The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-11 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

The following is an Extract from a Meteoro-
logical Journal for September 1823, kept at the
Observatory of the Academy (Dr. BURNEY'S)y
Gosport :
" s month has been calm and dry, much briht sun.,
shine ;h
it it has enabled those that were latewith with their hagrvest ter
get in their corn and fruits in excellent condition ; and after so
ungenial a summer, it must be acknowledged to have been sa
most Providential period, as all will participate In Its unex-
pected benefits. Only half an inch of rain fell hem up to the-
29th instant; but on the following day 1 1-sth inch fell, se--
companied by a considerable depression of the mercury in the
barometer. Some few heavy thunder showers passed over dis-
ferent counties the latter part of the month, but none coached:
upon this.
" The mean pressure this month is the highest of any this
year. The mean temperature of the air is nearly equal to that
of September, 1822, and within one-sixth of a degree of the
mean of that month for the last eight years. The temperature
of spring water has this month reached its maximum height for
the year, and is now at a stand ; and as the earth will be cooled
by the heavy rain on the 30th, and the sun making a progress in South delination, it will therefore begin to decrease.
" The winds for the most part om the taide
of the meridian and at the latter have
blownpart of the month wEase had,
two or three slight hoar frosts, which were brought on by cold
northerly winds.
" The mean result of the hygrometer proves that the air has
been considerably drier this than the two preceding months:
the evaporation, however, is not ao great this month, because the
Sun's rays had not so much power in raising moisture from the
earth's surface.
" The equinoctial gales were felt here for two days before the
Autumnal Equinox, or the time of the Sun's entering into the
sign Libra, and came on again with additional force at the end
of the month from over the Atlantic ocean.
" Daring the last fortnight the swallows have congregated
daily in this neighbourhood, and, with the exception of a. few young ones, have now taken their departure for a warmer cli-
making their stay here twenty-three weeks.
" The atmospheric and meteoric phamornena that have eome
within our observation this month, are, one parhelion in the
morning of the 14th, one paraselene in the evening of the 16th,, one solar and two lunar halos, seven meteors, lightning in the
evening of the 14th in the strong moonlight, and four gales of
wind, or days on which they have prevailed, namely one from
N.W. and three from S.W.
" Evaporation for the month, 2,600 inches; rain in the
three feet
viatneter, near the ground 4,720 inches, ditto in ditto, twenty 4
high, 1,615 inches.

METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL.
BY R. BANCKS.
PHILOSOPHICAL INITRUMRNT MAXIM.

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