1817.] Meteorological Register for Gosport. 185 
) ANNUAL RESULTS. 
Barometer. 
* Inches. Wind. 
Highest observation, Nov. 30........-+-- 3016". ON ON. E- 
Lowest ditto, Feb. 7 ......-++- dashite 2888/7. .¢e1 eB: 
Greatest variation in 24 hours, Dec, 19 .. 0°86 
Annual mean barometrical pressure ...... 29°837 
Thermometer. 
Wind, 
Highest observation, June 25.....-....-- 718%. ... Wi by: N- 
Lowest ditto, Feb. 9 ......-..-. 0-2-4: Bi dad cv Na Eh 
Greatest variation in 24 hours, June 12 .. 26 
Annual mean temperature ........0.-+-- 47°35 
Winds. 
Days 
Niu 0. Bis cee dee ce ceiceies daidatais cicinec's'e 64 
Metin Sete clcais osinelaninigcinjarive.sauvasiatas val 
SFO, Was in conse ke «Bere sith o miane waa ss 99 
WV, fo UNG .cpee spc sictpm’v vse ae'n's ainie she 132 
366 
Weather. 
Days. 
A clear sky ....0-cee- ce cecccerccccees 53 
Fine, cloudy, foggy, &C.....+--eeeeees 180 
Rain, hail, snow, &c. ...-e-+ eee eres 133 
F 366 
Evaporation. 
Inches. 
Greatest quantity, in July .......... 4°58 
Smallest ditto, in December........-- OAT 
Total quantity for the year ........ .. 22158 
Rain. 
Inches. 
Greatest quantity, in July .....----- 513 
Smallest ditto, in June .......-...--- 1:26 
Total quantity for the year ...-.-.-.- 32°55 
Explanation of the Table. 
The barometer is hung in the Observatory, about 30 feet above 
the level of the sea: and the thermometer, on Six’s construction, 
is placed in a northern aspect, out of the sun’s rays, 12 feet above 
the garden ground, The pluviameter stands clear of all obstruc- 
tions on the top of the Observatory, which, is about 22 feet above 
the garden ground. ‘The chasm in January, February, and March, 
of the mean of the thermometer at eight, two, and eight o’clock 
in the day, is owing to the observations not having been taken regu- 
larly during that period : but this does not affect the annual mean 
temperature. For brevity’s sake, the four cardinal-points only are 
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