CLIMATE, WEATHER, TIDES, ETC. 45 



April. — Westerly and north-westerly winds prevail during 

 the first half. During the last half the winds are very variable, with 

 frequent gales. Snow or rain falls on twelve days of this month. 



May. — May has an average of fourteen foggy days, with eight 

 days on which snow or rain falls. The winds are very variable, 

 but southerly and easterly predominate. Gales are frequent. 



Summer Months. June. — Winds very variable, mostly from 

 south-east to south-west. Rain falls on six days, and there are 

 sixteen foggy days. Fog and rain often occur together. Some- 

 times it is difficult to distinguish between a wet fog and a fine 

 drizzling rain. I have experienced a sharp frost on the 6 th of 

 June, at Rashau Island, in Lat. 47° 44', and a fall of snow some- 

 times occurs in this month. 



July. — This is the foggiest month of the year, with an average 

 of twenty-six days thick weather and six days rain. Light 

 variable airs and calms during the greater part of this month. 



August. — It is foggy on twenty days and rains on six days of 

 this month. Calms and light variable winds prevail. 



Autumn Months. September. — Rain falls on ten days of this 

 month, and there is more or less fog on twelve days ; but, taken on 

 the whole, the weather is mostly fine and pleasant, westerly winds 

 prevailing. 



October. — The winds this month are chiefly from the west- 

 south-west, west, and north-west. There are six rainy days and 

 little or no fog. It is seldom calm ; as a rule the weather is bricfht, 

 clear, and bracing, with fresh breezes and occasional strong gales. 



Noveriiber. — The prevailing winds are westerly and north- 

 westerly. The weather is mostly fine, with fresh breezes during 

 the first part; later it becomes more boisterous, and considerable 

 snow falls. 



Winter Months. December. — This month shows twenty days 

 of north-westerly winds, three southerly, and the rest calms and 

 variable. Snow falls on twelve days, and rain on two. 



January. — Fifteen days of north-westerly winds, three north, 

 four north-east, and nine variable or calm. Snow on six days, and 

 rain one. 



February. — There are twenty-two days of north-westerly winds, 

 two north-east, two north, and two south-east, during this month. 

 Snow falls on sixteen days. 



