METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS. 



189 



CLIVJATE OF HALIFAX, N. S. 



Meteorological Table (Averagefi). 



Latitude, 44° 89' north ; Longitude, 63° 36' west. 



Based on official records of The Canadian Meteorological Service for 



from 20 to 24 j^ears. 



Brought down to 3lst December, 1911. 



Wind. 



Prevailing 

 Direction. 



20 years 

 obsr. 



w 

 w 

 w 

 w 

 w 

 w 

 w 

 w 

 w 

 w 



N.W. 

 N.W. 



Mean 



Miles 



per 



Hour. 



Precipitation. 



A veragt 

 Mean. 



w 



11 

 11 



9 



8 

 7 

 6 

 7 

 9 

 10 

 10 



I Number 

 „ . ^ of Days 

 Heaviest ^^j^h .oi 

 biUl. Pi-ecipn. 

 OI , ! .. or more. 



.i4 years ob servations 2I yj-H ob 



Inches '< Inches. 



10.12 



9 



6.01 

 4.71 

 5.14 

 4.67 

 3.78 

 3.81 

 3.66 

 4.59 

 4.10 

 5.55 

 5.87 

 5.51 



8.74 



9.88 



8.38 



6.30 



.6.97 



8.73 



10.66 



12.10 



15.02 



10.25 



10.25 



57.40 15.02 161 



16 

 13 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 12 

 13 

 11 

 13 

 15 

 14 



Number 



of 



Fair 



Days. 



Number 



of 



Thunder 



Storms. 



Number 



of 



Fogs. 



•20 ye 



ars observ 



ations. 



15 







2 



15 







1 



17 







2 



16 







3 



18 





5 



17 





4 



19 





5 



18 





3 



19 





2 



18 







1 



15 







1 



17 







1 



204 



5 



30 



Average mean temperature, autumn months, 49.1. 

 ,, ,, ,, winter months, 25.8. 



Warmest month of year, July. 

 Coldest ,, ,, February. 



Most precipitation, month of January. 

 Least ,, ,, July. 



Most cloud, month of November. 

 Least ,, ,, September. 



