DISTRICT OF CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 
633 
Below, are given the receipts of this gauge for the last five years, by which it will 
be seen that on the average of the three years ending with 1849, it has received 23 4 
per cent, less than the valley; but in 1850, with the slight alteration in position just 
described, it has obtained 1’6 per cent, more rain than the valley, showing an annual 
increase of 25 per cent, consequent on the removal of the instrument 90 yards in 
linear distance, and a diminution of 5 feet in its height above the valley. 
Year. 
Seathwaite, 
368 feet above 
the sea. 
Seatollar Com- 
mon, 1388 feet 
above the sea. 
Deficiency per 
cent, at Sea- 
tollar Common. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
1847. 
129-24 
104-55 
-18-5 
1848. 
160-89 
123-68 
— 23-1 
1849. 
125-47 
108-97 
1849 to Aug. 31. 
78-93 
56-34 
-28-7 
1850. 
143-96 
146-18 
+ 1-6 
The records of the self-registering minimum thermometer on Sea Fell, in 1850, 
are as under : — 
January and February, 31° below zero; March, 10° below zero; April, 10° below 
zero; May, 14°; June, 22°; July, observation lost; August, 9°; September, 7 °; 
October, 7 °; November and December, 15° below zero. 
In the valley, the minima at 4 feet from the ground were,— -in January, 19°; 
February, 29°; March, 21°; April, 32°; May, 30°; June, 42°; July, 43°; August, 
39°'5 ; September, 39° ; October, 27° ; November, 20°‘5 ; and December, 22°. 
I have recently planted a minimum thermometer on the Gabel, and also one near 
Sprinkling Tarn, at the respective heights above the sea of 2928 and 1900 feet, and 
hope, in future, to obtain regular monthly readings at all the three stations. 
The Observatory , Whitehaven, 
February 6, 1851. 
Erratum in Philosophical Transactions, Part for 1851. 
Page 147, second line from top, /or “ severe nights ” read “ severe droughts.” 
