MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, ST. MARTINS, ISLE JESUS, CANADA EAST, (NINE MILES WEST OF MONTREAL,) FOR TOE MONTH OF AUGUST, 1859. 

 Latitude, 45 degrees 32 minutes North. Longitude, 73 degrees 36 minutes West. Height above the level of the Sea, 11* feet. 



BY CIIARLES SMALLWOOD, M.D., LL.D. 



Barometer, corrected and 

 reduced to 32° P. 



(English iuohuj 



62 (i 

 64.9 



7ft «i 



aa o 



5ft. 7 



so ,. 

 4i i 



57 'i 



2 p. in. lit p. ni. 



70 4 

 07, it 



74.7 

 81 C 



87.6 



;■-' ii 



7:> + 

 85 

 B4.5 

 84 3 

 65. 5 

 77.9 

 78 I 

 71.1 



69 a 



66 * 



69 7 

 59.9 



69.0 

 66.3 

 75.1 

 70.3 

 59.7 

 157 2 

 58 2 

 ill i) 



i:i s 

 67.0 

 60 r , 

 60.3 

 68 ii 



68 2 

 67.0 



IV, I 



69 ft 



06 1 

 67 i) 

 61.7 



50.1 



56 ii 



54 



Tension of Aqueous 

 Vapour. 



Humidity of tllo 

 Atmosphere. 



Direction of Wind. 



Da. 1 



S. E. 



s. s. w. 



8. 



S. E. Ijt S. 



W. s. W. 



U . X. W. 



s. W. 



B. W. by w. 



8. W. bj B. 



s. s. E, 

 s. B. 

 s. by E. 

 W. s. w. 

 E. byS. 

 N. E. by E. 

 X. E. bj E 

 N. E. by E 

 S. E. by E. 

 N. N. E. 



w. s. w. 



w. s. W. 



N. E. 



N. E. bv E. 

 S. li. by E. 

 S. S. W. 



s. W . 



w. s, \v. 

 \v. N. W. 



w. 



W. B. IV. 

 B. by W 



8. S. W. 

 S. E. by E. 

 8. S. \V. 

 W. S. W. 



S. E. 

 S. i.y E, 



s. \v. 



S. W. by W. 



S. E.bvE. 



E. 



N. E.bvE. 



S. E. 



S.W. by W 



N. 



S.W. 



W. S. W. 



N. E. by E. 



S.E. 



S. W. by S. 



S. S. W. 



Yf.S, W. 



W.N. W. 



\V. N. W. 



V. 



Mean Velocity in Miles 

 per hour. 



S. by W 



by W 



. l.yS 



\V. i.y S. 



ft. 05 

 4.47 

 ft 11 

 0.28 

 3.51 

 8 s2 

 14 12 

 i 26 

 0.15 



0,30 

 «i 2Q 

 4 0U 

 6 64 



ii 20 



i 



8 63 

 2 16 

 1 NT 

 i! mi 

 4 97 



■J IK 



ii 05 

 1 32 

 ft 00 



11 63 

 25.11 



1.20 



12 lei 



ft ft,", 



5.13 



8 '.i7 



;i mm 



12 12 







i us 



0.18 



0.B7 

 1.75 

 1 Dl 

 1 91 

 6 is 

 4 02 

 1.66 

 ft. 65 

 6 86 

 0.67 

 5.83 

 1.50 

 6.60 

 8 T* 

 ft 02 

 r, 7n 



b eg 



5.06 

 6 80 



1.30 

 1.98 

 0.01 

 1.11 

 fl.26 

 7 35 

 IS. 66 



II VI 



0.01 



O.ftO 

 1.72 

 0.7:1 

 3. SO 

 ft 21 

 5 21 

 4.05 

 in; 

 BO 



9 41 

 0.70 

 3 U 

 2.83 



LS B0 



111.51 



Inapp. 



0.180 



ft .170 



Weather, Clouds, Remarks, &c. kc. 

 |A cloudy sky is represented by 10, a cloudless one by 0.] 





Cum, str. 

 Clenr. 



Ruin. 



Li e rS cirri 



I I. A 



Cu. gtr. 

 Clear. 



I'. '.Mr. 

 Clrnr. 



Rail. 



' I. '. 



0.(1 Str. 



1 [Mr. 



'i. Sir, 



Caltr. 

 let. 



''".Str, 



Mr 



Clair. 



<-'", Sir. 



Co. Str. 

 0. C. str. 

 Cirri 



C. 0. Str. 



Clear. 



Cu. Sir, 

 Clear. 



Cuuiuluv. 

 1 l.i.i. 



Cum. Cir. 

 CO. Str. 

 Ball 

 Cu. Mr. 



Cirr. Str. 

 Cirri Cum. 



Clear. 

 C. Str. 



2. Distant Lightning. 



Str. 

 Clear. 

 Cu. Str 

 clrar. 

 Cu. Str. 



C. Sir. 

 1 Mear. 

 Cirri 

 Clear. 



Clear. Faint Aurora BoreaUs. 



Clear. 



Sir. 



I liar. 



Clear. Faint Aurora Borealis. 



Cu. Str. 4. 



2. Distant. LightniDg. 



4. Distant Lightning. 



Cu. Str. 



