486 



NEW LAND. 



In the first four columns of the table are given the number of days 

 when the weather was calm and when there was wind. As days with 

 light wind are reckoned those when only solitary observations gave a 

 velocity of 3 metres in the second, or slightly more. 



The fifth and sixth columns show the highest velocity observed in 

 metres per second, and the directions of the wind. As will be seen by 

 the table, the stronger winds were always southerly. The 104 days, 

 however, on which slight wind is recorded, might almost be included 

 with the calm days, for often these light winds were entirely local. 

 Days when the greater number of observations gave no wind, or 

 occasional wind under 1 metre per second, are recorded as calm. 



CLOUDS. 



Days which are recorded as clear are those on which only solitary 

 observations showed a cloudiness of 1 or 2, half-clear indicates a 

 preponderance of clouds 1-5, overcast a preponderance of G-10. It 

 will at once be seen that the clear days chiefly occur in the winter 

 months. 



PRECIPITATION. 



As days of precipitation are also reckoned those when there was 

 mist or when occasional snow-flakes fell ; this in a measure explains the 



