310 SUMMARY OF THE WEATHER. 



end of September, dry warm weather. To the end of the year wet, 

 with considerable intervals of sunshine. " 



1779. Frost and showers to the end of January. To 21st April, 

 warm dry weather. To 8th May, rainy. To the 7th June, dry and 

 warm. To the 6th July, hot weather, with frequent rain. To the 18th 

 July, dry hot weather. To August 8, hot weather, with frequent rains. 

 To the end of August, fine dry harvest weather. To the end of 

 November, fine autumnal weather, with intervals of rain. To the end 

 of the year, rain with frost and sno\r. 



1780. To the end of January, frost. To the end of February, dark, 

 harsh weather, with frequent intervals of frost. To the end of March, 

 warm showery spring weather. To the end of April, dark harsh 

 weather, with rain and frost. To the end of the first fortnight in May, 

 mild, with rain. To the end of August, rain and fair weather in pretty 

 equal proportions. To the end of October, fine autumnal weather, with 

 intervals of rain. To the 24th November, frost. To December 16, 

 mild dry foggy weather. To the end of the year frost and snow. 



1781. To January 25, frost and snow. To the end of February, 

 harsh and windy, with rain and snow. To April 5, cold, drying 

 winds. To the end of May, mild spring weather, with a few light 

 showers. June began with heavy rain, but thence to the end of 

 October, dry weather, with a few flying showers. To the end of the 

 year, open weather with frequent rains. 



1782. To February 4, open mild weather. To February 22, hard 

 frost. To the end of March, cold blowing weather, with frost and 

 snow and rain. To May 7, cold dark rains. To the end of May, mild, 

 with incessant rains. To the end of June, warm and dry. To the end 

 of August warm, with almost perpetual rains. The first fortnight in 

 September mild and dry; thence to the end of the month, rain. To the 

 end of October, mild with frequent showers. November began with 

 hard frost, and continued throughout with alternate frost and thaw. 

 The first part of December frosty : the latter part mild. 



1783. To January 16, rainy with heavy winds. To the 24th, hard 

 frost. To the end of the first fortnight in February, blowing, with 

 much rain. To the end of February, stormy dripping weather. To 

 the 9th of May, cold harsh winds, (thick ice on 5th of May). To the 

 end of August, hot weather, with frequent showers. To the 23rd 

 September, mild, with heavy driving rains. To November 12, dry mild 

 weather. To the 18th December, grey soft weather, with a few 

 showers. To the end of the year, hard frost. 



1784. To February 19, hard frost, with two thaws; one the 14th 

 January, the other 5th February. To February 28, mild wet fogs. To 

 the 3rd March, frost with ice. To March 1 0, sleet and snow. To April 

 2, snow and hard frost. To April 27, mild weather, with much rain. 

 To May 12, cold drying winds. To May 20 hot cloudless weather. To 

 June 27, warm with frequent showers. To July 18, hot and dry. To 

 the end of August, warm with heavy rains. To November 6, clear 

 mild autumnal weather, except a few days of rain at the latter end of 

 September. To the end of the year, fog, rain, and hard frost (on 

 December 10, the thermometer 1 degree below 0). 



