1818.J Meteorological Observations made at Montreal. 433 



sumed that an inspection of it viewed in comparison with the 

 subjoined tables, copied from diaries kept during the month of 

 January, 1817, in Halifax and Boston, may not be without inte- 

 rest to some of your meteorological readers. 



Journal of the Weather at Montreal. 



Date. 



Thermometer. 



8 a.m. 12 n. 4 p.m. 10p.m. 



Wind. 



Remarks. 



1816 



Dec.26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



31 



1817 



Jau. 1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 

 16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



31 



Feb. 1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



36° 

 40 

 34 

 33 

 4 

 24 



34 

 29 

 10 



42 

 4 

 8 



12 



12 



22 



28 



7 



- 4 



-10 



-19 



-14 



- 1 



11 



20 



-11 



- 



- 3 



- 1 



- 8 

 13 

 21 



8 



5 



-16 



- 8 



- 9 

 -11 

 -13 



1 



- 3 

 -12 



fluid mi bulb 



40° 



44 



36 



30 



14 



38 



40 

 30 

 16 



40 



8 



10 



18 



22 



32 



30 



18 



- 



4 



- 2 

 14 



20 

 20 



- 6 

 7 

 8 



10 



7 



20 



26 



11 



- 8 



- 



- 6 



- 

 5 



13 



13 







II 



37° 



40 



36 



27 



14 



36 



46 

 36 

 20 



39 

 10 

 10 

 18 

 20 

 30 

 31 

 12 



- 3 



- 



3 



- 2 

 14 



27 

 20 



- 6 

 7 



10 



8 



3 



19 



24 



10 



- 6 

 4 



- 



- 6 

 6 



10 



- 8 

 -12 



42° 

 32 

 34 

 19 

 5 

 38 



41 

 25 

 39 



26 



12 

 8 



12 



18 



30 



26 



3 

 -10 

 ■10 



-10 



- 2 

 10 



20 

 2 



- 



- 3 



- 1 



- 2 



- 

 24 

 18 



8 

 . 2 



- 8 



- 6 



- 6 



7 

 -20 

 -20 



SW 



ssw 



SW 



NW 



WNW 



SE 



SW 



ssw 



NE— SE 



SE— SW 

 W 



NE 

 ENE 

 NNW 



SW 



N 

 Ditto 



W 

 Ditto 



Ditto 



NE 

 Ditto 



Ditto 

 SSW 

 WNW 



N 



W 

 WSW 

 Ditto 

 Ditto 

 SSW 

 Ditto 

 SSE 



W 

 WSW 

 Ditto 



W 



N 

 Ditto 

 Ditto 



W 

 Ditto 



Foggy; rain. 



Gusts of wind ; cloudy. 



Ditto, ditto. 



Snow and hail. 



Clear and dry. 



Stormy. 



Foggy. 



Clear and dry. 



Ditto ; ice on the St. Law- 

 rence broken. 



Rain ; hazy ; change. 



Clear, dry day. 



Two inches snow fell. 



Hazy. 



Snow ; cloudy. 



Ditto. 



Ditto. 



Ditto. 



Clear and dry winds. 



Ditto, river closed up oppo- 

 site the town of Montreal. 

 Ditto, ditto entirely frozen; 

 temp, a few miles up the 

 country at 8 a.m. 22° un- 

 der zero. 

 Cloudy. 

 Crossing commenced on the 



ice of the river. 

 Four inches snow. 

 Clear. 



Ditto, with much wind. 

 Clear. 

 Ditto. 

 Ditto. 

 Ditto. 

 Snow. 

 Cloudy. 

 Clear and dry. 

 Ditto. 

 Ditto. 

 Ditto. 

 Ditto. 

 Ditto. 



Change; snow. 

 Snow. 

 Cloudy. 

 Clear and dry. 

 Ditto temp, by a corre- 

 sponding thermometer in 

 the country at seven 



Vol. XII. N° VI. 



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