Yesterday's Weather

"Such a dreadful broiling morning!"  From Emma by Jane Austen and illustrated by Hugh Thompson, 1896.

"The Clerk of the Weather": an illustration from Sedbergh School Songs by Ralph St. John Ainslie (1896).

"Cold and raw the north winds blow," from The Baby's Museum; or, Rhymes, Jingles and Ditties, Newly Arranged by Uncle Charlie, 1882.

An illustration from Japan and its Art by Marcus Bourne Huish (1889).  The caption reads: "A sudden squall. After Hokusai."

An illustration from The Capitals of Spanish America by William Eleroy Curtis (1888).

An illustration from Genom Sveriges Bygder by Johan Herman Hofberg (1896).

An illustration from When Life is Young by Mary Elizabeth Dodge (1894).

An illustration from Lavengro by Augustine Birrell (1896).  The caption reads: "There's the wind on the heath, brother; if I could only feel that, I would gladly live for ever."

"On account of the air": an illustration from Face to Face with the Mexicans by Fanny Chambers Gooch (1890).

Here are some vintage mock moons from American Explorations in the Ice Zones by Joseph Everett Nourse (1884).

An illustration from Through the Year (1887).  The caption reads: "Small clouds are sailing.  Blue sky prevailing."

"Thanks to the Thunder": an illustration from an 1865 issue of Cornhill magazine.

An illustration from Peaks and Pines: Another Norway Book by James Arthur Lees (1899).  The caption reads: "Vanished like pale phantoms in the whirling clouds."

An illustration from an 1870 issue of The Quiver magazine.  The caption reads: "In the face of the wind I fought my way."

"More wind than is pleasant": an illustration from The Oxford Thackeray.

An illustration from an 1887 issue of Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours magazine.  The caption reads: "The rain came on so suddenly, and there I was on the tower, amid the wet ivy, with that stupid boy, who couldn't be made to understand a thing."

An illustration from an 1894 issue of The Quiver magazine.  The caption reads: "Making the best of it."