A Table showing the Monthly Maximum and Minimum of the Barometer at New Vork for the year 1839: with the Range for seven years, from 
1833 to 1839 inclusive. 
|. 1839.—Months. onthly maxim othly minimum. Range. 
nis Ist, follows a ight S E. storm, suite Sl. “074 26ih, change of a valent . E. gale, 28.88 [2.193 
ae 12th, follows a light stoma meek oe) | 30.57 28th, change of E. Pa E. storm idk N. to N. w., 29 39 11.18 
- - - 31st, follows a light E. N.E. storm, = - . 30.70 | 9th, change of an easterly storm, ~« a ), = 127 
- mec: = , Strong settled a ER a - - 30 pee 17th, N. le changing 2 
- - -, 8th, settled easter inds, 30 38 |3d&28th, change of 8. E. storm, igh owt do. 29, 60 78 
: : - 7th, light 8. wind, pundedad and fll 4 by storms, 30. 30 22d, light southerly storm 29. .60 
7 18th, between two ‘light ts. ‘6 E, st 30.31 |I1th, change of 5S. 8. E. storm, Ts, ee 0 61 
“ SSDs Mth, settled easterly win mee its! = 30.38 | 9th, change of a light § 29.68 | .70 
eels 0. do. do. - - - 30.47 | Oth, mie nge of a light southeasterly storm, 29.80 | .67 
ee ee ee Gth and 2lst , do.» wide dit 5 | 3078 30th, edge of a ne rh boring storm, 29.87 | 91 
- + d, betwe en two sto orms, - + 3086 | 5th, change o a gale to W., 29.50 {1.36 
Wi Jae 31st, closing up of storm of 28th, - = 30:36 (28th, lull and Hangs of a hard eusterly zal, 28.89 |1.47 
January Ist, - - - “ January 26th, - QBS 2 Tos 
et, 1-40 for war in cist As corrected, ph ie ae 10 |As corrected, ~ -« «o oh, ee (as 
Range for seven years, \January Ist, Tsa9,- Eos ela iat a 10 [January 26th, 1330, + ve Am a MEOO [e.eD 
The extraordinary accumulation of atmosphere on the first of January reached its maximum at 10 A. M., the 
height of the barometer, as corrected, being 31.10 inches. 'The barometer also continued above 30 inches for 
six days. A severe gale is known to have appeared in the Atlantic on the first of January not far from our coast ; 
and it is not improbable this was the same storm which on the 6th caused so much destruction on the coast of 
England. A southeast storm had also preceded this unusual rise of the barometer. 
The greatest depression of the barometer which I have yet observed, took place on the 26th of January ; the 
mercury then falling to 28.85 inches at the crisis or change of a violent southeast gale.* This fall of the barometer 
as from a previous elevation of 30.43 inches, and took place for the most part within twenty four hours; the 
rapidity of descent being in this case proportioned to the violence of the gale. Its rise, however, as is not uncom- 
ow in the case of a grees overland storms, was prolonged to a much greater period, as was also the less violent 
* A nearly equal fall of ha barometer took place i in the violent storm of December 28th. 
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