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------+--------------------------------+-------------------------------- Day |Temperature of the Atmosphere | of | taken eight times in | Prevailing Winds.
the | twenty-four hours. | Month.| | +----------+----------+----------+------------------------+------- |_Highest._|_Lowest._ | _Mean._ | _Direction._ |_Force_ ------+----------+----------+----------+------------------------+------- | _deg.m._ | _deg.m._ | _deg.m._ | | 1 | +27 | +25 | +26 | Vble. S.W.--N.W. | 1-5 2 | +25 | +16 | +21 | N.W. | 8 3 | +24 | +10 | +18 | Vble. E. by S. | 1-5 4 | +38 | +38 | +38 | S.E. by E. | 4 5 | +37 | +30 | +33 | E. | 2-4 6 | +33 | +28 | +30.3 | N.E. | 3-4 7 | +30 | +28 | +29 | N.E. | 4-3 8 | +28 | +25 | +26.3 | N.--N.N.W. | 4-5 9 | +22 | +21 | +21.5 | N.W.--O.--Vble. | 3-0-2 10 | +27 | +26 | +26.5 | E. | 8-9 11 | +32 | +28 | +30 | N.E.--O. | 1-0 12 | +27 | +25 | +25 | N. by W. | 7-9 13 | +29 | +27 | +28.1 | N. by W. | 8-9 14 | +26 | +18 | +23.2 | N. | 10-11 15 | +12 | +10 | +11 | N. by W. | 10-11 16 | + 5 | 0 | + 2.6 | N.N.W. | 7-4 17 | + 3.5 | - 1 | + 0.8 | N.N.W. | 7-8 18 | + 6 | - 0.8 | + 1.7 | S.W.W.--W.N.W. | 4-6 19 | + 2 | - 4.8 | - 0.7 | N.--N.N.W. | 5-9 20 | + 3 | - 2.5 | - 0.3 | N.W. | 10-11 21 | - 2.8 | -10 | - 6 | N.W.--N.W. by N. | 7-11 22 | - 4.5 | -15 | - 8.1 | N.W. Vble. S.W. | 0-2 23 | + 5.3 | - 0.5 | + 3 | N.W. by W.--N.W. by N. | 3-5 24 | - 0. | - 6.4 | - 4.2 | N.W. by W.--N.W. | 4-5 25 | + 4.5 | - 6.2 | - 1.8 | N.W. by N. | 5 26 | - 7.3 | -10.2 | - 8.5 | N.W.--N.W. by N. | 4-6 27 | - 6. | -15 | -10.6 | N.W. by N.--N.W. | 0-3-5 28 | - 1.8 | -11.8 | - 6.4 | N.W. & N.N.W. | 0-4 29 | +10 | + 3.1 | + 8.4 | S.S.E. S.--calm. | 0-2-4 30 | +25.3 | +21 | +23.4 | S.S.E.--S.W.--W. by N. | 2-8 31 | +10 | 0 | + 5.2 | S. N.W. W.S.W. N.N.W. | 1-4 | ------ | | 389.4 | | ------ | | +12.56 |
----+--------------------+---------------------------------------------- Day | Barometer and | of | Thermometer | Mon.| attached. | Remarks on the Weather, &c.
+---------+----------+ |_Barom._ |_Thermo._ | ----|---------+----------+---------------------------------------------- 1 | | | s. ps.
2 | | | b. c. drifting.
3 | | | h. p. s. o. s.
4 | | | h. p. r.
5 | | | h. wet.
6 | | | h. p. s. o. p. s.
7 | | | h. p. s.
8 | | | c. o. o.
9 | | | h. c. c.
10 | | | s. drifting.
11 | | | s. s. s.
12 | | | s. with much drift.
13 | 29.338 | +49 | s. and much drift.
14 | 29.431 | +46.3 | s. and drift.
15 | 29.690 | +44 | s. much drift.
16 | 29.605 | +30.5 | b. c.; drift; haze and some drift--parhelia; | | | haze with scaly snow; faint aurora to the | | | S. and S. by E. alt. 12.
17 | 29.719 | +32.8 | b. c., much drift; aurora to the S.S.E.
| | | parallel to the horizon; alt. 12.
