542. 
“State of the Weather each Month in 1809. 
(July 
terly; barometer steady, rather declin. best; other kinds of grain, as ta ptiesty 
‘mg. 28th to Sist, pleasant enough, 
rather cloudy and showery; wind vari- 
able; barometer low. July, upon the 
whole, a cold summer-month; easterly and 
northerly winds prevailing, and harvest 
promising to be later than usual. 
August 1st to 19th, we had a great 
deal of heavy rain, often accompanied 
with thunder-storms, and now and then 
with thick mists; wind variable, rather 
inclining to south, often calm. 19th to 
Sist, at times warm sunshine, often 
cloudy and hazy; one smart shower al- 
most every day, and usually in the after- 
noon, but no continued rain; during this 
latter period also, the rain that fell was 
exceeded by the evaporation; wind SW. 
sometimes brisk; barometer uniformly 
low the whole month, and its motions 
gradual; temperature also pretty uni- 
form, rather agreeable than warm, and 
somewhat below the usual mean of Au- 
gust. This perhaps the wettest month 
we have had for some years. Harvest 
only commenced about the 25th, and 
even in this neighbourhood had not 
become general at the end of the 
month, 
September. First two days nearly fair.’ 
$d to 9th, very. misty and close, often 
thin rain, heavy on the 8th; wind east- 
erly; barometer descending slowly. 9th 
to 17th, often clear, at times cloudy with 
showers ; wind varying rather westerly ; 
barometer steady, hardly rising. A 
heavy rain on the 18th, was followed by 
windy and showery weather till the 23d; 
wind shifting to opposite points; baro- 
meter keeping down. 23d to 30th, 
mostly clear and sharp, with the excep- 
tion of some heavy rain on the mornings 
of the 27th and 30th; wind veering be- 
tween SW. and N. barometer ranging 
low, and fluctuating. ‘ill about the au- 
tuimnal equinox, temperature continued 
uniform, rather agreeable than warm ; 
but after that it turned a good deal 
colder, the mights particularly. The 
bulk of the harvest work in the tow part 
of the country was acconiplished in 
the course of this month, but under ra- 
ther unfavourable circumstances, the 
weather being unsettled, not two days 
in succession quite fair. The change to 
cold in the Jatier part of the month was 
serviceable in giving a check to improper 
vegetation ; wheat, which had suffered 
both by the spring frosts, and latterly by 
Sprouting or second growth, the effect 
of too much moisture, is reckoned the 
Porst crop this season; and oats the 
hold an intermediate rank. 
October, First three days rather cloudy 
and close ; wind westerly. On the 4th 
we had continued rain ; wind shifting to 
east. 4th to 9th, mostly cloudy, at 
times sunshine, air getting cooler; wind 
easterly. 9th to 15th, rather clear and 
cold, hoar frost in the mornings ; wind 
SE. 15th to 21st, at times clear, often 
flying clouds, with some light showers, 
air mild; wind SW. 21st to 3 ist, mostly 
clear, serene, and agreeable; wind SW. 
often calm: barometer, which during 
the whole of the two preceding months, 
ranged almost uniformly below the me- 
dium, has this month always kept above 
it. October proved a very favourable 
month for the country, as we had very 
little rain or high winds, and a slight 
frost only one or two mornings, so that 
the later. crops were harvested in exe 
cellent order. 
November. First three days mostly 
clear, with slight frost. Sd to 6th, a good 
deal of rain fell, with high wind from 
NE. 7th to 11th, mostly cloudy, but 
nearly fair; air mild; wind W. 11th 
and 14th, cloudy and misty, with thin 
rain; wind easterly. 14th to 19th, dry 
frosty weather, (snow in some parts of 
the country;) wind northerly. 19th to 
30th, very unsettled, at times clear and 
frosty, but often windy and showery ; 
wind variable. Till the middle of this 
month, barometer kept rather high and 
steady, but after that it fluctuated. 
December. . 1st to 7th, changeable 
weather, mornings generally clear, with 
hoar frost, succeeded by windy and 
rainy days; wind WSW. 7th to 17th, 
stormy winds, mostly from: the west, ac- 
companied with snow and sleet, though 
seldom heavy; barometer remarkably 
low. On the 18th, wind shifting to N. 
barometer rose very suddenly; and till 
the 26th, though we had at times slight 
showers, weather Continued mostly fair ; 
some days clear and frosty; wind west- 
erly. 26th was gloomy, with continued 
rain and sleet. 27th clear and frosty ; 
last four days mostly soft open weather, 
at times windy and showery; wind SW. 
barometer falling. December, upon the 
whole, a tempestuous month; but as yet 
we have not had much severe frost, and 
little snow on the ground atatime. The 
gales of the 11th and 15th, did a great 
deal of damage at sea; that of the 15th 
being noted by : a lower barometer than 
has been: observed here-for some years. 
Edinburgh, Jun, 1810. G: ae 
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