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METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER; PROVIDENCE, R.I. 



BAROMETER. 



TIIERJIOMETEU. 



At 6 A.M. At 1 P.M. At 10 P. 



August, 1848. New Moon, 2S^- !>>• 53"- P. M. 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 S 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 S13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 S20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 S27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 



29.51 2;i, 

 .S4-J'.i, 



30.(15 :;o, 



29.89 29, 

 ,9.67|29. 

 ,9.6829 



29.92 29 



30.(111 -'.I 

 29.99 29, 

 29.75!29, 

 29.76]29, 

 29.99 29 

 30.0330 

 29.95J29 

 30.03 30 



29.97 

 29.84 

 29.61 

 29.56 



29.81 



29.87 



29.91 



29.95 



29.99 



30.15 ;30. 11 



30.12 



29.90|29.76 



29.54 29.58 



29.73;29.69 



29.58,29.54 



i;2 29.74 



ii2;-Ui.(>3 

 85,29.84 

 5929.66 

 70!29.78 

 93'29.98 

 '.17 :-'.ii.iio 

 91 ;i(i.2l 



29.83 

 29.94 

 30.03 

 30.02 

 30.00 

 30.00 

 29.87 



29.80 

 29.87 

 29.9: 

 29.84 

 30.04 



Means|29.85,29.83 29.90 



REDUCED TO SEA LEVEL, 



30.29 30.39 



29.6929.73 



30.01 '30.08 



O.6O! 0.66 



Mean of montli 30.040 

 Extreme range 0.70 



Max. 

 Miu. 



Mean 

 Range 



30.33 

 29.69 

 30.03 

 0.64 



71.0 



72.3 

 69.0 

 74.0 

 67.3 

 75.0 

 72.0 

 70.3 

 73.3 

 74.3 

 72.7 

 74.7 

 77.3 

 77.3 

 76.3 

 78.0 

 78.0 

 81.0 



N.W. 

 N. \V. 

 N.W. 

 S. E. 

 S. W. 

 N.W. 

 N.W. 

 N.W. 

 N.W. 

 S. W. 

 W'ly 

 S. W. 

 S. E'ly 

 S. E'ly 

 S. W. 

 S. W. 

 S.W. 



N.W. 

 N.W. 



S. 



S.W. 

 W'ly 

 N.W. 

 N.W. 

 S.W. 

 S.W. 

 W'ly 

 S.W. 

 S. E. 

 S.W. 

 S.W. 

 S.W. 

 S.W. 



81.0 

 67.3 



76.2 

 25.0 



N.W. 



S. E. 



S.W. 



S.W. 



N.W. 



N.W. 



N.W. 



S.W. 



S.W. 



S.W. 



S.W. 



S. E'ly 



W'ly 



S.W. 



S.W. 



N. E. IN. E. 



7 

 

 4 

 Foggy 

 10 

 

 

 



5 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 6 

 

 



5 



Shower 



2 



3 



3 



Rain 



1.2 



I'l-evailiug wiuds from some 

 point botweeu — Days. 



N. & E 1 



E. & S 3 



S. & W 9 



W. & N 5 





 



8 

 lO.SIi'r 





 



Clear . . 

 Vari.alile 

 Cloudy . . 

 Rain fell on 



(13 days 01 



Days. 

 . 6 



5 of a tliuuderstor; 



Till 1.. 10th. Very I 



nth. V( 



• Iiot s 



li:ili. Vciy liut. Thin fog-cUmds in the even- 



i.1th. Very hot. Two light showers in the after- 



141h. Frequent showers, with intervals of bright 

 unsLine between them. 

 15th. Very fine and very hot. 

 Ifith and 17th. Very fine. 

 ISth. Very heavy rain. 

 15th. Variable. 



2l8t to 27lh. Clear. 



2Slli. Cloudy, Willi lit'ht l 

 2:llh, 30tii, and 31st. Fair. 



Note.— Tlie entries from the 18lh to the 31st, 

 inclusive, are taken from the barometric record 

 of Mr. George Boker, and reduced 1)-1U0 of an inch 

 —that being found by comparison to be the mean 

 difference in the readings. Mr. B.'s observations 

 are made at 9 A. M. aud 3 P. At. 



September, 1848. New Moon, 21^- 4'' 27™ A. M. 



