METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL FOR JULY AND AUGUST, 1840. 



REMARKS. 



29.922 

 29.774 

 29.540 

 29.878 

 29.732 

 29.810 

 29.634 

 29.822 

 29.878 

 29.996 

 30.002 

 30.012 

 30.012 

 30.316 

 30.304 

 30.152 

 29.998 

 29.778 

 29.700 

 29.566 

 29.630 

 29.820 

 30.032 

 30.066 

 29.814 

 29.694 

 29.956 

 30.084 

 30.260 

 30.148 

 34.210 



29.921 



29.916 

 29.768 

 29.532 

 29.874 

 29.728 

 29.804 

 29.630 

 29.816 

 29.872 

 29.988 

 29.998 

 30.004 

 30.004 

 30.310 

 30.300 

 30.148 

 29.992 

 29.772 

 29.694 

 29.560 

 29.626 

 29.816 

 30.024 

 30.058 

 29.806 

 29.688 

 29.950 

 30.076 

 30.256 

 30.140 

 30.204 



20.915 



65.5 

 63.7 

 64.4 

 81.5 

 72.0 

 68.0 

 77.2 

 64.8 

 69.0 

 64.2 

 75.0 

 72.4 

 68.3 

 71.2 

 79.9 

 70.7 

 75.7 

 64.4 

 66.3 

 68.3 

 76.2 

 66.2 

 62.8 

 65.0 

 62.6 

 63.0 

 64.0 

 63.2 

 78.3 

 67.2 

 72.5 



69.1 



29.846 

 29.728 

 29.534 

 29.902 

 29.706 

 29.686 

 29.706 

 29.780 

 29.956 

 29.960 

 29.976 

 29.982 

 30.088 

 30.294 

 30.220 

 30.026 

 29.926 

 29.784 

 29.622 

 29.548 

 29.660 

 29.858 

 30.056 

 30.014 

 29.772 

 29.696 

 29.958 

 30.106 

 30.234 

 30.098 

 30.212 



29.840 

 29.722 

 29.530 

 29.896 

 29.700 

 29.678 

 29.698 

 29.772 

 29.948 

 29.952 

 29.970 

 29.974 

 30.080 

 30.286 

 30.212 

 30.018 

 29.918 

 29.776 

 29.618 

 29.544 

 29.652 

 29.850 

 30.048 

 30.006 

 29.764 

 29.690 

 29.950 

 30.098 

 30.228 

 30.090 

 30.204 



29.901 I 29.894 



I 



66.0 

 65.9 

 65.9 

 67.5 

 66.4 

 66.9 

 65.8 

 64.7 

 64.9 

 63.9 

 65.2 

 64.8 

 62.9 

 63.7 

 65.8 

 67.2 

 67.3 

 66.2 

 68.2 

 67.3 

 67.8 

 66.6 

 64.0 

 64.5 

 66.0 

 64.0 

 65.0 

 65.7 

 67.7 

 68.6 

 69.4 



66.0 



56 



07.1 

 05.8 

 05.2 

 09.0 

 08.7 

 07.5 

 07.5 

 07.1 

 07.1 

 05.9 

 08.3 

 08.0 

 05.9 

 07.1 

 09.0 

 09.3 

 08.3 

 05.1 

 06.1 

 07.1 

 07.6 

 05.4 

 06.2 

 07.6 

 05.0 

 04.4 

 06.9 

 05.0 

 08.4 

 05.6 

 07.3 



00.9 



62.0 

 61.2 

 58.8 

 61.3 

 63.3 

 62.6 

 59.7 

 61.2 

 59.4 

 60.3 

 60.2 

 58.3 

 55.7 

 59.4 

 63.7 

 66.5 

 62.7 

 63.7 

 63.7 

 63.3 

 63.7 

 61.4 

 59.7 

 61.7 

 60.3 

 58.8 

 61.0 

 61.7 

 64.7 

 65.4 

 62.3 



61.5 



65.2 

 63.7 

 62.9 

 67.4 

 63.4 

 63.8 

 64.6 

 62.7 

 65.7 

 62.0 

 62.3 

 61.7 

 59.5 

 68.7 

 72.3 

 72.4 

 67.7 

 65.7 

 69.0 

 65.8 

 61.7 

 65.8 

 60.2 

 64.7 

 66.0 

 60.0 

 70.2 

 69.7 

 69.6 

 70.9 

 66.7 



65.5 



52.4 

 59.6 

 56.5 

 53.7 

 58.7 

 53.3 

 50.6 

 53.8 

 51.3 

 51.3 

 52.6 

 52.2 

 49.4 

 50.2 

 57.0 

 56.0 

 52.8 

 58.0 

 58.7 

 53.2 

 55.3 

 52.7 

 53.5 

 55.0 

 58.5 

 56.3 

 55.3 

 55.6 

 60.2 

 60.2 

 58.7 



54.9 



68.2 

 66.6 

 66.5 

 69.2 

 68.6 

 75.3 

 71.7 

 66.3 

 67.3 

 67.7 

