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Frof, Bewey^s Meteorological Observations 



1817. 



Months. 





January 



March 



April 



May 



[June 



July 



August 



Septem. 



October 



Novem, 



Decern, 





Highest. 



46.5 



FebruaVvI 40.8 



53 

 80. 

 81.8 

 84 



91.1 



85.3 



83.2 

 73.3 

 71.8 

 54.8 



Lowest. 



4.1 



■20 







23 



04 

 36 



50 

 44 



31.5 



18 

 11.4 



-6 



Highest 

 mean. 



40 



38.£ 



39.7 



65.9 

 66.5 



69.1 



77.1 



re 1 

 73.1 



60.1 

 64.8 



44.9 



Lowest 

 mean. 



4.13 



-10.53 



15.lt' 



32.6s 

 39.57 

 45.67 

 59.70 



47 

 39.5 



28.9 



16 9 



0.17 



Greatest 



26.5 



2^ 



32.2 



40 



S3 



31 

 32 

 32 

 35 



27 

 27 



Least, 



4 



3.3 

 1.2 

 3.5 

 5 



20.81 

 15.10 



28,55 



43.77 

 54.31 



5 59.57 



8 

 4 



6.5 



4 



6 



4 



6-.40 

 66.47 

 58.68 

 45.06 



38.79 





Quanti- 

 ty of 

 water. 



1.972 



2.169 

 1.975 

 1.465 



2.585 



7.189 

 2.814 



6.477 

 4.358 



2.039 

 2.920 



27.0212.394 



Mean temperature of the year 



43.79 



f( 



of highest and lowest in tlie months 43.48 



" of 



do. and do. means do. 



43.09 



Greatest heat 92.7 July 18th about 3 P. M, 



Quantity of water, rain and snow, 38.357 inches. 



Winds N. W. £60 ; S. W. 99 ; S. E. 91 j S. 77 ; W. 14 j N. E. 2 ; and 



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E. 1 ; and, through the day, N. W. 153. 



Mean state of the thermometer for February 5th, — 8.75 ; 11th, 0.23 ; 

 14th, as given in the table — 10.53 j 15th — 10.2; 16th, — 3.9. Thermometer 

 during the cold Friday of 1810, did not, on the whole, stand so low as it did 

 on the above 14th of February. The greatest cold ever observed here, 



28, which happened in December 1796, 



The temperature of the three springs, mentioned in the observations of 



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last year, and also of Green river, was noted three times a montlu The 

 result is not materially different from that above given. Mean temperature 



of the 1st spring 48.33; 2d, 47.35 ; 3d, 45.65; and of Green river, 47.3.5. 



The Ist varied only i|° durin,i^ the year ; the 2d, 7° j the 3d, 21°,4 ; and 

 the river, 42°, or from 32° to 74°. 



