During the six years ending June, 1882, one hundred and fifty-five solar halos and sixty-one lunar halos were observed in the neighborhood of London, and they occurred with the following winds:
| N. | NE. | E. | SE. | S. | SW. | W. | NW. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar halos | 9 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 59 | 5 | 155 |
| Lunar halos | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 61 |
| WITH SOLAR HALOS. | |||||||||
| Rain fell on same day | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 36 | 0 | 81 |
| Rain fell on first day | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 31 |
| Rain fell on second day | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| Rain fell on third day | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| No rain | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| WITH LUNAR HALOS. | |||||||||
| Rain fell on first day | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 34 |
| Rain fell on second day | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Rain fell on third day | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Rain fell on fourth day | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| No rain | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
After the halo comes the pale or watery sun and moon.
When the sun appears of a light, pale color or goes down in a bank of clouds, it indicates the approach or continuance of bad weather.
If the sun goes pale to bed,
’Twill rain to-morrow, it is said.
A red sun has water in his eye.
When the moon has a white look or when her outline is not very clear, rain or snow is looked for.
From the extreme damp in this part of the depression, while the sky generally is pretty clear, cloud forms round and “caps” the tops of hills, a circumstance that has given rise to numerous local sayings:
When the clouds are upon the hills,