ENGLAND. 



At Urn- 



th* eastern points, the weather i* perfectly dry till it 

 reaches about the south-east. These observations ap- 

 ply, with different degree* of accuracy, tn the climate 

 nly in the immediate vicinity ot' the metropolis, 

 but also to most of the counties in the south and south- 

 east of England. 



At l.i\erp.">l, Mr Hutchinson made very minute 

 and careful ob- not only on the direction, hut 



also on the elcK-tt\ of the w iiuU jirevalent in that part 

 of th< - id. II- mode of ascertaining the rcl:iti\c 

 velocity, though nut, perhaps, perfectly satisfactory, i* 

 yet sufficie-.tlv M. for our purpose. '1 'he following is 

 the result of hi< Inlxmrs. containing the annual ine.-in, 

 dedti. cars observations : The north wind 



h!e 1:1 d.i\-; its mean volocity is expressed by 8: 

 the north-east wind blew L.';I day- ; its nie;in velocity is 

 also expres-ed by S: the easterly wind prevailed 18 

 days, with a velocity expressed by 9: the south-east 

 wind blew 115 days, with n velocity equal to 8: the 

 south wind blew 9 d.iys, with a velocity expressed by 

 7 : the south-west blew .54 days, with the velocity of 

 \-> : the west blew +J) days, with the greatest velocity 

 of all the winds. be -ed by 13 : and the north- 



west wind blew 58 days, with a velocity equal to 10. 

 If we take the north and east winds in opposition to 

 the south and west, they will stand as follows: 



Mean 

 D >' fc Velocity. 



North 13 8 



North-cast 29 8 



18 9 



South-east 115 8 



At Dover, 



confirm the remark of Drs Darwin and Garnett, that *t 

 the great prevalence of s..ntli-c,'i>tcrlv winds at l.ncr- v 

 ]Hxt\ i.s owing to some local i . ! n~ will be still 



further confirmed and illustrated by the following re- 

 sult of Dr Campbell's observations at Lancaster ; where, \ t 

 upon an average of seven year.-, the w iniU were observed tcr. 

 to blow in the following directions : North, HO days ; 

 north-east, ()7 days ; north-west, '2(> days ; south, 51 

 days; south-east '.i,~>, sotith-v. t 17, west 47. 



Taking the north and east winds in opposition to the 

 south and west, they stand as follow^ ; 



South 51 



South-west 



North-west 



West 47 



Total of the 

 winds . 



N.E.? 



173 



Mean velocity of 

 N. E. winds 



South 9 7 



South-west 5t 12 



\Vest 49 13 



North-west 58 10 



Total of the S 

 winds 



Mean velocity c 

 S. W. winds 



From these results it appears, tliat at Liverpool the 

 wind blows more frequently from the south-east than 

 from any other point ; and this circumstance, at first 

 sight, may be deemed to contradict the general obser- 

 vations which we affirmed on the most prevalent winds 

 in England ; but Dr Darwin, as well as Dr Garnett, 

 very satisfactorily ascribe this remarkable deviation at 

 Liverpool to some atmospheric eddy, produced by the 

 situation of the place. 



Upon an average of three years, it was ascertained, 

 that the winds at Dover have blown as follows : North, 

 27 days; north-cast, 118; east, 18; south-cast, 37; 

 south, 8 ; south-west, 195; west, 35 ; north-west, 91. 

 If we take the north and east in opposition to the 

 south and west, they will stand as follows : 



Days. 



North 27 



Korth-east 118 



East 18 



South-east 37 



Total of the north- 

 easterly winds 



200 



Days. 



South 8 



South-west 195 



West 35 



North-west 91 



329 



Total of the south- 

 westerly winds 



The results of these observations, made at Dover, will 



North 30 



North-east <>? 



South-east 



East 17 



1*9 



216 



Time*. 



At Sidraouth, in Devonshire, the result of 406 obser- 

 vations on the winds was as follows: mouth. 



Wind. Times. 



North 5t 



North-east 40 



East 13 



South-east . ... 58 



WimL 



South .... 

 South-west .... 



\\Yst 



North-west 66 



165 241 



At Derby, from 366 observations, it appeared that 

 the north and north-east winds blew S5 times, tl 

 and south-east 56, the south and south-west 119, and 

 the west and north-west 106'. 



The observations which have been made on the di- 

 rection and velocity of the winds in this island, are, 

 however, too few have been continued for too short a 

 time and not made in a sufficient variety of places, to 

 justify any very particular conclusion on the subject. 

 From these causes, it happens, that the statements and 

 opinions of meteorologists, on this branch of the meteo- 

 rology of England, differ so much. According to a 

 meteorological register kept by Major Rooke for sixteen 

 years, from 1785 to 1800 inclusive, the most frequent 

 winds in England blow from the .south-west and north- 

 west ; and, during the last eight years of this period, 

 the south-west winds were observed to be more preva- 

 lent, and those from other quarters to be less so ; while 

 the average number of days in which the north-east 

 wind prevailed, appears to have been much the same 

 during both periods. This statement, as far as it re- 

 gards the prevalence of the north-west winds, is cer- 

 tainly at variance with the observations of all other me- 

 teorolo:"s(s : since the wind from this quarter more sel- 

 dom occurs in all parts of England than that from any 

 other quarter, with the exception of the south and the 

 east in some parts of the island. 



The meteorology of any country must be considera- 

 bly illustrated by the state of the l>arometer in it at 

 different periods of the year ; we shall therefore give 

 the results of observations on this instrument in diffe- 

 rent parts of England. 



I'rom the observations of Mr Hutchinson at Liver- 

 pool for twenty-five years, it was ascertained, that the 

 mean height of the barometer was if).74 inches ; the 

 greatest height during that period .S().!I5, the least 28.6 ; 

 the greatest range 2.89, *M the annual average range 

 1 .<)(>'. The mean height in each month was as follows : 

 January 29-71, February 29.58, March 29-80, April 

 29.78, May 29.80, June 29-82, July 29.82, Augu-t 



At 



State of th 

 barometer. 



At Liver- 

 pool, 



