XXXV. Abstract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1778. By This fummer having been hotter than usual, I here give an abstract of the hottest month in it. Higheft Loweft. Mean. High. Low. Mean High. Low. Mean to June 22 Morn. 29,82 29,10 29,58 July 21 70 62 65 66 The year began with frost. The sharpest and longeft this winter which lasted about a fortnight; but the snow never got deep, and the froft towards the end was much broken, and the winter was not, on the whole, either fevere or wet. Some windy wet weather followed the froft; but it was oftener dark, fair, calm, and cold, and frequently fcarce either froft or thaw. The spring feed time was good; at first dark and cold, but a fortnight at the end of March and beginning of April was funny, fine, and warm, and fome days quite hot; then it turned cold again, with several very sharp, frosty mornings, and fometimes hail and fnow. Towards the end of April it grew mild and growing again; frequent fmall fhowers, and fometimes windy the first half of May. As fummer advanced it was drier and hotter; very much so in June and July, being the hottest summer fince 1762, if not fince 1750. The 2 ground ground was much burnt, but not so much as fometimes; for two very heavy thunder fhowers, June 27 and 28, kept the grafs from entirely failing. But as we had scarce a fettled rainy day for half a year, only showers often with thunder, thofe places where they did not fall were much more burnt than we, which was the cafe in most of the South and East of England, and I believe to the North and West of us they had more rain than we. Many and heavy showers in the twelve last days of July made the grass grow again for a while; but the harvest was exceeding fine, not a day's hindrance, many finished in Auguft, and the crops were in general pretty good. At that time the ground burnt again pretty much, there were some showers in September, but the season was in general dry and calm, and it was upon the whole a very pleasant year. Frofty mornings began early, for there were fome before September was out; and foon after the beginning of October it grew wetter, often windy and frequent frosty mornings. This dark, wet feafon continued till toward the middle of December, and grew more ftormy, but fewer frosty mornings after October. In fcarce ten weeks there fell near half a year's rain; the drynefs of the ground carried it off for a good while, but it was very full of wet at laft. The wheat feed-time being early, and the |