CHAPTER XXIX. 



Navigation of Hudson's Bay and Strait — Continued. 



CLIMATE — TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER — VEGETATION — COMPARA- 

 TIVE TEMPERATURES. 



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^HE condition of the weather in Hudson's Bay and Strait is. 



uniformly good, especially in the Bay. The observations. 



taken by the Expedition cover, of course, only a brief period ; 



but from what I learned from those whom we met with, 

 and from meteorological data preserved at York Factory and other 

 places, it seems to me that a very close estimate of the mean average 

 temperature of each month in the year, at the following places, may 

 be arrived at. At any rate the calculation will not be found greatly 

 off the mark : — 



YORK FACTORY. 



Lat. 57° 2' north, Long. 94° 16' west. 



April 32° Fah. above zero. 



May 38° 



June 49° 



July 57° 



August 56° 



September . . . 46° 



October 32° 



November . . . 26° 



4° Fah. below zero' 



December . . 



January 8 



February 9 



March 3 



N.B.— In some cases the above has been, 

 verified by data ; but in April, November, 

 December, January, February, and March 

 the mean average monthly temperature 

 srjven is approximated. Some of the figures 

 given by one of the officers at York are 

 ridiculously absurd. 



CHURCHILL 



Lat. 58° 44' 43" north, Long. 9i 



25' west. 



April 33° Fah. above zero. 



May 39° 



June 50° 



July 57° 



August 55° 



September . . 43° 



October 30° 



November. . . 24° 



December. ... 5° Fah. below zero. 



January 9° n M 



February .... 7° n n 



March 4° ., „ 



N.B. — This estimate of the mean average 

 temperature at Churchill is based upon such 

 records as the Hudson's Bay officer there 

 has kept, and upon general information. 

 It may be slightly inaccurate. 



