474 Meteorological Journal. [Dec. 1814. 



REMARKS. 



Tenth Month. — 6. Misty morning : the trees dripping: tiie wind veered from 

 N. W. to S.W. with Cirrostratus, then Cumulostratus, and finally rain. 7. Clear, 

 a. m. : much dew, p. m. : a sudden shower, with hail. 8. Hoar frost: fiue day, 

 with Cumuloi rut us. 9. Hoar frost: Cumulus: fine day: the wind a strong 

 breeze: clear orange sky in the twilight. 10. Hoar frost: clear. The temp, of 

 last night was destructive to various tender garden plants, and brought down the 

 leaves from the mulberry trees. 11. a.m. Wind S. : the sky turbid, and streaked 

 from N. to S. 12. Overcast, with Cirrostratus : it appears to have rained in the 

 night. 13. a.m. large nimbiform Cirri, passing to Cirrocwnuli : the wind E,, very 

 gentle, the vane remaining at S. W. : a smart breeze from this quarter ensued, 

 14. The lighter modifications of cloud, with much wind, a. m. : driving showers, 

 p.m. 15. Fine, a.m.: then wind, and some showers. 16. Clear: windy. 

 17. The sky veiled with Cirrostratus. 18. Much wind : small rain at intervals : 

 then showers. 19. Windy: wet, a.m.: clear at noon: p.m. rain again, by 

 inosculation of the clouds: rainbow: wet, stormy evening. 20. a.m. rather 

 windy, with Cirrostratus and Cumulus : large Cirri and Cirrocumuli above the 

 wind : a few drops of rain. 21. Hoar frost: calm. 22. Overcast: wind, fol- 

 lowed bv rain in the night. 23. p. m. Nimbi to N. and S. : a rainbow in the 

 former. 24. A fine day: Cumulus, with Cumulostratus, and extensive beds of the 

 lighter clouds above, which appeared to descend, passing to the westward: the 

 evening was overcast, and there followed a tempestuous night : the wind was 

 mostly S. or S. E., changing in the morning to N. W. The barometer had been 

 lower than the minimum here noted. 25. Showers, a.m. : cloudy, p. m. : clear 

 night. 26. Hoarfrost: somewhat misty : a little rain followed. 27. A fine day, 

 after a cloudy morning: large distinct Cumulostrati, in an air nearly calm. 

 28. Misty morning: minimum temp, about seven: the drops of dew frozen: a 

 fine day. 29. a. in. Cirrostratus, overcast sky : p. m. showery, with wind. 

 30. The lighter modifications appeared till noon, in elevated lines stretching N. E. 

 and S.W., the wind being N.W. 



Eleventh Month. — 1. Cloudy: a steady breeze from N. E. and small rain. 

 2. The breeze continues. 3. The same : overcast mornings: fine day. 



RESULTS. 



Wind for the most part Westerly: but during the latter part of the period 



Easterly. 



Barometer: Greatest height 30*16 inches; 



Least .W .29 03 inches ; 



Mean of the period 29662 inches. 



Thermometer: Greatest height 67" 



Least 24° 



Mean of the period 46'43* 



Rain, 2 - 50 inches. Evaporation, 0'89 inch. 

 Tottenham, Eleventh Month, 11, 1814. Ik HOWARD. 



