146 POOLE — ON METEOROLOGY. 



2 a. m. until 5 a. m., with lightning and thunder from 2 to 3 a. m., 

 then snow from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m., with wind from N. N. W., 

 and the gauge registered 44 miles per hour from 8 a. m. to 2 p. m., 

 and 66 miles per hour from 2 till 6 p. m. Half an inch of snow 

 fell, being the last of the season. 



In June the wind averaged 12.18 miles per hour. The first 

 gale was on the 5th from the N., and cloudy. On the previous 

 day the wind was brisk and had veered round with the sun ; the 

 barometer stood at 29.781 at 2 p. m. on the 4th, 29.610 on the 

 5th, and 29.790 on the 6th. The wind travelled 970.80 miles in 

 the 24 hours. The next gale was on the 11th and 12th. The 

 barometer stood 30.045 when the gale commenced, weather fine 

 with wind S. by E. to S. S. W., and registered 860 miles for 24 

 hours up to 8 a. m. on the 12th; the barometer then read 29.793, 

 wind S. S. W. with showers and S. at noon ; on the 13th at 8 

 a. m. the barometer had fallen to 29.454 with rain and wind S. S. 

 W. and registering 1121.20 miles for the 24 hours; later in the 

 day the wind veered to S. W. and moderated. 



July was the calmest month ; the average being 11.60 miles per 

 hour. The strongest blow on the 2nd only registering 594.40 

 miles in 24 hours, weather fine, wind S. S. W., and barometer 

 reading from 30.097 to 29.846, The calmest day was the 24th, 

 the register marking 48.60 miles for 24 hours, wind N. N. W., to 

 N. E., and barometer at 30.163. 



In August the wind averaged 16.52 miles per hour. There 

 were high winds on the 9th and 30th, being 699.20 miles from 

 S. E., E., and N. E. on the 9th, and 656.00 miles on the 30th 

 from S. S. W. ; but neither of them amounted to a gale. 



In September the wind averaged 15.32 miles per hour. The 

 calmest day was the Ist, marking 128.60 miles in 24 hours. The 

 strongest wind on the 27th, 668.20 miles, did not amount to a gale ; 

 the barometer fell from 30.035 to 29.572 with rain and wind 

 from E. S. E., S., S. W., to W. by N., so that there was not any 

 equinoctial gale. 



The wind in October averaged 16.42 miles per hour. On the 

 7 th there was a heavy rain from 10a. m. to 12 a. m. of the 8 th, 

 measuring 1.95 inch, blowing from S. S. W., N. W., N. by E., 



