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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JAN. 1848 . 
Chiswick. — January 1 . Foggy : hazy ; sleet-showers. 2. Very fine. 3. Densely 
overcast : cloudy and mild. 4. Exceedingly fine : clear. 5. Overcast: rain: 
clear. 6. Slight frost : clear : fine. 7. Slight frosty haze : heavy rain : clear. 
8. Hazy. 9. Frosty : overcast. 10. Overcast : dusky clouds and cold. 11. Uni- 
formly overcast, with dusky haze. 12. Overcast: slight rain. 13. Clouds tinged 
with red : overcast: rain. 14. Hazy : drizzly. 15. Cloudy : exceedingly fine, 
with bright sun : frosty. 16. Sharp frost : very fine : clear and frosty. 17. Rain. 
18. Fine. J 9. Cold easterly haze. 20 — 22. Densely overcast. 23. Slight snow. 
24. Low fleeting clouds from N.E. 25. Cold dry easterly wind : densely over- 
cast. 26. Dusky haze : clear and frosty. 27. Frosty. 28. Snowing : clear and 
frosty: snow in the evening. 29. Foggy: fine: clear. 30. Overcast: rain. 
31. Densely and uniformly overcast : sleet. 
Mean temperature of the month 33°'62 
Mean temperature of Jan. 1847 34 '26 
Mean temperature of Jan. for the last twenty years 36 *51 
Average amount of rain in Jan 1*59 inch. 
Boston. — Jan. 1. Cloudy: rain early a. m. 2. Cloudy: rain a.m. and p.m. 
3. Cloudy. 4. Fine. 5. Cloudy. 6. Fine. 7. Cloudy : snow a.m. 8. Cloudy : 
snow on the ground. 9. Fine : snow on the ground. 10, 11. Cloudy : snow oil 
the ground. 12. Fine. 13, 14. Cloudy. 15. Fine: rain early a.m. 16, 17. 
Fine. 18. Fine : rain early a.m. 19,20. Fine. 21. Cloudy : snow early a.m. 
22, 23. Cloudy. 24 — 27. Fine. 28. Cloudy. 29. Cloudy: snow a.m. and p.m, 
30. Cloudy: snow and rain p.m. 31. Fine: rain p.m. 
Applegarth Mnnse, Dumfriesshire. — Jan. 1. Frost : cloudy p.m. 2. Thaw and 
rain. 3. Thaw and rain : snow gone. 4. Rain a.m. : cleared : rain p.m. 5. 
Heavy rain all night: flood. 6. Frost: cloudy p.m. 7. Frost, slight: sprinkling 
of snow. 8. Frost, slight : drizzle p.m. 9. Frost, slight : harder p.m. 10. Frost, 
rather hard : snow, 11. Frost : fog all day. 12. Thaw : soft wind : snow gone. 
13. Remarkably fine: frost p.m. 14. Air moist: rain p.m. 15. No frost: 
showers and wind p.m. 16. Showery early a.m. : cleared. 17. Frost, severe: 
slight snow. 18. Frost: clear: keen. 19. Frost: clear and fine. 20. Frost, 
severe : clear. 21. Frost: cloudy: threatening change. 22. Frost : no change : 
clear. 23. Frost : beautiful winter day. 24. Frost, keen : clear and fine. 25. 
Frost : threatening change. 26, 27. Frost: severe weather. 28. Frost: snow 
inch deep. 29. Frost a.m. ; rain p.m. 30. Frost : heavy snow five inches deep. 
31. Frost: clear. 
Mean temperature of the month 33°*8 
Mean temperature of Jan. 1847 35 ’9 
Mean temperature of Jan. for twenty-five years 34 ’9 
Rain in Jan. for twenty years 2‘60 inches. 
Sandwich Manse ^ Orkney. — Jan. 1. Cloudy: clear. 2. Showers: rain. 3. 
Cloudy. 4. Clear : cloudy. 5. Cloudy : rain : cloudy, 6. Clear : cloudy. 
7. Cloudy : rain : cloudy. 8. Showers : cloudy. 9. Bright : fro-,t : cloudy. 
10. Rain. 11. Bright: rain, 12. Damp : drizzle. 13. Drizzle. 14. Drizzle; 
showers. 15. Sleet-showers: clear. 16. Bright : showers. 17. Bright : frost . 
cloudy : frost. 18. Bright : frost: clear : frost. 19. Bright : frost : cloudy frost” 
20. Clear: frost. 21. Bright : frost : cloudy : frost. 22. Cloudy. 23. Snow, 
clear : aurora. 24. Bright : clear : aurora. 25. Clear : aurora. 26. Bright ; 
frost : clear: aurora. 27. Bright: clear. 28. Cloudy : frost : snow-drift: aurora.; 
29. Clear : frost : thaw. 30. Bright : frost ; clear : aurora. 31. Bright: frost: 
clear : frost. 
