THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT. 



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



and at Sprinkling Tarn, in the Year 1853. 



1853. 



to 



a 



3 « 

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u & 



m 



"3 



03 



m 



a! 

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& 



03 



a) 

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Character of the Month. 



January 



21° 



10° 







10 







27 



A mild, wet month. Minima taken February 16. 





February . 



20 



10 



8 



20 



A dry, frosty month ; frequent snow showers. 





March . . 



23 



13 



11 



22 



A fine, dry, cold month; frequent snow showers. 





April . . 



25 



19 



11 



33 



A fine seasonable month. 





May . . 



26 



21 



20 



36 



A very fine and exceedingly dry month. On the 9th. 

 valleys were covered with snow. 



the 



June . . 



41 



36 



35 



47 



A fine, but rather cold month. 





July . . 



41 



38 



37 



50 



Cold and damp. 





August . . 



39 



34 



35 



47-5 



Pine and dry. 





September 



32 



30 



29 



42-5 



Do. do. 





October 



30 



27-5 



27 



35 



Mild and wet. On the 2d, Great End was covered 

 snow. 



with 



November 



27 



23-5 



23 



31 



A mild month. Snow on Fells. 





December 



16 



13 



12 



19 



A very dry, frosty month. Frequent snow showers in 



the 













valleys. 





1853. 



28-4 



22-9 



21-5 



34-2 







1852. 



28-0 



23-6 



220 



35-8 







February. — At the middle and end of this month, the depth of snow covering the Sprinkling 

 Tarn thermometer was estimated at 2 feet. On Sea Fell and Gabel, the depth was probably about 

 18 inches. 



March. — The high reading of the thermometer at Sprinkling Tarn in the first three months is 

 owing to the greater depth of snow covering the instrument. The thermometer was found to be in 

 good working order. 



December SI. — The thermometer box at Sprinkling Tarn was under 18 inches, and those on 

 Gabel and Sea Fell under about 15 inches of snow. 



