180 Calendar of Nature. 
January. The month was colder than in 1827 or 1828, and the quantity 
of rain and melted snow considerably less than in January, 1827, and not 
a fourth part of that in 1828. The mean of the barometer lower than for 
the last 7 years. Snow fell on six different days, the whole quantity 
about 1°75 in. in depth. A beautiful lunar halo observed on the 17th, about 
11 P.M. The evaporation 0°08125 of an inch, 
February. The temperature of the month was below those of the last 
2 years, according to the mean, but the extreme of cold was not so great 
as in 1827 , though 10°25° below yet of last year. The barometer higher than 
since February, 1825. The quantity of rain nearly the same as in the cor- 
responding month. last year. The weather generally dull and bleak, with 
the wind mostly from the northward and eastward. The evaporation 
0:00625 of an inch. 
March. Wess rain fell (only on five days) than even in March last year, 
which was distinguished by extreme dryness. . The mean temperature 
lower than since 1823, and the extreme cold greater than any, observed by 
the journalist, in the same month, during the last 12 years. The barometer 
below the mean of last year, though above that of 1827, Very few bril- 
liant days occurred, and the weather was generally dull, cold, and bleak. 
A lunar halo, with misty area, seen on the night of the 16th. The evapo- 
ration 0°2 of an inch. 
April, The month commenced with snow ; about 1:5 in. fell on the night 
of the Ist, and the whole month was extremely cold; the mean tempe- 
rature being below any one in April since 1823, and more than 3° lower 
than the average of the last 12 years. Rain, with the snow on the Ist, 
fell on 24 different days, the whole quantity remarkably ereat, exceeding 
that of last year by nearly an inch. The mean of the faroncer lower 
than for many years, although the range was not very great. Very heavy 
gales of wind ‘at the latter end of the month, particularly on the 28th, 
which were similar to those frequently experienced at the equinoxes. 
Thunder heard on the 10th about 2 P.M. The evaporation 0°08125 of an 
inch. 
May. During the whole month the barometer wes remarkably high, 
and the mean much above any one in the last 13 years. The quantity of 
rain less than in 1818. Nearly 15in. more fell in May, 1828. The weather 
generally fine, yet the mean temperature did not reach either of those of 
the last 2 years. An indistinct lunar halo’ seen on the 10th, about 
10 P.M. A heavy gale of wind from the northward on the night of the 
25th. The evaporation 0°60625 of an inch. 
June. In the early part of the month there was much threatening wea- 
ther, yet but little rain fell until the latter end, when there were frequent 
heavy showers, upwards of lin. fell on the 27th, and nearly as much on 
the following day ; the whole quantity more than since 1824. The tem- 
perature much below June last year, the range of the thermometer 40°, and 
the minimum only 2°5° above the freezing pot. The mean and extremes 
of the barometer rather above those of June last year, and the average of 
the month. On the 25th a slight thunder storm, with some little lightning 
between 2 and 3 P.M. An indistinct lunar halo, with misty area, observed 
on the night of the 9th. The evaporation 0-45 of an inch. 
July. ‘More rain fell in the month than in any July since 1823, the 
weather of which month, in that year, it very much resembled; the mean 
temperature was very nearly the same; the maximuwn of heat lower than 
usual, and the minimum about the average. The barometer higher than 
last year, although lower than ordinarily in July, and nearly approximating 
to the mean of 1823. Thunder era on the 2d, 8th, 18th, and 24th. 
Slight storms were experienced on the two last of these days, and the 
lightning on the 24th (about 12 P.M.) was very general, but not extremely 
vivid, and for some little time the rain fell with extraor dinar y rapidity, On 
