1806.) 
thunder loud and appalling, and aceompa- 
nied with torrents of rain. During one of 
thefe thunder-ftorms upwards of two 
inches of rain fell in the fpace of three 
hours. Mean mid-day tempersture 66. 
AUGUST opened with a continuation 
of the thunder torms which occurred at 
the conclufion of the laft month. When 
on the ift-and 2d we were again vifited by 
much vivid lightning, loud peals of thun- 
der, and heavy rain, the weather was 
very wet till the 7th, when it became to- 
lervably fettled, and continued very favour- 
able to the end of the month. Avrora- 
Borealis on the 29th, ative and brillant. 
Mean mid-day temperature 65.7. 
SEPTEMBER, from the commencement 
till the 2oth, was uniformly wet, and ex- 
tremely fultry. Another dre:dful thuo- 
der-ftorm occurred on the 6th + the light- 
ning was of the forked or zig-zag defcrip- 
tion. Much lightning on the night of the 
x6th. The latter pare of the month was 
extremely fine, and the fun fhone refplen- 
dently. This Gne weather came very pro- 
pitioufly for gathering the harveft : hence 
the fields in this neighbourhood were near- 
ly cleared of all forts of grain at the end of 
the month. Aurora-Borealis:on the 21 
and 22d denfe ftill horizontal light ; and 
on tne 23d aétive and brilliant. On the 
evening of the 24th appeared an Aurora, 
which was fingularly grand: before the 
Sun had quite fet, aétive ftreamers were 
diftinély viible northwards, and immedi- 
ately after twilight the whole hemifphere 
was molt magnificently illuminated. The 
beams were extremely lecid, and darted 
from every part of the horizon‘to the ze- 
nith, where they converced to a point. 
This fublime phenomenon continued with 
undiminithed fplendour upwards of two 
hours. Mean mid-day temperature 62.7, 
Ocroser. The weather this month 
was throughout perhaps the fineft that has 
occurred in this climate inthe memory of | 
the living generation. It was remarkably 
dry, and the fky generally ferene and per- 
feétly cloudlefs. The firft ice this feafon 
was formed on the r1th, after which 
time the trees foon parted with their fo- 
liage, and, notwithitanding the finenefs of 
the weather, the woodlands began to wear 
a wintry ‘afpect. The public-roads were 
uncommonly dry and dufty during this 
month. Aurora Borealis on the 13th, 
denfe ftil} horizontal light. On the 20th 
two beautifully Juminous concentric 
arches and bright flreamers in the magne- 
tic meridian ; and on the 22f and 22d 
Meteorological Fournal kept at Carlifie. a 5 
denfe ftill horizontal light. Mean mid- 
day temperature 51.9. 
NovemsBer. The fine weather which 
has been noticed to prevail fince the 2oth 
September continued during the whole of 
this month. Surely fuch a period of de- 
lightful wea'her in the fame feafon is not 
to be- found on record. The wind was 
always moderate, and often fo nearly calm, 
that i¢ was difficult to determine from 
what point it came. The quantity of 
rain which fell during this remarkable pe. 
riod of ten weeks did not amount to £ 
inch in depth. ‘The rivers Eden and Cal- 
dew were never known to be folow, and 
many fprings in this diftrict were quite 
dry. Some fmart frofty nights occurred, 
but ice never remained firm a whole day 
in the funfhine. During all this monta, 
excepting the three la& days, the barome- 
ter was conftantly above 30 inches. On 
the 15th it was at the remarkable height 
of 30.81. The average of five days in 
fucceflion was upwards of 30.6, and the 
m<an for the whole month 30.2. Awree 
ra Borealis on the 16th, 18th, rgth, zoth, 
25th, and 26th, all dente ftill horizontal 
light. Mean mid-day temperature 45.5. 
DrcEMBER began with moderate fro 
and light fhowers of fiow. On the 3d 
the weather became mild, wet, and windy, 
whieh continued till the roth, when froft 
returned again, and dafted: till the 17th. 
During this froft the earth was whitened 
with a thin ceat of fnow. The remainder 
of the month was chiefly wet, and fome- 
times very ttormy. The mountains in 
this diftrig& were clothed in white during 
the whole of thismonth. Aurora-Boreas 
Jis on the z6th low, ative and brilliant. 
Mean mid-day temperature 40.6. 
Some remarkable circumflances are af- 
forded by the metecrological obfervations 
of this year. The tremendous thunder- 
ftoyms which continued for five days in 
fucceflion, will long be remembered bere. 
The uncommonly dry and pleafant wea- 
ther which occurred in September, Odtos 
ber, and November, and the prevalence of 
the Aurora- Borealis during that period— 
the remarkable, and perhaps unprecedent= 
ed, height of the barometer in. Novems 
ber,—and the deficiency of rain for the 
whole year, it being 94 inches Icfs than 
that of 1804, and upwards of:5. inches 
lefs than the average of the five preceding 
years. Tam, Sir, yours, &c., 
Carlile, W, Pirrt. 
Jauuary 3, 18066 
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