baker's north YORKSHIRE. 



This table shews how little there is of any definite relation 

 between rainfall and mean atmospheric humidity. Scarborough 

 with its 21^ inches of rain is upon a par as regards dampness 

 of air with Allenheads, where the rainfall is more than double. 

 At Greenwich, which is the only station for which the observa- 

 tions extend over a considerable number of years, there is a 

 regular increase in humidity from June to November, a regular 

 decrease from January to June. The difference at Scarborough 

 between the extreme months of the year is only 9, whilst at 

 Greenwich it is 16 and at Allenheads 18. And we see also how 

 humid is even our low country, a circumstance no doubt to be 

 attributed mainly to its nearness to the two ranges of hills, and a 

 peculiarity which must exert an important influence both upon 

 health and vegetation. 



Winds. — The following table, after Professor Phillips, gives 

 the average number during each of the four quarters of the year 

 of the different winds as observed at York from 1800 to 1809, 

 the average temperature of each from 120 observations of each 

 during each month of the year at York, at 8 a.m., and the average 

 dampness of each as observed by the oat-beard hygrometer at 

 Brandsby. 



COMPARATIVE FREQUENCY AND TEMPERATURE OF THE DIFFERENT 

 WINDS AT YORK AND THEIR HUMIDITY AT BRANDSBY. 



Winds. 



N. 



N.E. 



E. 



S.E. 



s. 



s.w. 



w. 



N.W. 



Temperature 

 Humidity 



457 

 48-5 



46 '2 

 54 '4 



48-5 

 527 



477 

 627 



48-4 

 62 "3 



50 "4 

 54-3 



49-8 

 S4'4 



45-4 



SI -6 



Jan. — March 

 Apl. — ^June 

 July — Sept. 

 Oct.— Dec. 



9 

 9 



7 

 9 



9 



13 



6 



7 



9 

 7 

 6 

 6 



II 



8 

 6 

 8 



12 

 8 

 8 



10 



16 

 16 

 24 

 21 



14 

 17 

 23 

 14 



10 

 12 

 II 

 13 



Total. 



34 



35 



28 



33 



38 



77 



68 



46 



The following list, then, will indicate their order of sequence 

 in respect of frequency, temperature and humidity. 