18 | 29.641 | +31.5 | b. c., drift; cirrus; some faint streaks of | | | aurora to the W.
19 | 29.662 | +29 | b. c., drifting; solar halo with prismatic | | | colours and parhelia; snow and much drift.
20 | 29.842 | +29.5 | s. much drift.
21 | 29.959 | +30.5 | b. c., much drift; at 8 p.m. several streaks | | | of faint aurora extending across the zenith | | | in a N.W. and S.E. direction; many rays in | | | different parts of the heavens.
22 | 29.828 | +28.5 | 23 | 29.919 | +32 | f. o. f. o. s. o. s. b. c. f. s.
24 | 29.974 | +31 | b. c. o. drifting.
25 | 30.023 | +29 | o. drifting.
26 | 30.062 | +29.3 | o. m. b. c. drifting.
27 | 30.47 | +26.5 | b. c. m., some faint streaks of aurora in | | | various parts of the sky bearing for the | | | most part N.N.W. and S.S.E.
28 | 30.505 | +26. | b. c., a few clouds near horizon; a very | | | faint light yellow cloud aurora to the S.E.
| | | and N.W.
29 | 30.119 | +30.3 | c. s. b. c. s. o. m. b. c., cirrus extending | | | from S.S.E. to N.N.W., resembling much the | | | aurora. Lunar halo.
30 | 29.078 | +39.7 | o. m. o. s. b. c. o. drifting.
31 | 30.094 | +34.3 | b. b. c. c., solar halo; cirrus; 120 lunar | | | distances were observed from Jupiter and | | | at Aquilae, E. and W. of the moon.
| | | Lunar halo diam. 40 or 50.
FORT HOPE, REPULSE BAY.
--_Abstract of Meteorological Journal for November, 1846._
-----+------------------------------+----------------------------------- Day |Temperature of the Atmosphere | of | taken eight times in | the | twenty-four hours. | Prevailing Winds.
Month| | +----------+---------+---------+--------------------------+-------- |_Highest._|_Lowest._| _Mean._ | _Direction._ |_Force._ -----+----------+---------+---------+--------------------------+-------- | _deg.m._ |_deg.m._ |_deg.m._ | | 1 | +18 | - 3.0 | + 8.5 | W.N.W. N.E. E. | 2-7 2 | +26.5 | +22.3 | +24.4 | S.E. S.E. by E. E. by W. | 2-5 3 | +27 | +25.5 | +26.3 | S.E. E.S.E. | 2-5 4 | +26 | +21.5 | +23.8 | S.E.S. S.S.E. | 3-5 5 | +22 | + 0 | +13.2 | N. by W. N.W. by W. | 2-7 6 | - .5 | - 9.5 | - 3.5 | W.N.W. | 3-7 7 | + 11.5 | + 6 | + 9.7 | N. by E. | 4-7 8 | + 11 | + 5 | + 8.5 | N. | 4-7 9 | +12.5 | + 9.5 | + 10.9 | E.N.E. N.E. | 3-10 10 | +28.2 | +22.5 | +25.6 | E.S.E. S. S.S.W. | 3-8 11 | +17 | + 2.5 | + 7.5 | N.W. N.N.W. W. by N. | 5-8 12 | + 2.3 | - 8.5 | - 1 | N.N.E. W. N.N.W. | 2-5 13 | - 6 | - 8 | - 6.8 | N. by W. N.N.W. | 4-8 14 | - 4.6 | - 8.7 | - 6.6 | N.N.W. N. N. by W. | 3-7 15 | + 4.5 | -10.5 | - 3.8 | Calm. Vble. E. | 0-4 16 | +17.3 | +15 | +16.3 | E. N.E. N. | 1-6 17 | + 7.5 | - 8 | + .25 | N. by W. | 4-6 18 | - 4 | - 9.2 | - 7.1 | N.W. by N. Calm S.W. | 0-2 19 | +21.7 | +18 | +20.61 | S.S.E. S.E. E. | 4-7 20 | +12 | - 8.8 | + 2.9 | Calm. S. by E. N. | 0-2 21 | + 4.5 | - 4.2 | - 0.9 | S. S.E. E. | 4-1 22 | - 3 | - 4.2 | - 3.6 | S. by E. W. N.W. | 2-6 23 | -18.5 | -22.5 | -19.77 | N. by W. N.N.W. | 3-5 24 | -20.5 | -25.2 | -22.54 | N.N.W. | 5-1 25 | -14.5 | -24.5 | -20.06 | N. by E. N.W. N.W. by W. | 1-3 26 | -17.5 | -23.5 | -20.7 | N. | 6-9 27 | -11.8 | -15.5 | -13.6 | N. by W. | 9-10 28 | - 5.4 | - 8.5 | - 6.6 | N. by W. | 7-9 29 | -16.5 | -25.3 | -20.3 | N.N.W. W.N.W. | 6-3 30 | -17.5 | -24.4 | -21. | W. W.N.W. N.W. | 6-3 | ------- | | +20.59 | | ------- | | + 0.68 |
----+------------------+------------------------------------------------ Day | Barometer and | of | Thermometer | Mon.| attached. | Remarks on the Weather, &c.
