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DR MILLER ON THE METEOROLOGY OF 



Table XXXI. — Deductions relative to the Humidity of the Atmosphere at the 

 Mountain Stations, in the year 1853. 















Weight of 



i>§ 



Station. 





a 

 >-> 

 Q 



"a 

 pq 



9 



c 

 'o 



Cl, 



■t 



C 



Vapour. 



Degree of Ilumidi 

 (complete Saturati 

 1-000). 



+2 







a 



Required for 

 Saturation of a 



cubic ft. of Air. 



h. m. 



Feet. 











Grains. 



Grains. 





Wastdale Head, (10-2 a.m 



.) 247 above 



the Sea, 



46-5 



430 



38-3 



2-96 



0-86 



0-775 



Do. do. , (5-34 p.m 



•) 



>> 



48-8 



44-3 



39-6 



2-98 



114 



•724 



Brant Rigg, 



924 „ 



» 



45-4 



42-0 



37-3 



2-87 



0-81 



■779 



Stye Head, 



1448 „ 



» 



430 



400 



35-5 



2-71 



0-70 



•795 



Lingmell, 



1778 „ 



>> 



41-2 



39-1 



35-8 



2-74 



0-47 



•854 



Sprinkling Tarn, 



1900 „ 



?! 



39-9 



37-8 



34-2 



2-61 



0-47 



•849 



Great Gabel, 



2925 „ 



?> 



36-8 



35-2 



32-6 



2-42 



0-36 



•872 



Sea Fell Pike, . 



3166 „ 



)! 



34 1 



32-9 



311 



2-28 



0-25 



•898 



REMARKS. 



1851. — The almost incredible quantity of 38-86 inches of rain precipitated on 

 the " Stye" or shoulder of Sprinkling Fell in a single month (January) is, I be- 

 lieve, without a parallel in the temperate zone, or even in tropical latitudes, except 

 in some of the mountainous regions of India during the prevalence of the mon- 

 soon. 



Respecting the comparatively small amount of rain (1447 inches) registered 

 at Wastdale Head in January, the registrar says, " There were many wet days in 

 the month of January, but few heavy falls of rain ; you will perceive we had much 

 heavier falls in the month of February." In other parts of the Lake District, it 

 required no instrumental means to impress upon the oldest residents the convic- 

 tion, that this was one of the wettest months within their recollection. 



1852. — This year is distinguished by several striking peculiarities and abnor- 

 mal conditions of climate, of which the most prominent are, — the large amount 

 of rain, and its very unequal distribution over the different seasons, and the 

 enormous and unprecedented downfall in the first two and last two months of 

 the year. As regards the Lake District generally, the year 1852 exhibits by much 

 the largest quantity of rain recorded in any annual period since the experiments 

 were commenced in 1 844 ; though the fall at Wastdale Head and Seathwaite was 

 exceeded, in 1848, by 574 and 4*15 inches, respectively. At the coast, the depth 

 in 1852 was exceeded in only three of the last 20 years — viz., in 1835, 1836, and 

 1841, in which the atmospheric precipitation reached 5413, 5897, and 5597 