1 



2 



S 3 



4 



6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 SIO 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 S17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 S24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 



29.54 29.50;29.54 

 29.60 29.58 29.62 

 29.75129.7429.78 

 29.79 29.73,29.71 

 29.76!29.7l',29.68 

 29.73 29.74 29.79 

 29.8ll29.85 

 29.80'29.78 

 29.70 29.69 

 29.85 29.83 29.87 

 29.89'29.82'29.78 

 29.76'29.82'29.9& 



29.81 

 29.91 

 29.74 



30.07 



30.06 



29.39 



29.60 



29.80 



29.54 



29.99 



29.84 



29.69 



29.7 



29.69 



29.65 



29.74 



29.74 



29.86 



29.48 



29.62 



29.70 



30.0230.10 

 29.9529.78 

 29.2329.43 

 29.60i29.68 



29.76 

 29.67 

 29.95 

 29.74 

 29.69 

 29.68 

 29.65 

 29.63 

 29.73 

 29.74 

 29.74 

 29.44 

 29.60 

 29.73 



29.71 

 29.84 

 29.92 

 29.65 

 29.78 

 29.67 

 29.66 

 29.71 

 29.67 

 29.88 

 29.59 

 29.57 

 29.65 

 29.79 



Means 29.74 29.71 29.74 



REDUCED TO SEA LEVEL 



30.25130.20 30.28 

 29. 57' 29.41 29. (il 



Max. 



Min. 

 Mean 

 Range 



Mean of month 29.910 

 Extreme rantre 0.87 



72.7 

 68.7 

 67.3 

 69.7 

 70.7 

 70.0 

 59.0 

 61.3 

 65.0 

 62.3 

 68.3 

 59.7 

 50.3 

 53.0 

 64.0 

 51.0 

 53.7 

 59.7 

 59.7 

 66.7 

 61.7 

 49.3 

 45.3 

 55.7 

 60.7 

 .50.7 

 43.3 

 48.7 

 58.3 

 67.7 



At 6 A. M. 



W'ly 

 N.W. 



N'ly 

 N.W. 



W'ly 



N.W. 



N.W. 



N.W. 



N.W. 



N'lv 



N.W. 



N.W. 



S'ly 



N. E'ly 1 



S'ly 1 



N'ly 



N'ly 



N'ly 



S.W. 



N. W. 



N.W. 



N'ly 



N.W. 



S.W. 



N'ly 



N'ly 



N. VV. 



W'ly 



W'ly 



N.W. 



N.W. 



N. K'ly 1 



S. W. 1 



S. W. 1 



1.1 



59.7 

 49.0 



N. E'ly 2 



N. E'ly 



S.W. 



N'ly 



N.W. 



E'ly 



S.W. 



N.W. 



S. E'ly 



S. E. 

 S.W. 

 N'ly 

 N'ly 



W'ly 

 S.W. 

 N.W. 

 N. E. 

 W'ly 

 S.W. 



N.W. 



N.W. 



N.W. 



N.W. 



N.W. 



N.W. 



N.W. 



Sly 



S'ly 



S'ly 



S.W. 



N. E. 



S. E'ly 3 



N.W. 



N. W. 



N. W. 



N.W. 



N.W. 



S.W. 



N'ly 



N'ly 



N.W. 



N.W. 



S.W. 



N.W. 



N. E. 



W'ly 



S.W. 



S.W. 



1.1 



1.3 



Days. 

 , 6 



Prevailing winds fr 

 point between — 



N. & E. ... 



E. & S 2 



S. & W t 



W. & N 1( 



3 







2 







5 



9 











6 



10 



Foggy 



10 









 Misty 









 Rain 







8 

 Rain 









 Rain 



2 







2 

 10 







10 



. 5 



Shower 







10 



5 



10 



3 



3 



9 

 8 

 





 10 

 

 6 

 9 

 

 

 3 

 6 

 

 1 





 10 

 

 

 

 

 

 10 

 8 



Ist. Fine. Light shower : 

 2d, 3d, and llh. Very fine 



fith. Fit 



Clear . 

 Variable 

 Clou.lv . 

 ll.iiii fell ( 



: ;!" 



..h, 7th, and 8th. Very line. 



0th. Very fine. Sprinkling of rain at C> and 9 

 P. M. 



loth. Cloudy all day. Clear in the evening. 



nth. Very pleasant. 



12th. Variable. Dashes of rain from the N.W 

 Became very cool in the afternoon, with heav; 

 Clear in the evening. Total eclipse e 



the 1 



I observed. 



13th. Very cool. Evening very clear. 



14th. Appearances of storm in the eveni 

 occasional rain. 



l.^th. Occasional light rain in morniug. 

 clear in the evening. 



16th and 17th. Pleasant. 



ISth. Rain. 



19th. Fine. 



20th. Mist, and appearances of rain In tl 

 iug. 



2l.st. Pleasant. 



22d. Very line. 



23d. Very line, but cool for the season. 



21lh. Very fine. 



2.^th Pleasant. 



20th. Fine. 



27th. Very flne. Frost in some places 

 vicinity. 



2Sth. First appearance of white frost 

 College yard. Air dry, and frost not copi 



2!llh. Mild, with appearances of rain. 



301h. Variable. Very warm. 



