METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER; PROVIDENCE, R.I, 



131 



THEKMOMIi'l'ER. 



At 1 P.M. At 10 P, 



February, 1855. New Moon, 16* l^' 40™- P. M. 



10 

 Sll 



12 

 i;! 

 i-t 



15 

 16 

 17 



S18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 



S25 

 21) 

 27 

 28 



29.43 



29.70 

 iii.oii :io. 

 29. (12 29. 

 29.4(1 29. 

 29.74 2.9. 

 29.91 29. 

 29.97 ;iO. 

 30.19 :i(i. 



2'.i.(il 29. 

 29.44 29. 

 29.53 29. 



29.50 29. 

 29.52 29. 

 29.tj2 29. 

 29. St; 29. 



9.87 29. 



29.66 29. 

 29.82 29 



29.67 29, 

 29.42 29, 



29.51 29, 

 29.96 30 



02 2!I.S7 

 4S 29.41 

 54 29.63 

 t-,s 211.96 



117 :i0.15 



Is :;o.2o 

 97 2ii.74 

 49 29.44 

 48 29. .'■)6 



48 29.50 



49 29.50 

 ,5129.58 

 ,56 29.66 



87 29.90 

 ,75 29.72 

 ,67 29.74 

 .78 29.7b 



53 29.51 

 .40 29.46 

 .56 29.79 

 00 30.10 



Meana!29.71, 29.68, 29.73 



REDUCED TO SEA LEVEL, 



MasL 

 Min. 

 Mean 

 Range 



30.37 30.36 30.38 



29.60129. 53|29.59 



29.89 29.86:29.91 



0.77| 0.83 0.79 



Mean of month 29.887 

 Extreme range 0.85 



—15 

 12 

 16 

 13 

 4 

 14 

 16 

 26 

 42 

 36 

 35 

 31 

 33 

 31 

 28 

 25 

 32 

 5 

 8 

 9 

 14 

 14 



—8.0 

 0.7 

 18.3 

 16.0 

 15.0 

 18.7 

 19.7 

 23.7 

 33.3 

 40.0 

 37.0 

 35.3 

 33.7 

 33.3 

 32.3 

 32.0 

 31.0 

 24.0 

 11.3 

 12.3 

 16.3 

 18.7 

 20.3 



18.6 27.3 20.5 



42 I 42 

 -15-7 



36 

 —14 



40.0 

 -8.0 



22.1 

 57.0 



N.W. 1 



N. W. ,1 



W'ly 4 



W'ly 2 



N.W. 2 

 N.W. 1 

 N. E'ly 2 

 N. E. 3 

 N.W. 1 

 N.W. 1 

 N.W. l! 

 N.W. 1 

 E'ly 2' 

 S. E'ly 2] 

 N. E. 1 

 S. W. 1 

 N.W'ly 3 

 W byN 3 

 N.W'ly 1 

 N.W. 2 

 N.W. 1 

 N.W. 2 

 N.W. 2 

 S.byW.2 

 W. 2 

 N.W. 2 

 N.W. 2 



N.W. 1 



.S. W. 

 W'ly 

 WbvN.3 

 N.W. 1 

 N.W. 

 N. E. 

 N. E. 

 N.W. 

 N.W. 

 N.W. 

 N.W. 

 N.W. 

 E'ly 

 N. E. 

 S. W. 

 N.W. 2 

 N.W'ly 5 

 N.W'ly 3i 

 N by W 2 

 N.W. 3 

 N.W. 2 

 N.W'ly 2! 

 N.W. 3; 

 WbyN3 

 W'ly 3 

 N.W. 2 

 N.W. 2' 



N'ly 

 S. E. 

 S. W. 



N.W. 

 N.W. 



N. E. 



N. E. 



N. E'ly 



N.W. 



N'ly 



N.W. 



N.W. 



N. E. 



N. E. 



S. W. 



N.W. 



N.W'ly 



N.W. 



N by W. 



N.W. 



N.W. 



N.W. 



N.W. 



N.W'ly 



W'ly 



N.W. 



