142 Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 



They are generally more prevalent during the colder seasons than 

 during the summer, but even in the winter are not often referred 

 to as being particularly raw, cold or disagreeable. 



West winds: — These are relatively infrequent at the lake and 

 are much more prevalent during the winter than in summer. They 

 are usually moderately strong winds. They are not generally of 

 great duration, though they occasionally last from 12 to 18 or 24 

 hours, and they are not especially associated with any particular 

 time of day. They are often associated with clouds and storms, 

 and in the winter, with snow. In cold weather they are often raw 

 and searching. 



Northivest ivinds are rather frequent at the lake and vary 

 greatly in strength, sometimes being light breezes but more often 

 rather brisk to strong winds. They are rather infrequent in the 

 morning but usually spring up some time during the day. When 

 strong winds they are usually markedly disagreeable and are often 

 associated with clouds and rain or snow. In the winter they are 

 cold and chilling but not so persistent and depressing as winds 

 from the northeast. 



Relative duration and frequency of winds: — The direction of 

 the wind during the summer of 1899 was observed 223 times, 

 morning, noon and night, as follows: Easterly 90, southerly 47, 

 northerly 34, westerly 31, calm 21. During the summer of 1900 

 the result of 200 observations was as follows : Southerly 66, east- 

 erly 60, westerly 31, northerly 22, calm 21. During the summer 

 of 1903 the result of 172 observations was as follows: Easterly 

 59, westerly 45, northerly 32, southerly 21, calm 15. 



Summary of 595 observations during three summers, 1899, 

 1900 and 1903 as follows: 



Easterly winds 209 



Southerly winds 134 



Westerly winds 107 



Northerly winds 88 



Calm 57 



Total 595 



Observations so far made show that the easterly winds prevail 

 during the summer at Lake Maxinkuckee. 