 66.8 

 69.2 

 62.7 

 70.5 

 77.2 

 74.3 

 74.6 

 69.7 

 68.6 

 70.0 

 76.0 

 70.2 

 72.4 

 64.5 

 67.4 

 70.2 

 62.4 

 71.4 

 71.8 

 72.0 

 73.2 



69.8 



.133 



.033 

 .080 



.016 

 .138 

 .025 

 .500 



.091 

 .066 

 .305 



.016 

 ,291 

 .105 



.016 



Sum. 



1.815 



S 

 SE 

 W 

 W 

 W 

 S var. 

 W 



sw 



NW 



W 

 NW 

 NW 

 NW 

 SW 



S 



S 

 SWvar, 



W 



S 

 S var. 

 W var. 



W 



W 



S 



S 



SE 

 NW 



S 

 NW 



ssvv 



NW 



Cloudy— light wind throuKhour the day. Evening, Overcast. 



{A.M. Overcast— light rain— brisk wind, as also high wind Ihrough- 

 oiit the night. P.M. Overcast- light wind. Ev. Slight rain. 

 {A.M. Overcast— light rain and wind. P.M. Fine— light clouds and 

 wind. Evening, Overcast— light wind. 

 A.M. Fine-It. elds. & wind. P.lVf. CIdy.— brisk wind. Ev.Thelike. 

 (■ A.M. Cloudv— brisk wind throughout the night. P.M. Overcast— 

 I brisk wind, with showers. Evening, Fineand starlight. 

 Cloudy— brisk wind throufrhoul the day. Ev. Light rain- high wind. 



{A.M. Dark heavy clnuds— brisk wind, with light showers. P.M. 

 Fine— light clouds — brisk wind. Evening, Overcast, 

 f A.M. Cloudy— light wind. P.M. Light rain and wind. Ev. Over- 

 l cast— heavy rain. 



{A.M. Overcast— light wind and showers. P.M. Cloudy— light 

 wind. Evening, Fine and starlight. 

 A.M. Cloudy— light wind. P.M. Fine— light clouds. Ev. Cloudy. 

 Fine- light clouds and wind throughout the day. Ev. The like. 



A.M. Fine— It. clouds <( wind. P.M. Clnu<ly-lt. wind. Ev.Thelike. 

 A.M. Cloudy— light wind. P.M. Light rain and wind. Evening, 

 Fine and inoonlighi. 



{Fine— light clouds and wind throughout the day. Evening, Fine 

 and moonlight, 

 f Fine— nearly cloudless, with light breeze throughout the day. 

 I Evening, Fine and moonlight. 

 Cloudy— light brteze throughout the day. Evening, The like. 



Fine— light clouds and breeze throughout the day. Ev. Overcast. 

 A.M. Lightly overcast- light breeze, with very fine rain. P.M. 

 Ovcrcasl. Evening, The like. [wind. 



Cloudy— lightwind throughout the day. Ev. Overcast— It. rain— high 

 f A.M. Cloudy— light wind, with occasional showers. P.M. Cloudy 

 t. — brisk wind. Evening, Fine and moonlight. 



(A.M. Fine— light clouds— brisk wind. P.M. Overcast— light rain. 

 Evening, Fine and starlight. 

 Cloudy— liaht wind throughout the day. Evening, Fine ft starlight, 

 f A.M. Cloudy— very slight rain early. P.M. Cloudy— li.(ht wind. 

 I Evening, Overcast. 



Cloudy— light wind throughaul the day. Ev. Overcast— brisk wind. 

 A.M. Overcast— high wind— rain early — high wind throughout 



the night. P.M. Slight rain. Evening, The like. 

 A.M. Liahlly overcast— heavy rain during the night. P.M. Over- 

 cast— lieht rain. Evening, Overcasi- liulit showers. 

 fA.M. Overcast- light wind. P.M. Fine— light clouds and wind. 

 \ Evening, Fine and stai light. 



A.M.OvercasI— It. wind. P.M.Fine— It. clouds .V wiud. Ev.Clnudy. 

