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Mr. Howard's Meteorological Journal. [July, 1824. 



REMARKS. 



Fifth Month.— \. Tine. 2, 3. Rainy. 4, 5. Showery. 6—8. Fine. 9. Fine: 

 a solar halo, coloured, a little before sunset. 10. Fine: a lunar halo of the largest 

 diameter. 11. Overcast: cold wind : a lunar halo at night, with a bright spot on each 

 side, at the same height as the moon. 12. Showers. 13. Rainy. 14. Rainy. 

 15. Rain, without ceasing, all day. 16. Cloudy. In consequence of the heavy rain* 

 of the last four days, amounting on the whole to 2-91 inches, a flood was naturally ex- 

 pected thii morning ; and towards evening the waters rose suddenly in the sea, and 

 passing over all the banks of the level, soon filled the marshes, and in the course of the 

 night rose to an unprecedented height, being 2$ inches higher than in the flood of 1809. 

 The houses in the marshes south of the road were filled nearly to the chamber floors, and 

 some of the inmates removed with great difficulty: the flood remained stationary for 

 nearly 24 hours. On the 17 th in the afternoon, it began very gradually to subside, and 

 on the 18th, in the morning, was much abated ; the marshes still presenting the appear- 

 ance of a bed, the tops of the treeg appearing in places only. 1 7 — 1 9. Cloudy and fine. 

 20—23. Fine. 24. Morning showery. 25 — 29. Fine. 30. Fine : a slight shower 

 in the morning. 31. Cloudy and fine. 



RESULTS. 



Winds : N, 6 • NE, 8 ; E, 3 ; SE, 1 ; SW, 5 ; NW, 8. 

 Barometer : Mean height 



For the month 30-070 inches. 



For the lunar period, ending the 20th 29-976 



For 14 days, ending the Sth (moon north) 29*972 



For 14 days, ending the 22d (moon south) 2997 8 



Thermometer: Mean height 



For the month 51-064° 



For the lunar period 51 -666 



For31days, the sun in Taurus 51*693 



Evaporation 2-60 in. 



Rain 3-79 



Laboratory, Stratford, Sixth Month, 24, 1824. 



R. HOWARD. 



