: snow, p. m. followed by frost. 22. The barometer 

 has risen 094 in. in the last 24 hours: very fine morning. 23. Hoarfrost: lunar 

 halo and corona at night. 25. Very stormy night. 26. A complete overflowing 

 of the river: the marshes form one continuous sheet of water. 27. Fine morning i 

 net evening. 28 — 30. Cloudy. 31. Cirrocumulus. 



RESULTS. 

 Winds: N, 1; NE.S} E,3; SE, 1 ; SW, 11; W, 1 ; NW,7; Var. 2. 



Barometer: Mean height 



For the month 29993 inche*. 



For the lunar period, ending the 7th 29-810 



For 14 days, ending the 6th (moon north) 29-740 



For 13 d.ays, ending the 19th (moon south), 30*066 



Thermometer: Mean height 



For the month. SO-SQo 



For the lunar period, ending as above 31-94 



For 30 days, the sun in Aquarius 2G-91 



Hj'grometer : Mean for the month 86 



Evaporation 071 Inch. 



Rain 1-83 



Laboratory, Stratford^ Second Month, 2\ , 1820. L. HOWARD, 



