Mr. Pitt's Annual Meteorological Abstract. 653 
METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT for the last TWELVE MONTHS, at CARLISLE. 
Months. 
Thermometer. 
Barometer. 
Ram. 
G , 
Wind, 
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W. 
aw. 
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SE. 
E. 
NE. 
N. & 
N.W. J 
High. 
Low. 
Mean. 
High. 
Low. 
Mean. 
Inches. 
P 
January. 
55 
12 
38*2 
30°84 
29*04 
29*874 
1*65 
16 
15 
February. 
50 
24 
37-0 
30*77 
29*33 
30*247 
0*75 
5 
13 
15 
March. 
52 
27 
40-8 
30*31 
29*00 
29*56 
3*68 
20 
19 
12 
April. 
71 
32 
48*4 
30*20 
28*79 
29*61 
2*74 
18 
12 
18 
May. 
62 
32 
47*0 
30*30 
29*15 
29*863 
1*26 
16 
14 
17 
28 1 
June. 
69 
40 
54*0 
30*53 
29*70 
30*1/ 
Ml 
6 
9 
July .... 
76 
39 
57*1 
30*35 
29*36 
29*923 
1*55 
13 
15 
16 I 
August. 
78 
50 
59*8 
30*30 
29*12 
29*933 
1*74 
15 
18 
13 I 
September.... . 
73 
50 
57*0 
30*21 
29*11 
29*68 
3*45 
20 
25 
5 1 
October ...... 
63 
33 
50*0 
30*33 
28*74 
29*82/ 
4*67 
24 
26 
5 8 
November.... 
58 
30 
45*4 
30-25 
28*77 
29*64 
4*70 
22 
26 
4 I 
December. 
55 
30 
42*1 
30*23 
28*26 
29*321 
4*63 
23 
28 
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Annual Mean 
48-0 
AnnualMean 
29*804 
31*93 
Total. 
189 
Total.' 
214 
Total. 
151 J 
Total. 1 
General Remarks on the Weather, as ob¬ 
served at Carlisle during the year 1821. 
J ANUARY—The weather during 
this month, was, on the whole, very 
pleasant for the seasop : the first five 
days were severe frost; on the 4th, the 
thermometer was as low as 12« ; it af¬ 
terwards was dry, with intervals of mo¬ 
derate frost, till about the middle of the 
month. The whole of the remainder 
was remarkably mild, when (he diurnal 
average of the thermometer was at times 
above 50°. 
February. The three first days were 
mild and showery, and rather stormy ; 
the remainder was very dry and calm, 
with moderate frost in the nights ; the 
average of the barometer 30*247 this 
month, is the highest since April, 1817. 
March .—Was in general very wet 
and gloomy, and (he temperature re¬ 
markably uniform ; (he average of the 
barometer 29*56 is near 7-tenths of an 
inch lower than that of the preceding 
month. During the whole of the win¬ 
ter months; the ground in this district 
has never been quite covered with 
snow, some trifling showers which fell 
were speedily dissolved. 
April. —The weather continued cold, 
wet, and ungenial till the 20(h ; during 
this time the surrounding mountains 
were generally covered with snow ; the 
remaining eleven days were extremely 
sultry, with much vivid lightning, and 
very loud peals of thunder, particularly 
on the 25th, when it was accompanied 
with torrents of rain; on the 26th the 
thermometer was as high as 71°. 
May. —The average temperature of 
this month, 47°, is extremely low for 
the seasou; very little rain fell, the 
small quantity in the table, 1*26, is 
chiefly dissolved hail and snow—ice of 
considerable thickness was at times 
observed in the mornings; loud thun¬ 
der and vivid lightning frequently oc¬ 
curred, accompanied with very heavy 
showers of large hail, particularly du¬ 
ring the latter half of the month, when 
the mountains were often covered with 
snow, 
June . — Was a succession of most un¬ 
seasonable cold weather, (he trifling 
rain which fell in the former part of the 
month, was generally mixed with hail, 
when snow was observed on some of 
the mountains; on the 9ih, we bad 
some thunder, after which (he weather 
was extremely droughty, with invari¬ 
able parching easterly winds; the 
nights were generally inclined to frost, 
when white rime was frequently seen 
in the mornings. 
July. — The weather continued cold, 
and extremely droughty till the 20th, 
when the earth in many places was 
most dreadfully parched, and the crops 
very materially injured; (he rivers 
here were never known to be so low, 
and many springs in this district were 
quite dry; the remaining twelve days 
were showery, but rather cold for the 
season. 
August. — The former half of this 
month was temperate and pleasant, 
with genial showers; the latter half 
was dry, and at times most oppres¬ 
sively 
