328 Meteorological Journal. [Aprit, 1816. 
REMARKS. 
Second Month.—20. Light clouds. 21. Several birds sing: 
Cirrostratus beneath large Cirrus. 22. Cloudy: drizzling: fair: 
windy. 23. White frost, which speedily went off: there appears 
to have been a dripping mist in the night: Cirrocumulus: fair. 
24. Cirrus: Cirrostratus: cloudy: hollow wind. 25. A gale 
from S.W., with showers: changed to N.W. inthe night. 27. A 
snow shower early, which was followed by sleet and rain: much 
wind in the night. 28. a. m. Light Cirrostratus : windy : Cumulus 
and Cumulosiratus succeeded. 29. Slight hoar frost: fair, with 
light clouds: hygr. went to 42°. 
Third Month,—2, 3. Rain at intervals. 4. a.m. Cirri, consisting 
of streamers rising from a horizontal base, with Cirrostratus below : 
heavy clouds: wind: p. m. Hail, sleet, rain: lastly, upon the wind 
getting somewhat northerly, a heavy short storm of snow. 
5. a.m. Clear: the ground crusted with yesterday’s snow. 
6. a.m. Various modifications of cloud: p. m. heavy showers. 
7. Cloudy: some rain, a.m.: Nimli.. 8. Rainy. 9. Snow storm: 
much evaporation : fair night. 10. Fair. 11. Stormy: very wet, 
p-m. 12. Temp. 50° at nine, a.m,: wind and rain. 13. Much 
wind: rain at intervals: Nimli. 14. Wet morning: the wind 
S.E.: stormy day and night. 15. Much wind: rain, p.m. : calm 
at night. 16. Hoar frost: fair: calm: hygr. went to 45°; and 
although it was overcast through the day, with the usual indications 
of rain in the sky, yet none fell. 17. Cirrus, with other light 
clouds, a.m.: wet, p.m, 18, Wet morning: hollow southerly 
wind, which changed to N. W., with Nimlz, at night, and blew 
strong. 19, A raw blustering day, with much evaporation evident. 
RESULTS. 
Prevailing Winds Westerly. 
_ Barometer: Greatest height........ 30°19 inches 
Deasthei. ois dedi aeteh oe 2380 
Mean of the period .... 29°606 
Thermometer: Greatest height........ 53° 
OEE Se Rr eh ee 22 
Mean of the period .... 39°46 
Mean of De Luc’s hygrometer, 72°. Rain, 2°49 inches. 
Character of the period: cloudy, wet, and windy: vegetation 
has made but little progress. 
ToTTrENHAM, L. HOWARD. 
Third Month, 21, 1816. 
