Meteorological Obfervations for the Year 1782. 35x 
The weather, in general, mild. Predominant winds from 
S. W. to N. Small quantity of fnow with rain fell on the 
11th. The ground moftly bare by the middle of the month. ` 
The latter part of the month windy. Six rainy days, in which 
a large quantity of rain fell ; but no fevere ftorm. Grain ap- 
pears to have been very little injured by the winter. 
Greateft deg. of heat on the 14th, at 1, P. »1.---barom. 30, 
02---wind S. W. ---funfhineand clouds. Greateít deg. of cold 
on the 4th, at 7, A. M.---barom. at 30, 58---wind N, W.--- 
fair. Barom. higheft on the 8th, at 2, ». m.---therm. at 38° 
---wind N. E. ---cloudy : loweft on the 27th, at 9, P. M.--- 
therm. at 42^ ---wind high at S. W.---cloudy.. 
A faint Aurora Borealis. on the 9th at night---wind ye. 
preceding day fair---on the following, rain and fnow. On the 
14th, a bright parhelion, fouth of the fun, at7, a.m. In 
the morning of the 18th, very {evere thunder---two houfes, a 
barn and many trees ftruck with the lightning in this town. - 
Difeafes in [p/wich ; cholera morbus, pulmonary confump- 
tions, rheumatifms, colds, coughs, ophthalmias, fcrophulas : 
In Salem ; ophthalmias, {crophula s, bad coughs : In Beverly ;. 
remitting fevers.. 7 ae 
APRIL. 
See Barom: 
Noon. P.M. A.M; '" Nom. |^ PM: 
Highett, ehe 68 62] 30,53 30548 30,50 
Loweft, <39°° 43 41 | 29365 29,67 29,66 
Mean flats 44°52: 49°] 29398 30591 30,05 
The firt part of the month, warm and pleafant. Vege- 
tation advanced with great rapidity. The wind frequently 
between E. and S. and between S; and W. ---though it pre- 
vailed moftly - "between W. and N. But from the 16th to the 
end, 
