809 ] Observations on the State of the Weather, Kc. in 1808, 9 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
MeteoroLocicat Ansrract for the lust TWELvE Moxtus at CARLISLE, 
a Wind, 
Thermometer, Barometer. Rain. |= 
so yeasindsa)) iti as Yer Geil yp tN a 
High Low | Mean.| High. | Low. ) Mean. Inches. aa 
LACUS ae EL es, At Se a 
January- - - -| 50 | 17 | 37,4 | 30,50 | 298.74 | 29,704, | 2,10 | 24 
February - - -| 52 | 24 | 37, 30,86 | 29,20 | 30,07. 1.57, |.,14 
March- - -°+ - Dt A eT iilah Ao oun | Soot pOeU 520 
April - - - - =| 56 | 25°| 41,51 30,28 28,82 | 29,82 1.20) ) 20 
May sail. 72| 47 | 55,4 | 30,23 | 29,44 | 29,86 | 2,86 | 
June - - - - -| 76 | 48 | 59, | 30,34} 29,60} 29,96 82 
Julys - - = 54] 84 }'46 | 64, 30,23 | 29,60%) 29,951 | 3,90 
August - - - ML An ay Onue $0;27 | 29,37 | 29,838 | 4,48 
September- = -{ 67 | 30} 58,92 T 30,36 |. 29,58 | 29,842 |? 1,84 
October - = - 58 | 31 | 43,92; 30,43 | 28 77 29,632 3,95 
Noveinber- - OT 20 Ee 30,40 08,76 29,82 3,06 
December. - -| 52 | 17 | 36,53} 80.35 | 28,93 | 29,804 | 1,38 
Spas =e ee ee 
Annual Mean. [47,4 | Annual] mean. | 29,875 | 27,86 202 
a | Total. | To 
General Remarks on the Weather, &c. 
observed at Carlisle, durmg the Yeur 
1808. 
January. The weather for the first 
nine days of this mouth, was, for the sea- 
son, unusually mild andl pleasant. The 
remainder was very changeable, when 
frost and snow, and storms of wind and 
rain, occurred alternately. On the 10th, 
13th, 14th, 27th, 28th, and 29th, the 
wind was extremely violent. 
Freprvuary was mild, wet, and stormy, 
till the 7th, when we had a settled frost, 
accompanied with light falls of snow till 
the 15th, at which time snow lay very 
deep in the surronnding country, and all - 
the mountainsin this neigbourhood were 
perfectly white, ‘Khe remainder of the 
month was fair, and uncommonly plea- 
sant. Durmg this iatter period, the baro- 
meter was remarkably high. On the 24th 
and 25th, it stood at30,86. This is the 
greatest height it has ever been at since 
the commencement of this register. 
Marcu continued very mild and plea- 
sant till the 17th; the weather afterwards 
was cold, with frosty nights, strong winds, 
and light showers of snow, ‘The barome- 
ter, during the last thirteen days of the 
preceding month, and twenty-eight of 
this, was constantly above thirty inéhes! 
No rain fell here this month: that which 
appears in the table (two-tenths) is mel- 
ved snow. 
Aprrit. The weather during the greater 
Monvuty Mac. No. 181. 
part of this month was most unseason- 
ably cold, with frequent heavy falls of 
snow, which sometimes amounted to up- 
wards of three nrchesin depth. In the lat- 
ter part of this month all the surrounding 
mountains were clothed in white. The 
first appearance of swallows here this 
year was on the 19th, 
May. The mild and pleasant wea- 
ther, accompanied with refreshing rains, 
which prevailed during this month, made 
an agreeable and rapid change in the ax 
pect of the fields and woodlands, when, 
at the end of the month, vegetation and 
foliage was as forward as it has generally 
been in the same season of preceding 
years. In the former part of the month 
thunder was frequently heard at a dis- 
tance; on the Sth at was accompanied 
witha heavy shower of extremely large 
hail. 
June was not marked by any particu. 
lar meteorological eccurrence; the weae 
ther was, on the whole,verv dry and bright, 
and the temperature rather higher than 
that of the same month of many prece- 
ding years. 
Jury. Thre distinguishing feature of 
this month is its high temperature, which 
was generally experienced in every part of _ 
the kingdom: the hottest days here were 
the 12th and 14th, the thermometer ea 
the former day was 82 degrees at fonr 
oglaes P.M. on the latter 84 degrees 
t two o'clock P.M. and 64 degrees, the 
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