+--------+---------+ |_Barom._|_Thermo._| ----+--------+---------+------------------------------------------------ 1 | 30.011 | +35 |b. c. o. s. and drift.
2 | 29.715 | +38 |o. m. s. o. m. o. s.
3 | 29.623 | +38.7 |o. m. s. o. s.
4 | 29.624 | +39.5 |o. m. b. c. o. m.
5 | 29.796 | +41 |o. m s. b. c. b. drifting. A faint ray of | | | aurora to the S. E. extending vertically | | | towards the zenith.
6 | 30.009 | +38.8 |b. c. drifting. Some faint beams of aurora | | | extending from S.W. to N.W., alt. 60; one ray | | | to the S.E. pointing towards the zenith.
7 | 29.894 | +37.3 |o. c. o. drifting.
8 | 30.1 | +39.5 |o. drifting.
9 | 39.996 | +35.2 |o. s. drifting thick.
10 | 29.598 | +40.2 |o s. o. b. c. o. much drift.
11 | 29.728 | +38 |o. s. o. m. b. c. drifting.
12 | 30.163 | +38.1 |b. c. m. b. drifting.
13 | 30.214 | +34.9 |b. m. b c. m. much drift.
14 | 30.39 | +36.2 |b. m. much drift. Solar halo and parhelia with | | | prismatic colours; hazy near horizon; a faint | | | beam of aurora to the westward directed toward | | | the zenith; drifting.
15 | 30.239 | +37 |o.m. o. s.
16 | 29.963 | +38 |o.s. b. c. m. drifting.
17 | 30.102 | +37 |o.s. b. c. m. drifting. Three beams of aurora | | | pointing towards the zenith; two of them | | | bearing N.N.W., and the other S.E.
18 | 30.006 | +33.7 |b. c. fo. o. m. At 9 A.M. there was a very red | | | sky to the N. westward; sound heard at a | | | great distance.
19 | 29.573 | +36.7 |o. s. b. c. drifting.
20 | 29.420 | +36.8 |o. s. m. o. s. f. b. c. m. At 7 h. 30 m. a | | | faint aurora extending from W. to S.E., | | | alt. 20; motion rapid; no prismatic colours.
21 | 29.409 | +37 |o. s. b. c. s. o. f. s. b. m. s.
22 | 29.615 | +39 |b. c. Some faint streaks of aurora, most of them | | | to the S. eastward, and pointed towards the | | | horizon.
23 | 29.918 | +33.7 |b. m. b. c. Some faint rays of aurora visible | | | this morning at 5 h. 30 m. in different parts | | | of the heavens; drifting.
24 | 30.408 | +33.7 |b. c. drifting.
25 | 30.573 | +30.8 |b. b. m. Two faint beams of aurora bearing | | | W.N.W. and pointing towards the zenith; | | | alt.i.tude of lower limb 30.
26 | 30.606 | +32 |b. m. b. much drift.
27 | 29.555 | +31 |b. m. o. s. drifting. Door drifted up.
