82 RECORD AND DISCUSSION OF FORCE OF WIND. 



Relation of the Direction of the Wind to the Amount of Snoiv {or Rain). — The 

 dependence of the fall of snow (or rain) on the direction of the wind, is shown in 

 the following table, which contains the aggregate number of hours during which 

 snow (or rain) fell for any direction of the wind and during calms. 



Direction (mag.) 



s. . 



s.w. 



w. 



N. W. 



N. 



Hours. 



52 



n 



43 

 110 



45 



Direction (mag.) 



N. E. ■ . 

 E. . 

 S. E. 

 Calm 



Total 



Hours. 

 6 



10 



75 

 328 



740 

 in 17 months. 



Tlie snowy (or rainy) quarter is between N. N. E. (true) and E. S. E. (true), 

 or from the direction of the Spitzbergen Sea, and also from the direction S. S. W. 

 (true), or from the upper Baffin Bay. During almost half the time, it snowed 

 during calms. From the directions W. N. W. (true) and N. N. W. (true), there 

 was hardly any precipitation. 