N.W. 



1.8 



1.9 



1.6 



1.8 



Prevailing winds from some 

 point between — Days. 



N. & E 4 



E. & S 



S. & W 4 



W. & N 20 









 Snow 

 Snow 

 10 



















Rain 



Misty 



10 



10 



3 





 10 









 

 2 

 8 

 

 



Days. 



13 



Clear 



Variable 



Cloudy . 



Rain or snow fell on 8 



:! 



I2.S 



1st and 2d. Fair. 



.Sd. Very fine. 



4tti. Pleasant. 



5th. Snow in tlio morning. Clear and cold 

 Iho evening. Quantity of snow small. 



6tli. Wind liglu at about N. W., and cold i 

 tense. At 10 P. M,, thermometer U° below zor 

 which is one degree lower than any record at tliia 

 station for twenty-four years. 



7th. At sunrise, thermometer stood at 1.5°bolo 

 zero; wind light at N.W. Began to snow from 

 3 to 6 P. M,, with wind light at N. E. 



8th. Cloudy in the morning. Snow in the after- 

 noon and evening. At 4 P. M., thermometer 29^ 



9th. Snow from N. E. nearly all day ; quantity 

 large, and considerably drifted — from twelve to 

 fourteen inches deep on the level. 



10th. Very flne. 



11th. Cloudy in afternoon; air raw and chilly. 



12th and 13th. Very flne. 



14th. Began to rain moderately at 2 P. M. 



l.^jth. Rain nearly all day- 



16th. Foggy in the morning. Cloudy in the 



afte 



nild. 



!0f 1 



Wind brisk at N.W. 



17th. Cloudy. 

 18th. Very fin 

 19th. Very fine. 



20th. Pleasant. Evening cloudy. 

 21st and 22d. Very fine. 

 23d. Cloudy in the morning. Flurry of i 

 from 2 to 4 P. M. Evening cooler, and mt 



24th. Cold, but very fine. 

 2.5th. Wind brisk. Air very raw and cold 

 26th. Air very raw and uncomfortable. 

 27th. Very fine. 

 2-Sth. Very fine; nearly cloudless. Evening 

 very clear. 



stly 



March, 1855. Ne-w Moon, 17'» 11'' ST" P. M. 



Atl P. 



At 10 P.M. 



1 



2 

 3 



S 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 Sll 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 S18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 S25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 



30.18 

 30.12 



29.85 

 29.69 

 29.81 

 29.36 



I 



29.74 



29.52 



29.45 



29.64 



29.60 



29.96 



29.69 



29.85 



29.72 



29.90 



29.72 



29.85 



29.75 



29.87 



29.99 



29.60 



29.28 



29.39 



29.53 29 



29.27 



29.53 



29.53 



29.65 



29.75 



30.14 

 29.99 

 29.63 

 29.99 

 29.37 

 29.60 

 29.67 

 29.61 

 29.40 

 29.49 

 29.59 

 29.90 

 29.66 

 29.94 

 29.56 

 29.89 

 29.63 

 29.83 

 29.87 

 29.84 

 29.99 

 29.67 

 29.21 

 29.31 



2:1. -i:' 



29.4: 

 29.52 

 29.64 

 29.74 

 29.53 



23.0 

 27.0 

 33.7 

 35.0 

 41.3 

 41.0 

 27.7 

 28.0 

 32.7 

 27.7 

 31.7 

 31.0 

 31.3 

 30.7 

 32.0 

 35.7 

 34.0 

 37.0 

 33.0 

 34.0 

 28.7 

 30.7 

 31.7 

 2S.7 

 26.0 

 34.0 

 30.7 

 29.0 

 34.0 

 45.3 

 44.0 



N.W. 

 N.W. 



s. w. 



W'ly 

 S. W. 

 S.W. 

 N.W. 

 N'ly 

 S.W. 2 

 N'ly 3 

 N.W. 1 

 N.W'ly 1 

 N'ly 2 

 N. E. 1 

 N. E. 1 

 N.W'ly 2 

 S'ly 1 

 W'ly 2 

 N.W. 1 

 S. W'ly 2 

 N.W. 2 

 N.W. 

