Q. What are the six-month trade winds called?
A. They are called monsoons; and blow from the north-east from September to April, and from the south-west for the other six months of the year.
Q. Have we any regular winds in England?
A. No; our island (having a continent on one side, and a sea on the other) has a most variable climate.
Q. Have the winds in England no general direction throughout the year?
A. We generally find that easterly winds prevail during the spring of the year, and westerly winds are most common in the summer and autumn.
S-West winds are most frequent in July and August. N-East winds in January, March, April, May, June; and most seldom in July, September, and December.
Q. When are the winds in England generally the highest?
A. The winds in December and January are generally the highest. Those in February and November the next; and those in August and September the least boisterous.