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SIR, To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
"ee following meteorological abftraét for the Jaft twelye months is a continua- 
tion of my Journal at Carlifle.—See Monthly Magazine for February, 1303. 
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High\Low| Mean || High | Low | Mean 
January - deg jdeg | deg. A 
February _ | 48 | 18 | 35,17 |) 30.43 | 29,00 | 29,766) 1,042} 14 || ax | 10, 
March _ _ | 59} 23 | 38,06 |} 30537 | 29,00 | 29,782) 3,556) 21 || 20 . 
April = - 6X | 24 | 42573 }] 30553 | 29955 | 30052) 1472] 21 || 18 | 33. 
May r _ | 73] 3% 147925 || 39951 | 29,01 | 29,809] 1,980] 17 || rg | x2 ¢ 
Tie 0) Moe) 8.4 187, 4) SOARz | 30247 | 29900 H2gs9AaH 204 0K BA Hae A Sw 
Jinty! 22 eS ATS AE $5258-)| 89155) 29280129998): 255% | NE. anh gabe 
Augut - - 81 | 48 | 63,40 || 30544 | 29531 | 305135] 5755) 17 1 16 | 15. 
September - 84 | 41 | 60,00 |} 30532 | 29,32 | 30,010] 3,694] 20 || 18 | 13 
Oktober -  - | O8 | 32 | 52225 || 30047'| 29229 | 300421]| 25322) 12 ll x5 | 15 
November - | 93 | 34 | 48,55 || 30.44 | 29.45 | 30,070]] 2,030] 19 |] 19 | x2, 
December _ | 52 | 24 | 39.20 || 30,48 | 28,45 | 299500]! 2,450) 14 | 20 | 10 
54 | 8 | 37,20 || 30,39 | 28,89 | 292595]) 29755} 22 || 22 
RECAPITULATION of the sTaTE of the 
WEATHER, during the laf? twelve 
Months, obferved at CARLISLE. 
HE commencement of the year 1803 
was marked by a fucceffion of very 
temperate weather: in the firft month we 
experienced 14. wet days, very little froft 
or {now ; dry and pleafant towards the end 
of the month, but much fnow was obferved 
on the mountains in the neighbourhood. 
Mean mid-day height of the thermome- 
ter during January was 37.6—February 
was in the beginning temperate, little © 
froft, fome hail and Mow, and inclining to 
ftorm towards the end—during this month 
we had 21 wet days—aurora borealis ob- 
ferved once on the evening of the 13th— 
mean mid-day height of the thermo- 
meter 40.86.—March, which does not al- 
ways terminate our winter, was this year 
foft and mild, and ufhered in the {pring 
more early than common. ‘Though the 
beginning of the month was cold and 
fevere, accompanied with fhowers of hail, 
particularly on the 8th, gth, roth, and 
yith; foft rain fucceeded and continued 
for feveral days afterwards. After the 
zoth we had many warm and pleafant 
days—on the 24th, in the evening the 
clouds gathered and loud thunder was 
heard, accompanied with much vivid light- 
ning and heavy rain; from that to the 
An. Mean.\27,4.56 | Annual Mean. \ 29,395|| 27,520|\212 nt (47 
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Total |T otal Total\ Totad 
end the weather was foft and pleafant. 
Mean mid-day height of the thermo- 
meter 47.71.—~ The delightiul weather 
which clofed the month of March brought 
in the month of April; the early part of 
which was remarkably pleafant; but the 
weather became too warm for the feafon 
after the roth, when we experienced many 
hot days, particularly the 16th, when the 
thermometer ftood at 73 —-On the 18th the 
weather changed, and difagreeable and 
{mart fhowers of hail and rain fuceeeded, 
the thermometer fell to 373 continued 
fhowery and moift to the end.—Aurora 
borealis obferved onthe 12th, 14th, isth, 
16th, aétive and brilliant. Snow obferved 
en the mountains on the 21f.—Mean 
mid-day height of the thermometer 53°3.-— 
May commenced with wet and ungenial 
weather, fhowers of hail fucceeded by cold 
parching winds.— Vegetation and the 
early promifes of {pring much checked by 
the ** arrowy fleet.”” After the 12th plea- 
fant weather, feafonable rains towards the 
end—warm fine weather clofed the month 
of May; 17 wet days in this month.— 
Aurora borealis obferved on Wednefday 
18th, brilliant, but foon dilappeared. The 
rivers above their banks on the 2d.— 
Mean mid-day height of the thermo- 
meter 56.55.—June in general was a fuc- 
ceffion of iweet and pleafant weather, ex- 
402 — tremely 