 N.W. 

 S.W. 

 N.W. 

 W'ly 

 N.W. 

 N.W. 

 N.W. 

 N.W. 

 S.W. 



N.W. 



S.W. 



S.W. 



N.W. 



S.W. 



N.W'ly 



N. E. 



N.W'ly 



S.W. 



N'ly 



N.W. 



N'ly 



E'ly 



N'ly 



E'ly 



N.W. 



E'ly 



W'ly 



N.W'ly 



S.W. 



N. W. 



N. E. 



S.W. 



S.W. 



N. W. 



S.W. 



W'ly 



N.W. 



N.W. 



W.byS. 



S'ly 



S.W. 



S.W. 



S. W'lyl 



N.W. 



S.W. 



N.W. 



N. E. 



N.W. 



S.W. 



N.W. 



N.W. 



N. E. 



E'ly 



N'ly 2 



N.W'ly 1 



N.W. 1 



E'ly 1 



N.W'ly 1 



S. E'ly 1 

 4 N. W. 

 2 N. W. 



2 N.W. 



3 S. W. 

 3 N. W. 

 3' N.W. 

 3N. E. 

 2 N. W. 

 3' N.W. 

 3' N.W. 

 2 W'ly 

 2!S'ly 





 10 





 Rain 



2 



2 





 Rain 



5 









 Rain 

 10 









 Misty 











10 







4 

 Snow 



1 









 Hazy 



5 



the morning. A 

 afternoon. 



4th. Very fine. 



fith. Very blustering and dusty in 

 BoKan to rain from 8 to 2 P. M. 



6"'th. Fine. 



7th. Air raw and uncomfortable. 



8th. Very flne. 



9th. Cloudy. Began to rain very gently from 

 7 to 8 P. M. 



10th. Ground covered with snow this morni 

 Weather very blustering and uncomfortable. 



11th. Pleasant. Evening very fine. 



12th Cloudy and raw in the morning. Aur 

 in the evening, and clear. 



13th. Cloudy, 

 rind E'ly. Snon 

 14th. Air raw 



to 1 



turned I 



'at 5 P. M., 

 1 in the evei 



Eve 



rcle 



Evening very fine, 

 now very moderately from 8 to 

 in, and mist in the afternoon. 



' and uncomfortable. 



Ap- 



Means 29.69 29.63 29.66 27.5 

 REDl'CED TO SEA LEVEL 



1.7 



2.1 



1.5 



3.3 



Max. 

 Min. 



Mean 

 Range 



30.32 

 29.39 

 29.84 

 J).93 



Mean of month 29.840 

 Extreme range 1.10 



30.36 30.30 



29.46 29.26 

 29.87 29. SI 

 0.90 1.04 



45.3 

 23.0 



32.6 

 44.0 



Prevailing winds fron 

 point between — 



N. & E. . . . 

 E. & S. ... 



S. & W 8 



W. & N 16 



16lh. Pleasant. 



17lh. Began to i 

 9 A. M. Snow, rain 



ISth. Pleasant. 



19th. Very fine. 



20th. Air very rai 



21st. Cold, but flne. 



22d. Pleasant, but cold. 



23d. Air very raw and uncomfortable, 

 pearances of storm in the evening. 



24th. Air very raw. Snow in the air i 

 afternoon. Very cold in the evening. 



25th. Wintry cold. 



26lh. Air raw and uncomfortable. Moderate 

 snow from N. E. 



27th. Ground covered with snow this morning. 



2Sth. Wind very blustering and cold. 



29th. Day blustering. Evening still and sple: 

 did. 



.iOlh. Very flne. At 1 P. M., thermometer 57°, 

 being the highest point reached ; 

 1S.')4 — a period of 124 days. A bright circle about 

 the moon in the evening. 



31st. Very fine. Hazy in the evening. Circle 

 about the moon. 



Days. 

 . 6 

 . 1 



Clear . 

 Variable 

 Cloudy . 

 Rain or snow fell on 



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