28 | 29.41 | +26.6 |o. m. b. c. s. o. s. drifting.
29 | 29.894 | +27.5 |b. c. drifting.
30 | 30.354 | +26 |b. c. m. drifting.
FORT HOPE, REPULSE BAY.
--_Abstract of Meteorological Journal for December, 1846._
-----+-------------------------------+---------------------------------- Day | Temperature of the Atmosphere | of | taken eight times in | Prevailing Winds.
the | twenty-four hours. | Month+----------+----------+---------+------------------------+--------- |_Highest._|_Lowest._ | _Mean._ | Direction. | Force.
-----+----------+----------+---------+------------------------+--------- | _deg.m._ | _deg.m._ | _deg.m._| | 1 | -24 | -27 | -25.875 | Calm. N.E. N. | 0-3 2 | -26.7 | -30 | -28.1 | N.E. Calm. N. | 1-0 3 | -24.8 | -28.5 | -26.4 | N. by W. | 1-4 4 | -24.8 | -28 | -29.97 | N.W. by W. S.S.W. | 4-0 5 | -17.3 | -21 | -19.7 | Calm. S. by E. S.S.E. | 0-2 6 | - 6.5 | -11 | - 9.14 | E. by S. N.E. N. | 5-2 7 | -16.5 | -24 | -19.7 | N. | 5-7 8 | -19.5 | -25.6 | -22.61 | N. | 9-8 9 | +14 | -15 | + .03 | N.N.W. N.N.E. N.E. | 11-5 10 | +17 | +14.8 | +15.74 | N.E. by N. N.E. E. | 4-6 11 | +12.7 | + 9.8 | +11.6 | N. by E. N.N.W. N.W. | 4-1 12 | + 4 | - 6 | + .74 | S. S.S.E. Calm. | 0-3 13 | -13 | -17 | -14.93 | N. N. by W. | 4-1 14 | -19 | -23 | -20.94 | Calm. Vble. | 0-2 15 | - 9 | -19 | -16.55 | N.N.W. N. by W. | 1-4 16 | 0 | - 3 | - 1.64 | N. E.N.E. Calm. Vble. | 0-1 17 | - 5 | - 9.6 | - 6.05 | Vble. W.N.W. | 1-2 18 | - 6 | - 8.5 | - 7.04 | N. by W. W. Vble. | 2-1 19 | -14.2 | -20 | -17.4 | N. by W. N.N.W. | 5-4 20 | - 8.7 | -13 | -10.56 | S. by W. N. by W.N. | 1-4 21 | -20.7 | -32.3 | -24.83 | N.W. Vble. N. | 1-2 22 | -30.5 | -36.5 | -33.4 | W. Calm. N. by E. | 0-2 23 | -21.4 | -26 | -23.3 | N.N.E. N.E.N. | 0-1 24 | -31 | -35.3 | -33.13 | N. | 7-10 25 | -36 | -38 | -36.83 | N. by W. | 10-8 26 | -34 | -38 | -36.46 | N. by W. N. | 8-11 27 | -30 | -30 | -30 | N. | 10-11 28 | -30.8 | -34.8 | -33.01 | N. N. by W. | 6-4 29 | -24.5 | -40 | -35 | N.W. by W. Vble. N.N.W.| 0-5 30 | -25 | -32.3 | -29.63 | N. | 6-9 31 | -23 | -32.5 | -29.25 | N. by W. Vble. N. | 1-7 | | | ------- | | | | | 597.43 | | | | | ------- | | | | | - 19.27 | |
----+------------------+------------------------------------------------ Day | Barometer and | of | Thermometer | Mon.| attached. | Remarks on the Weather, &c.
+--------+---------+ |_Barom._|_Thermo._| ----+--------+---------+------------------------------------------------ 1 | 30.452 | +18.75 |b. c.
2 | 30.237 | +19.6 |b. c. b. c. m. Lunar halo.
3 | 30.886 | +16.3 |b. c. b. c. m.
4 | 30.013 | +17 |b. c. m.
5 | 29.778 | +17.6 |b. c. m. parhelia with prismatic colours; | | | aurora visible to the south in two arches | | | arising from near the horizon to the zenith.
