DISTRICT OF CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. 
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Table VI. — Temperature at Seathwaite taken by Self-registering Thermometers 
made by Watkins and Hill. 
1848. 
Absolute. 
Mean of 
max. 
Mean of 
min. 
Approxi- 
mate 
mean 
tempera- 
ture. 
Mean 
at 9 A.M. 
On grass. 
Prevailing winds. 
Max. 
Min. 
Min. 
Mean. 
Radiation. 
Max. j Mean. 
January 
February 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
August 
September 
October 
November 
December 
O 
50 
49-5 
57-5 
67 
72-5 
75 
79 
62-5 
68 
60-5 
52 
56 
O 
9 
25 
27 
28- 5 
32 
40 
45 
41-5 
38-5 
29- 5 
24 
26 
3^43 
44-50 
46-66 
52-78 
63-52 
63-86 
62-61 
57-99 
57-93 
50-17 
44-59 
43-76 
2?50 
36-67 
34-14 
38-03 
48- 20 
50-75 
53-32 
49- 87 
49-05 
43-66 
36- 35 
37- 21 
32-46 
40-58 
40-40 
45- 40 
55-86 
57-30 
57-96 
53-93 
53-49 
46- 91 
40-47 
40-48 
32-71 
40-24 
39- 67 
45- 35 
55-89 
57-18 
57-19 
53-48 
52-28 
46- 61 
40- 13 
40-43 
^-5 
19 
19-5 
21 
24 
29 
32 
29 
25-5 
18 
12 
11 
24-56 
33-74 
29-44 
32-38 
38- 40 
42-36 
46-27 
40-79 
39- 76 
36-01 
29-63 
28-86 
O 
7 
7 
8-5 
10-5 
15 
15 
14 
15-5 
16 
14-5 
13-5 
18-7 
2-93 
2-93 
4- 81 
5- 65 
9-80 
8- 41 
7-05 
9- 08 
9-28 
7- 96 
6- 72 
8- 38 
Var. 
w. 
w. and s.w. 
Var. 
w. 
s.w. 
s.w. 
s.w. 
s.w. var. 
s. var. 
N.w. and s.w. 
s.w. 
Means at 1 
Whitehaven J 
62-4 1 30-5 
62-5 ! 33-0 
52- 15 
53- 62 
42-06 
44-00 
47- 10 
48- 81 
46-76 
20-5 
23-1 
35-18 
37-24 
12-9 
6-91 
6-76 
s.w. 
Var. 
Difference 
Difference in "I 
1847 / 
0-1 
0-5 
2- 5 
3- 8 
1-47 
0-96 
1-94 
1-46 
1-71 
1-22 
2-6 
2-06 
0-15 
Remarhs. 
The fall of rain in the Lake District during the year 1848, greatly exceeds the 
amount in any other year since the register was commenced in 1844 ; and the same 
remark applies to the number of wet days. The total depth in 1848, at Seathwaite, 
the wettest station, is 160-89 inches, and of this quantity, 114-32 inches fell in the 
six months comprehending February, July, August, October, November and De- 
cember. 
The wettest quarter of the year was the last, in which 52-10 inches were measured ; 
the wettest month in 1848 was February, which yielded 30-55 inches, by far the largest 
quantity ever measured in any month in this country; and the two wettest days 
were the 3rd and 26th of December, when 4-60 and 4-22 inches respectively, were 
read off. 
At Seathwaite, there have been forty-eight days in last year wherein the quantity 
of rain fallen was between half an inch and 1 inch ; thirty-two days between 1 and 
2 inches ; thirteen days between 2 and 3 inches ; five days between 3 and 4 inches ; and 
two days between 4 and 5 inches. 
In a former paper which I had the honour to lay before the Royal Society, I 
endeavoured to give a general outline of the meteorology of the Lake District, as far 
as the facts then ascertained would permit. I now proceed to discuss one or two 
points which were intentionally passed over in that report. 
The mountains flanking the Lake District valleys, generally increase in altitude 