 A.M. Fine— nearly clmdless— It. breeze. P.M. Cloudy. Ev. Overcast. 

 Cloudy— light wind throughout the day. Ev. Overcast— slight rain. 

 Fine— light clouds it wind throughout the Jay. Ev. Fine Hi starlight. 



Mean Barometer corrected 



9 A.M. 3 P.M. 

 F. 29.H17 .. 29.805 

 C 29.810 .. 29.797 



30.278 

 30.254 

 30.244 

 30.188 

 30.150 

 30.034 

 30.020 

 30.150 

 30.292 

 30.098 

 29.614 

 29.654 

 29.656 

 29.530 

 29.818 

 29.968 

 29.206 

 29.374 

 29.712 

 30.016 

 29.954 

 29.836 

 29.998 

 30.050 

 30.038 

 30.060 

 30.110 

 30.060 

 30.204 

 30.128 

 30.184 



29.964 



30.272 

 30.250 

 30.240 

 30.184 

 30.196 

 30.030 

 30.016 

 30.144 

 30.286 

 30.094 

 29.610 

 29.650 

 29.652 

 29.526 

 29.814 

 29.962 

 29.202 

 29.370 

 29.708 

 30.012 

 29.950 

 29.832 

 29.994 

 30.044 

 30.034 

 30.054 

 30.104 

 30.054 

 30.198 

 30.124 

 30.180 



29.961 



73.9 

 76.6 

 82.9 

 76.5 

 71.0 

 74.6 

 74.0 

 69.0 

 70.0 

 74.0 

 68.0 

 71.0 

 70.0 

 66.0 

 65.0 

 66.0 

 63.0 

 61.5 

 60.0 

 63.5 

 69.2 

 67.2 

 72.0 

 70.0 

 72.0 

 66.0 

 65.0 

 65.8 

 66.0 

 68.5 

 66.8 



69.2 



30.216 

 30.200 

 30.180 

 30.132 

 30.098 

 29.992 

 30.024 

 30.148 

 30.322 

 29.984 

 29.574 

 29.636 

 29.62! 

