156 MR. J. F. MILLER ON THE METEOROLOGY OF THE LAKE 
inches. 
Wastdale Head 106'87 
Ambleside (two years) 71*45 
The How, Troutbeck, Westmoreland 79*76 
Langdale Head, Westmoreland 122*91 
Seathwaite, Borrowdale 142*19 
Stonethwaite, Borrowdale (two years) 112*25 
In my last paper I stated that the inhabitants of the Lake District valleys enjoyed 
a milder and more equable climate than the residents in the open country, and par- 
ticularly in the winter months. This remark is confirmed by the thermometrical 
results of the present winter, as will be seen by inspecting the following comparative 
table : — 
Seathwaite. 
The Flosh, Whitehaven. 
Cockermouth*. 
1849. 
Mean of 
max. 
Mean of 
min. 
Mean 
tempe- 
rature. 
Absolute 
min. 
Mean of 
max. 
Mean of 
min. 
Mean 
tempe- 
rature. 
Absolute 
min. 
Mean of 
1 min. 
Absolute 
min. 
November ... 
48-35 
38-30 
43-32 
o 
25 
45-56 
35-50 
40-53 
20° 
3773 
2| 
December ... 
40-35 
32-85 
36-60 
20 
39-39 
29*32 
34-35 
18 
31-55 
2o 
1850. 
January 
36-88 
28-42 
32-65 
19 
34-45 
25-48 
29-96 
14 
27*16 
14 
Means 
41-86 
33-19 
37-52 
19 
39*80 
30-10 
34-94 
14 
32-14 
14 
Seathwaite is about fourteen miles inland. The Flosh is three miles south-east of 
Whitehaven, and the same distance from the sea in the direction of the mountains. 
Cockermouth is about six miles from the nearest part of the coast, and eight miles 
nearer to the sea than Seathwaite. Now places situated on the west coast of England 
are generally warmer than more inland localities ; and, were the whole country a vast 
plain, the temperature would probably be found to diminish with some regularity in 
proportion to the distance from the western ocean ; but from the operation of causes 
referred to in a former paper, the mountain district of Cumberland is an exception 
to the general fact. 
At Seathwaite, the thermometer on the grass has been below the freezing-point in 
every month of 1849, except July, when it was 1° above it; and the mean of the 
whole absolute minima is 10°*5 below the point of congelation. 
In January, this thermometer was at or below 32° on seventeen nights ; in February, 
on ten nights ; in March, on fourteen nights ; in April, on fifteen nights ; in May, 
on eight nights; in June, on six nights; in July, on 0 nights; in August, on two 
nights ; in September, on nine ; in October, on sixteen ; in November, on fifteen ; 
and in December, on twenty-four nights. The thermometer used for showing the 
temperature at the surface is a common Rutherford ; had a more delicate instru- 
* The maximum thermometer was not recorded at Cockermouth in 1849. 
