74 Meteorological Report for the year 1828. 



Hence it appears, that the year 1 828 has been distinguish- 

 ed for a large proportion of serene weather, the fair days, in- 

 cluding all in which the clear sky was seen, having amount- 

 ed to about three fourths of the whole. 



V. Rain, &c. 



January and February,2.74 inches. Winter months, 3.94 



March, 



April, 2.30 J> do. Spring do. 11.41 



May, 



June, 



July, II.IOV do. Summer do. 15.30 



August, 



September, 



October, 1.40 [> do. Fall do. 17.20 



November, 



December, 



Amount, 47.85 



The average fall of rain at this place for a great number of 

 years, has been 44 inches. During the year 1827 the a- 

 mount was, however, 51.38 inches, and for the present year 

 it appears that the amount is greater than the mean by 

 nearly 4 inches. By inspecting the foregoing table, it also 

 appears that the greater part of this, namely 32^ inches 

 fell during the summer and fall months, while the winter 

 months were comparatively dry. 



VI. Review of the individual months. 



The first part of the year 1828 was distinguished through- 

 out most parts of our country, for uncommon mildness. Ac- 

 cording to the Philadelphia National Gazette, the first week 

 in January, passed in that city without frost ; and accounts 

 from the States farther south represented the months of 

 December, and January, as having been very remarkable 

 for warm weather. Green peas were gathered in January, 

 as far north as Nevi'burn in North-Carolina ; and at Charles- 

 ton, in South-Carolina, watermelons and strawberries ri- 

 pened in January, and the fruit trees were in full bloom. 

 A writer from St. Francisville Lou. on the 8th of Janua- 

 ry represented himself as suflfering much inconvenience from 