 29.604 

 29.832 

 29.904 

 29.264 

 29.552 

 29.766 

 30.002 

 29.894 

 29.824 

 29.982 

 29.996 

 30.000 

 30.070 

 30.052 

 30.080 

 30.200 

 30.086 

 30.124 



29.947 



30.210 

 30.192 

 30.172 

 30.126 

 30.094 

 29.986 

 30.020 

 30.142 

 30.318 

 29.978 

 29.570 

 29.632 

 30.620 

 29.600 

 29.828 

 29.900 

 29.260 

 29.548 

 29.762 

 29.998 

 29.888 

 29.818 

 29.978 

 29.990 

 29.994 

 30.066 

 30.048 

 30.076 

 30.194 

 30.082 

 30.120 



29.942 



68.0 

 69.3 

 72.3 

 72.0 

 71.0 

 72.0 

 73.0 

 71.0 

 69.8 

 72.0 

 69.5 

 70.0 

 68.5 

 67.2 

 66.0 

 66.0 

 64.5 

 62.0 

 63.0 

 66.0 

 69.0 

 69.0 

 69.0 

 68.6 

 68.2 

 67.3 

 67.2 

 67.0 

 67.0 

 69.0 

 68.7 



68.5 58 



05.2 



63.7 

 66.7 

 70.0 

 67.5 

 67.2 

 69.6 

 71.3 

 65.4 

 60.2 

 69.5 

 63.5 

 65.5 

 63.0 

 61.0 

 61.2 

 63.0 

 59.8 

 59.5 

 57.0 

 66.0 

 69.0 

 63.5 

 63.0 

 62.5 

 63.5 

 65.0 

 61.5 

 63.5 

 60.9 

 66.8 

 63.0 



64.3 



71.5 

 78.0 

 79.3 

 77.2 

 71.7 

 76.6 

 72.0 

 73.0 

 75.5 

 76.5 

 69.0 

 67.3 

 67.6 

 61.0 

 65.8 

 68.2 

 59.5 

 61.8 

 67.5 

 72.8 

 75.5 

 71.6 

 70.5 

 70.2 

 70.0 

 68.5 

 69.5 

 69.6 

 67.2 

 77.5 

 72.0 



70.8 



53.2 



55.3 



61.0 



61.0 



59.0 



60.0 



64.0 



59.0 



52.4 



60.0 



62.0 



57.0 



55.0 



56.0 



53.5 



54.5 



58.0 



52.5 



57.0 



60.0 



60.0 



62.5 



56.0 



56.0 



54.4 



61.0 



56.7 



60.0 



60.0 



58.0 



60.0 



57.9 



72.6 



79.0 



79.3 



80.0 



68.5 



73.0 



78.5 



76.0 



75.5 



77.0 



79.7 



70.5 



70.0 



70.0 



67.0 



67.5 



72.0 



63.2 



63.8 



69.0 



70.5 



77.8 



72.5 



72.5 



73.5 



73.0 



70.8 



72.0 



72.0 



69.0 



79.5 



72.7 



.058 

 .069 

 .027 

 .058 

 .213 

 .072 

 .159 

 .175 

 .369 

 .061 



.011 



Sum. 



1.272 



NW 



S 



s 



NW 

 SE 



ENE 



NE 



NNE 



N 



SW 



S 



WSW 



SW 



w 



SW var. 



W 

 Sl'^ var. 

 W 

 SE 

 S 



SE 

 SW 

 WSW 

 SW 

 WSW 

 NW 



w 

 w 



E 

 E 



NE 



Fine— light clouds if wind throughout the day. Ev. Fine It starlight. 

 Fine— It. clouds << breeze throughout the day. Ev. Fine& starlight. 

 Fine— nearly cloudless throughout the day. Ev. Fine and starlight. 

 A.M. Light fog. P.M. Fine— light clouds. Evening, Tlie like. 

 Flap — light clouds throughout the day. Evening, The like. 



Fine- light clouds throughout the day. Evening, The like. 



{A.M. Fine— light clouds and breezr. P.M. Lightly overcast— brisk 

 wind. Evening, Tlie like. 

 Fine— It. clouds- brisk wind throughout the day. Ev. The like. 

 'A.M. Lighily overcast — light wind. P.M. Fine — liglit clouds and 



wind. Evening, The like. 

 A.M. Overcast— It. fog. P.M. Fine— It. clouds. Ev. Lightly overcast. 

 A.M. Ovct.— It. wind. P.M. Fine — It.clouds. Ev. Lightly overcast. 



{A.M. Fine— light clouds and wind. P.M. Lightly overcast. Even- 

 ing, Overcast— heavy rain. 

 ' A.M. Overca^'t- light wind. P.M. Fine— light clouds— brisk wind. 

 (. Evening, The lilie. 



A.M. Overcast. P.M. Overcast — heavy showers. Evening, The like. 

 /A.M. Heavy clouds— brisk wind. P.M. Fine— light clouds, with 

 \ occa-ional showers. Evening, Overcast. 



{Fine — light chnuis nearly the whole of the day— heavy shower at 

 3V, P.M. Evening, Fine— light clouds. 

 {A.M. Overcast— light rain— liii;h winil. P.M. Fine— light clouds- 

 brisk wind. Rainbow ) p. 5. Evening, Overcast. 

 Overcast — brisk wind throiighoul the dav, as also the evening. 



{Overca»i — light rain ft wind nearly Ihrougliout the day. Evening, 

 Overcast. 

 Lighily overcast throughout the day. Evening, The like. 

 A.M. Lightly overcast— light fog. P.M. Fine— liuht clouds and 

 breeze. Evening, Fine — lighl clouds. 

 /A.M. Overcast- light wind. P.M. Fine— light clouds and wind. 

 1 Evening, Linhtly overcast. 



f A.M. Heavy clouds— lisht wind. P.M. Fine— ligbtclonds and wind, 

 t Evening, Dark heavy clouds — brisk wind. 



A.M. Lightly overcast— It. wind. P.M. Fine— It. clouds. Ev.Thelike. 

 A.M. Fine— ligbtclonds. P.M. Lightly overcast. Ev. Overcast. 

 Overcast— light wind throughout the day. Evening, The like. 

 Overcast throughout the day, as also the evening. 



A.M. Lighily overcast. P.M. Fine— It. clouds. Evening, Lightly 

 1 1 overcast. 



(AM. Overcasi— liglit fog and haze. P.M. Lightly overcast. 

 Evening, Light tog. 

 A.M. Overcast— liglit fog. P.M. Fine— lighl clouds. Ev. Overcast. 

 f A.M. Overcast— light wind. P.M. Fine— light clouds— brisk wind, 



Evening, Cloudy. 



Mean Barometer corrected.. 



( 9 A.M. 



J F. 29.859 . 

 { C. 29.85.5 . 



3 P.M. 

 . 29.844 

 . 29.838 



