400 Mr. Howard's MeteorologicalJournal. [May, 1824. 



REMARKS. 



Third Month. — 1. Fine morning: afternoon cloudy: evening rainy. 2. Fine. 

 3. Stormy, with snow, sleet, and rain, at intervals ; and some hail. 4. Fine. 

 5. Showers. 6. Cloudy. 7. Rainy. 8. Morning rainy, with boisterous wind : 

 cloudy. 9. Fine. 10. Cloudy and showery. II. Rainy. 12. Stormy: showers of 

 hail, rain, and sleet, during the afternoon. 13. Hail showers: sleet: driving wind. 

 14. Cloudy: windy. 15. Cloudy. 16—20. Fine. 21. Rainy. 22. Rain and 

 sleet. 23. A considerable fall of snow this morning, in very large flakes: the day was 

 afterwards fine. 24. Overcast: bleak. 25. Fine: cold. 28. Fair: bleak. 

 27. Showers. 28. Showers of snow and hail, with occasional gleams of sunshine. 

 29. Fine. 30. Fine: bleak : snow and hail showers. 31. Fine : bleak : a little snow. 



RESULTS. 



Winds : N, 5 ; E, 1 ; S, 1 ; SW, 5 ; W, 4; NW, 9 ; NE, 5 ; Var. 1. 



Barometer : Mean height 



For the month 29-952 inches. 



For the lunar period, ending the 2 1 st . . . 29-945 



For 15 days, ending the 1st (moon south) 29-871 



For 1 3 days, ending the 1 4th (moon north) 29-765 



For 14 days, ending the 2Sth (moon south) 30-127 



Thermometer : Mean height 



For the month 40048° 



For the lunar period 40-133 



For 29 days, the sun in Pisces 39-844 



Evaporation 1-61 in. 



Rain 205 



Laboratory, Stratford, Fourth Month 23, 1824. R. HOWARD. 



