160 Meteorological Journal. [Feb. 1815. 



REMA RKS. 



TKtlfth Month. — 4, 5, 6. Slight hoar frosts iu the ponds: wiudy at intervals. 

 7. Occasional small rain. 8. The max. temp, of the last 24 hours this morning, 

 ■with a hollow S. W. wind. An unsteady rain followed, of many hours' con- 

 tinuance, with much wind at S. 9. Windy: the barometer nppears to have stood 

 tlirough the night at the min. noted. 10. Hoar frost : Cirrostratiis : overcast, a. m. : 

 after one, the day wet and stormy : much wind in the night. 11. Cloudy: rain 

 before nine, and at intervals through the day. Though it was very cloudy, the 

 bees came out in great numbers, as observed about the same time last year, 



12. Temp, this morning 51°, with low driving clouds, and a gale at S. W. 



13. Early this morning the wind was violent; il moderated about three p.m.; 

 and the clouds, after a squall, assumed the Cumulostralus. Much water out in the 

 marshes. 14. Red sun-rise: CtVn over the slty, with their extremities drawn out 

 westward: p. m. it blew hard again from S. VV. followed by rain at night. 

 15. a. m. Much wind and cloud. The millers, who have remarked that for two 

 years past our atmosphere has been calmer than usual, will now probably com- 

 plain of an excess of -wind. The Cumulostralus appeared after three p. m, and 

 the evening and night were calm. 16. Early this morning the wind rose again, 

 and blew with great violence, with rain at intervals, till about diree p. m., when 

 the same change ensued as yesterday. 17. Overcast: windy: some rain p.m.: 

 a gale througli the night. 18. Tlie tempestuous weather continues. 19. A 

 shower about eight a. m., and again in the evening, after which light clouds were 

 observed to pass the moon's disk witii less and less velocity. 20. Hoarfrost: a 

 fine and nearly calm day : swarms of gnats in the air, and gossa/ner floating. The 

 dew froze on the grass by half past four p. m. : there was a corona round the 

 moon, and a. Stratus, at night. 21. Hoar frost. 22. Dry air: steady breeze: 

 Cirrus., passing to Cirrostratus. A lunar halo of large diameter. 23, 24. Cloudy : 

 steady breeze. 25. Some snow iu the night, followed by a little more in the 

 day. 26. a. m. Snow more plentiful: a thaw. 27. Rain: sleet and snow: 

 rain again. 28. The max. temp, early this morning : much raiu. 29. Overcast 

 sky. 30. Misty. 31. Hoar frost: large Cirrus clouds: a few drops of rain : 

 p. m. Nimbus. 



First Month, 1815. — !. Hoar frost: a rcse-coloured sky, with Cirrostratus at 

 sun-«et, 



RESULTS. 



Winds in the fore part Westerly and violent : in the latter, Easterly and mode- 

 rate : but in both attendant with rain : but one clear day in the period. 



Barometer: Greatest height 30'43 inches ; 



Least 28 94 inches ; 



Mean of the period 29'665 inches. 



Thermometer : Greatest height 56"* 



Least gj" 



Mean of the period 40-l.>» 



Evaporation, 0-68 inch. Rain, 335 inchj. 



ToTTENnAM, Fini Month, 25, 1815. L. HOWAR.B. 