Cu. Str. 



Cu. Str. 10. Splendid Aur. Bor. 



Clear. Aurora Borealis. 



Rain. 



Cu Str. 2. 



REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 1859. 



Ca.m. 2 p.m. 10 p.m. 



3.1 107 

 "It 



•1.' >." 



50.1 

 .-,.' o 

 60.4 

 50 B 

 5" 8 

 15. 7 

 47.2 

 68. 



37.2 

 34,2 

 42.0 

 |fi ii 

 ■15 2 

 65.5 

 43 I) 

 45.2 

 50.0 

 50.9 

 58 e 

 56.0 

 57.8 

 56.7 

 42.7 

 40.3 



47.8 

 50 

 lil 3 

 58 2 



76 7 



77 o 

 02 t 

 47 

 54. S 

 65. 2 



55.1 

 52.3 

 52 9 



50. 1 

 61.7 

 ■16.3 



55.2 

 50. IS 



61 5 



43 2 

 53.2 



W. s. W. 



s. xv. 



X. W. 



S. S. XV 



xv. s. \v. 

 s. w. 



S. E. 

 N. 



B. W. 

 xv. 

 w. 



\V. X. w. 



S. E. 



E. 



\V. 



E. 



N. 



E. N. E. 



x. E. by B. 



N. E. by E. 



N. 



B. s. B. 



s. s, XV , 



s. s, V7. 



N. E. by E. 



X. Ii. I.v li. 



E. by N. 



I p. m. 



VV. 



w. s. W 

 "iV. " 

 S. by W, 

 W. by S. 

 W. 



N W. 

 W. S. \V. 

 S. S. W. 

 S. \V. 

 S. S. li. 

 N. E. 



s. w. 

 w. 



W. N. W. 

 W. by X. 



E.S.'li. 

 E. by N. 



S 



S. by E. 



N. E. 



.N.E.byE. 

 X. li. l.v ]■;. 

 X. li. I.v li. 

 X li. In Ii. 

 Ii. S. Ii. 



s.w. 

 s. w, 



N. N. E. 

 E. 



W. S. W. 

 S. E. 



w. s. w. 

 w. s w. 



S. \V. by S. 



S.XV. livYV, 



° °.w. 



s.w. 



E. S. E. 

 N. E. by E. 



8. tow. 



S. E\ by E. 

 E. X. E 

 \. II. I.v li 

 X. E. bv E 

 X.E.b'vli. 

 .V.E.bvE. 

 s S. V. 

 S.W. 

 S.W. 

 X. by W. 

 IS. S. E. 

 S. S. E. 



Clear. Faint Aurora Borealis. 

 Clear. 



('Highest, the 9th day. 3ir011 inches. 

 \ Lowest, "; Uli " 



REMARKS FOR AUGUST, 1859. 



Barometer ..... j Monthlv MeaT)i o ; y 760 inches, 

 (.Monthly Range, ii'Mft " 

 ("Highest the 3rd day, 90° 9. 



in. n ™™nt n . J Lowest, the 3ftth day. 3li= 2. 



Thermometer... -j Montilly Mcan> lW = 72. 

 (.Monthly Rantte, 54° 7. 



Greatest intensity of the Sun's rays. 110° 8. 



Lowest point, of terrestrial radiation, 25° 2. 



Amount of evaporation in inehes, 3.17. 



Mean of humidity, ,742. 



Rain fell on 10 days, amounting to n.OCii inches; it was raining 

 42 hours 55 minutes, and was accompanied by thunder and light- 

 ning on 2 days. 



Most prevalent wind the S. W. 



Least prevalent wind, N. 



Most windy day, the 29th day ; mean miles per hour, 17.22. 



Least windy day, the 10th day ; mean miles per hour, 0'12. 



Frost occurred on tlie 311th day. 



Aurora Borealis visible on 4 nights. 



Tho Electrical state of the atmosphere has indicated high 

 intensity. 



Ozone was present in rather large quantity. 



REMARKS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1859. 



n-Iighest, the 20th day, 30'2lll ill 



) Lowest, " 12th " 29"138 

 ■ jMonthly Mean, 29.771 inches. 



(Moiitlilv Range, I.y 63 " 



( Highest, the 1'tU dav, 7«°4. 



lLowcst, " 16th " 29C2. 



monthly Mean, 54° 31. 



(.Monthly Range. 49°2. 

 Greatest intensity of the Sun's rays, 101 °6. 

 Lowest point of terrestrial radiation, 18°2. 

 Mean of humidity, -799. 

 Amount of evaporation in inches, 1.42. 



Barometer. ., 



Thermometer. 



Rain fell on 14 days, amounting to 11,310 inches; it was raining 

 112 hours 17 minutes, and was acei luipauied by thunder ou 1 day. 



Most prevalent wind, N. E. by E, 



Least prevalent wind. N. 



Mest windy day, the 14th day; mean miles per hour, 16.04. 



Least winily dav. tlie lyth day; mean miles per hour, 0*10. 



Aurora Borealis visible on 5 nights. 



Tho Electrical state of the atmosphere has indicated rather 

 feeble intensity. 



Ozone was present iu rather largo quantity. 



