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Meteorological abstract for the months from September, IH72, to April IS72, in- 

 clusive, made bi) Chas. r. Fish. Ciiited Slates Si!))ial-Sereice,at the office of the 

 Chief Si(itial-Officer, United States Army, division of reports and telegrams for 

 the island of Saint I'aul, Berinfs Sea, for the benefit of commerce and a<jri~ 

 Ml I tare. 



Month of record. 



Mean of t.iTonieter, corrected 



Maxinimu of l]arou)eter, corrected 



Miiiinimu of barometer, corrected 



Monthly range of baronietei', corrected.. 



Oreate.st daily range of barometer, cor- 

 rected 



Least daily range of barometer, corrected 



Mean daily range of barometer, corrected 



Mean of e.xpo.sed thermome.ter 



Ma.\innun of expo.sed thermometer 



Miniiiiuin ol e.^posed thermometer 



iSlouthly range of exposed thermometer. 



Greatest .daily range of exposed ther- 

 mometer 



Least daily range of exposed thermom- 

 eter 



Mean of maxima of exposed thermom- 

 eter 



Mean of minima of exposed thermom- 

 eter 



Mean daily range of exposed thermom- 

 eter 



Mean relative humidity 



]SIaxinuim relative humidity 



Minimum relative humidity 



Prevailing wind 



Number of miles traveled by wind 



Mean daily velocity of wind 



Mean hourly velocity of wind 



Maximum hourly velocit3- of wind 



Proportion of cloudiness. 



Amount of rainfall, in inches , 



Greatest daily amount of rain-fall , 



Amount of melted hail and snow, (in- 

 cluded in rain-tall) 



Number of days on which precipitation 

 occurred 



Number of days on which hail or snow 



fell 



September. 



29. 773 

 30.41; 



2S.)S7 

 1.59 



.97 

 .(03 

 .25!) 

 4'1'=. 2 



33= 

 10= 



11= 



1= 



4C=. 8 



41°. S 



5°.0 

 85. G 

 100 

 5G 



N. 

 9,138 

 304.6 

 l-->. 7 

 33 

 92 

 ■2.89 

 .85 



30 

 4 



October. 



November, i December. 



29. 512 



30.04 



28. 51 



1.53 



.97 



.04 



.293 

 30=. 

 4,-p 

 22= 

 23= 



11 = 



1= 



3S=. 7 



33=. 3 



5=. 4 

 83.9 



no 



N. 



11, 872 

 ,383 

 10 • 

 42 

 84 

 3.08 

 .56 



.91 



29 

 15 



29. 438 



30.23 



28. 02 



1.01 



.87 



.00 



.339 

 340.3 

 41= 

 23= 

 18= 



12= 



1'= 



3C=.2 



31=. 5 



4=. 7 

 86.6 

 100 

 CO 



S. 

 14, 539 

 484.6 

 20.2 

 74 



78.9 

 2.38 

 .31 



.82 



17 



29. 488 



30. 04 

 28. 05 



1.99 



.80 

 .03 

 .249 



26=. 



37= 

 4= 



33= 



11= 

 1= 



29=. I 



24= 



5'=.! 

 87.8 

 100 

 70 

 N. 

 10,fi44 

 530.5 

 22.1 

 53 

 84 



2.99 

 .42 



2.33 



27 



24 



Month of record. 



January. February. ' March. 



^lean of barometer, corrected 



ilaximuiu of barometer, corrected 



Minimum of barometer, corrected 



Monthly range of barorjeter, corrected.. 



Greatest daily range of barometer, cor- 

 rected 



Least daily range of barometer, corrected . 



Mean daily range of barometer, corrected. 



Mean of expo.sed thermometer 



Maximum of exposed thermometer 



Minimum of exposed thermometer 



Monthly range of exposed thermometer . 



Greatest daily range of exposed ther- 

 mometer 



Least daily range of exposed thermom- 

 eter 



Mean of maxima of exposed thermom- 

 eter 



Mean of minima of exposed thermom- 

 eter 



Mean daily range of exposed thermom- 

 eter 



Mean relative luimidity 



29. 953 



30. .iO 

 29. 32 



1.18 



.58 

 .03 

 .194 



15=. 7 



34= 

 -11 = 



45= 



0= 



18=. 9 



11-. 9 



7=.0 

 85.7 



29. .i07 



30.51 



28. 26 



2. 25 



.95 

 .06 

 .421 



18=. 6 



34 = 

 -12= 



40= 



28° 



3° 



22=. 6 



15=. 1 



7= 5 

 80.2 



29. 768 



30.31 



29. 05 



1.20 



.66 

 .05 

 .219 



12=. 



35'= 

 — 7= 



42= 



20= 



3= 

 17M 



70.4 



90.7 



81.8 



April. 



29. 709 



30. 35 

 29. 00 



1.35 



.73 

 .03 



23'=r9' 

 35= 

 3= 

 32° 



24 = 



3= 



27=. 9 



19=. 4 



8°. 5 

 84.29 



