THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT . 



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Table XV. — Minimum Temperature of each Month on Sea Fell Pike and the Gabel, and 

 at Sprinkling Tarn, from July 1851 to December 1852, inclusive. 



1851. 



to 



c 



.5 3 

 w 



o 



as 



-4-3 



a 

 <v 

 u 

 O 



O 



m 



'3 



a 



m 



Character of the Month. 



July . . 



o 



30 



o 



26 



26° 



44° 



Cold. On the morning of the 4th, ice was seen in some of the 



August . 



35 



30 



28 



47-5 



valleys. 

 Temperature 0°-72 above the average. 



September 



31 



25 



23 



39 



A beautifully fine and dry month. 25th, first snow on the 

 mountain toj)s. 



October 



28 



23 



22 



34 



Mild and wet. Some ice left in Sea Pell and Gabel gauges 

 on 31st. 



November 



19 



13 



11 



27 



The coldest November on record, at Whitehaven. 



December 



23 



21 



20 



26 



A mild, but exceedingly dull, damp month. Sun shone out on 

 11 days only. 



1852. 













January 



21 



18 



17 



29 



An exceedingly wet month. Rain fell on 28 days. 



February 



18 



11 



9 



26 



Very wet till the 17th ; afterwards, fine and frosty. 



March 



21 



15 



12 



28 



A fine and remarkably dry month. Rain fell on 5 days only. 



April 



28 



23 



22 



33 



A remarkably fine, mild, and dry month. Rain fell on 4 days 



May . . 



30 



26 



24 



37 



only. 

 Cold and wet till the 19th ; afterwards, fine and clear. 



June . . 



34 



29 



26 



44 



Rain fell on 25 days. Snow on Skiddaw on the 3d. 



July . . 

 August . 



41 

 44 



37 

 40 



36 

 37 



50 

 50 



The hottest July on record at Whitehaven. Mean of minimum 



temperature at Seathwaite, 58°35. 

 Warm and wet. 



September 



34 



28 



25 



39-5 



Pine and dry. 



October 



27 



22 



21 



34 



1st, Snow on Skiddaw and Great End, first time this season. 



November 



21 



18 



17 



25 



Mild and wet. Hard frost in the valleys on the 29th and 30tb. 



December 



21 



21 



19 



31 



By far the wettest December in the last 20 years, at Whitehaven. 

 Rain fell on 30 days. 



Means. 



28-0 



23-6 



22-0 



35-8 





