CLIMATE. 31 



MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF HEAT IN BRITAIN. 





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January 



42-33 



37-81 



36-92 



36-90 



34-43 



36-22 



36-52 



February 



44-00 



40-45 



37*20 



38-90 



35-78 



38-37 



38-88 



March 



46-92 



44-33 



42-08 



42-20 



41-81 



41-35 



40-77 



April 



51-11 



49-59 



46-75 



46-60 



45-90 



45-34 



45-00 



May 



54-00 



55-27 



52-75 



52-20 



51-36 



50-77 



50-78 



June 



58-58 



61-95 



57-08 



57-60 



57-64 



56 56 



56-65 



July 



60-94 



63-97 



61-67 



60-20 



59-39 



59-09 



58-77 



August 



61-46 



62-65 



60-80 



59-30 



57-68 



56-72 



57-94 



September 



57-77 



58-37 



57-20 



56-70 



53-58 



54-01 



53-94 



October 



54-50 



5405 



52-75 



50-50 



49-29 



48-40 



48-02 



November 



48-94 



46-28 



43-67 



43-90 



41 02 



41-11 



41-94 



December 



46-11 



41-56 



37-08 



41-10 



40-63 



39-38 



38-28 



Dividing the year into seasons of three months each, 

 we have the means of the preceding monthly means as 

 follows : — 



DISTRIBUTION OF HEAT THROUGH THE SEASONS. 



Place. 



Year. 



Winter. 



Spring. 



Summer. 



Autumn. 



Penzance - 



52-22 



44-15 



50-68 



60-33 



53-74 



Gosport - 



51-36 



39-94 



49-73 



62-86 



52-90 



Oxford - 



48-83 



37-07 



47-19 



59-85 



51-21 



Manchester - 



48-85 



39-00 



47-00 



59-03 



5037 



Kendal - 



47-47 



36-95 



46-69 



58-27 



47-96 



Edinburgh - 



47 -28 



37-99 



45-82 



57-46 



47-84 



Kinfauns 



47-30 



37-93 



45-52 



57-79 



47-97 



The three following are copied from Humboldt's table 

 in the Treatise on Isothermal Lines, translated in vols. iii. 

 iv. v. of the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. 



Place. 



Year. Winter. 



Spring. 



Summer. 



Autumn. 



London 

 Kendal - 

 Edinburgh . 



504 

 462 

 47-8 



39-6 

 36-8 

 38-6 



48-6 

 45-2 

 46-4 



63-2 

 56-8 

 58-2 



50-2 

 46-2 

 48-4 



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