From August 28th to Sep. 3.
| Days of the Month. | Thermometer observed at 8, A.M. 1, P.M. 6, P.M. | Prevailing winds. | OBSERVATIONS on the WEATHER. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deg. | 100 | deg. | 100 | deg. | 100 | 8. | 1. | 6. | 8. | 1. | 6. | |
| Aug. 28 | 72 | 50 | 81 | 78 | SW. | do. | s. | cloudy, | lt. wind, | clear | ||
| 29 | 79 | 89 | 82 | sw. | do. | do. | clear, | lt. wind, | thunder | |||
| 30 | 71 | 79 | 50 | 74 | nw. | do. | n. | clear. lt. wind, do. do. | ||||
| 31 | 58 | 50 | 66 | 75 | 67 | n. | sw. | do. | clear. lt. wind, do. do. | |||
| Sept. 1 | 62 | 71 | 71 | 50 | 69 | 50 | sw. | s. | do. | clear | lt. wind | high do. |
| 2 | 72 | 50 | 72 | 50 | 71 | 25 | s. | do. | do. | cloudy, | high rain | do. |
| 3 | 69 | 50 | 70 | 72 | nw | do. | do. | cloudy, | lt. rain | cloudy | ||
[ RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.]
For August 1796.
| deg. | 100 | |||||
| Mean temperature | of the thermometer | at 8 A.M. | 71 | 1 | ||
| Do. | do. | of the | do. | at 1 P.M. | 78 | 28 |
| Do. | do. | of the | do. | at 6 P.M. | 78 | 0 |
| Do. | do. | of the whole month | 75 | 76 | ||
| Greatest monthly range between the 29th and 31 | 30 | 50 | ||||
| Do. | do. in 24 hours | 30 and 31 | 12 | 50 | ||
| Warmest day the | 29 | 89 | ||||
| Coldest do. the | 31 | 58 | 50 | |||
| 7 | Days it rained, in this month, but not a largequantity. | |
| 2 | Do. it thundered and lightned, viz 11th and19th. | |
| 16 | Do. the wind was to the Eastward of the Northand South. | |
| 15 | Do. the do. do. to the westward of do. do. | |
| 26 | Do. the wind was light at | 8 1 and 6 o’clock. |
| 2 | Do. it was a calm. | |
| 16 | Do. it was clear at | do. do. |
| 4 | Do. it was cloudy at | do. do. |
The 29th at 1 P.M. the mercury, was one degree higher than any day in this summer, and 4 lower, than the warmest day in the last.