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Mr. Howard's Meteorological Journal. 



[Feb. 1823. 



REMARKS. 



Twelfth Month. — 1. Rainy. 2. Fine day: rainy night. 3. Fine. 4. Rainy. 

 5. Fine day ; between eight and nine, p. m. rain commenced with a very brisk wind 

 from the SW, which increased during the night to a violent gale. 6. Very windy 

 morning: cloudy. 7. Foggy. 8. Fine. 9. Cloudy. 10. Very fine morning: fine 

 day. 11. Hoarfrost: very foggy day: cleared off at night. 12. Hoar frost: fine 

 day. 13. Fine. 14. Foggy. 15. Cloudy. 16. Raw cold: overcast. 17. Foggy. 

 18. Cloudy: atmosphere heavy. J 9. A strong bleak wind. 20. Bleak. 21. Fine 

 and clear. 22. Fine. 23, 24. Cloudy. 25. Cloudy and fine. 26. Fine: bright 

 moonlight night. 27. Fine: clear. 28. Hoar frost. 29, 30. Fine. 31. A little 

 snow in the afternoon. 



RESULTS. 



Winds: N, I ; NE, 13; E, 5 ; SE, 2; SW, 6 ; NW, 4. 



Barometer : Mean height 



For the month 30-208 inches. 



For the lunar period, eliding the 5th 29-743 



For 12 days, ending the 5th (moon north) 29-590 



For 15 days, ending the 20th (moon south) 30-373 



Thermometer: Mean height 



For the month 33-548° 



For the lunar period 37-724 



For 29 days, the sun in Sagittarius 3S- 17 2 



Evaporation 0-98 in. 



Rain 1-36 



Laboratory, Stratford, First Month, 22, 1823. 



R. HOWARD. 



