408 Meteorological Journal. [May, 1816. 
REMARKS, 
Third Month.—2\1. Breeze: sunshine. 22. The same. 23, About sun-set, a 
body of shallow Cumulostratus, with an abrupt boundary forward, advanced from 
the E. 24. Cloudy: breeze. 25. The same. 26, The same. 27, The same. 
98. Breeze stronger, unsteady : Cumulus. 29. Breeze: Cumulus passing to Cumu- 
lostratus, which cleared off at night, leaving a little Cirrus above. 30. a.m. Close 
Cumulostratus, resembling drapery, as frequent in cold spring weather ; p.m. mere 
open sky. 31, a.m. Large Cumuli: wind S. FE. gentle: the temp. was 45° at 
ten, a.m.: the roads are now dusty to an extreme: Cirrus :passing to Cirrostratus 
at-evening. . 7 
Fourth Month.—1. Hoar frost: sunshine: Cirri, with haze above. 2. Cirro- 
stratus, with Cirrus: breeze much stronger. 3. Windy: hoar frost: Cirrus. 
A. Hoar frost: sunshine: Cirrus, with Cumulus: drains emit an offensive gas. 
(This is a very common circumstance after long settled weather, before a change, 
and depends unquestionably in great measure on a renewed electrical action on 
the general surface.) 5. White frost; misty from the N.: the wind N. E.; sun- 
shine: at night a lunar halo of the largest diameter: Cirrostratus. 6.°a.m. The 
higher atmosphere filling: Cirrus, Cirroeumus, &c.: wind N.: a smart breeze: 
then S. W.: wind and rain in the night. 7. a.m. Dripping:.sleet: cloudy : 
windy: Cumulostrati, succeeded by numerous Nembi, letting fall showers of large 
opake hail, followed by rain: three distinct peals of thunder, p.m.: one N., 
another S., and athird near at hand, with lightning. 8. Cloudy: windy. 9. Windy 
at N., and more so inthe night, seemingly from the westward: rain, 10. Cumu- 
lostratus: some dripping: rain by night. 11. a. m. Obscurity early, with Cérro- 
stratus beneath to S.; rain and wind chiefly from the N, E.: p.m. moderate 
weather. 12. Sky as yesterday, but the Cirrostratus to N. E.: rain at mid-day. 
In the night ‘a gale from N.W., with snow for two hours. 13, a,m.-The high 
ground to the W, and N. W. is white with snow: with us none remains. 14. White 
frost (eight, a.m.), yet cloudy overhead, and a group far to the N., in which were 
Nimbi: in an hour's time this group reached us, and we had shewers of heavy 
granular snow by intervals. 15. Clear morning: dew: fair, though with Nimdz 
in sight: very high tides, and much water out in the marshes. 16. A moderate 
gale at S, and S.W.: some rain by night. 17, a.m, Cloudy; calm; mild. 
18. Cumulus, Cirrus: sunshine, with cool breeze. 
RESULTS. 
c Winds for the most part Easterly, non-electric, keen, and-drying. 
Barometer: Greatest height.............+++--- 30°27 inches, 
Beast. nt wiah onan tots soeada oboseees 20.00 
Beast 5.25 01. cobs os cote ema eaeesehel 24 
Mean of the period.............-.. 39°66 
Mean of De Luc’s Hygrometer at 9 a.m,........ 60° 
Bain, oode.ns cic smnes bees cassis -s-. 1°56 inch. 
The mean temperature of this period is full 8° lower than that of the corres- 
ponding portion of 1815. It has accordingly presented a striking contrast to the 
jatter in its effects on the vegetable kingdom; not a single day having occurred in 
it of that which cultivatorsemphatically denominate ‘* growing weather,” when a. 
moist air co-operates with a rising temperature (perhaps also with an abundant 
electricity) to stimulate vegetable life, and make way for the unfolding of its 
products. J 
‘TorrenuAm, Fourth Month, 22, 1816. L, HOWARD.» 
