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Meteorological Obfervatlons at Caen in Normandy. 
1768 
Months 
Days 
Barometer 
Inches 
Mean 
The. 
Mean 
Remarks 
March 
4 11 
15 
Greateft heighi 
Leaft ditto 
30 39 
29 02 
29 705 
Wind chiefly E, towards the N. 
greateit pai t of this month frofty. 
I 
II 12 
Greateft ditto 
Leaft ditto 
57.0 
44.0 
50,5 
Apr il 
1 1 
29 
Greateft ditto 
Leaft ditto 
30,16 
29^43 
29,795 
Wind changing; 6th, ftorm of 
thunder, lightening, and hail, at 5 h, 
P.M. lightning fell on the church, 
called Abbaie aux Dames, ran over the 
choir with quick ferpentine motion, 
and then diiappeared without any fur- 
ther mil'cliicf ; 29th, rain and thunder 
at I rh. 2 A. M. 
17 
I 
Greateft ditto 
Leaft ditto 
61,0 
5 LO 
56,0 
May 
23 
29 
Greateft ditto 
Leaft ditto 
/ 
3 °’G 
29’35 
29,76 
Wind chiefly in the N. points. 
This month was windy, and the fun 
Ihone with white broken. clouds. 5th, 
at 10 h. P.M. ftorm of tliunder, 
lightning and rain. 
23 
2 19 
Greateft ditto 
Leaft ditto 
70.0 
56.0 
63.0 
June 
21 
26 
Greateft ditto 
Leaft ditto 
30,15 
29)55 
29-855 
Wind chiefly in the Wefterly points. 
7th, at 4h. P.M. ftorm of hail 
thunder and lightning ; from gth to 
22d, windy and rainy ; 24tn, ftormy, 
with rain thunder and lightning. 
k 
24 
20 
Greateft ditto 
Leaft ditto 
69,0 
62,5 
65,8- 
July 
21 
7 
Greateft ditto 
Leaft ditto 
30.14 
29.55 
29,845 
Wind chiefly in the V''cftcrly points. 
This month cloudy and windy, with 
feme rain. 
I 
20 
Greateft ditto 
Leaft ditto 
73.0 
65 0 
69.0 
Auguft 
9 
4 
Greateft ditto 
Leaft ditto 
30,13 
29^96 
30,015 
Thefc ohfervations from the 3d to 
the 13th only. Wind moft in the 
Wefiern points; Iky partly cloudy, 
partly clear. 
12 
9 
Greateft ditto 
Leaft ditco' 
70,0 
66, c 
68,0 
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