DIRECTION AND FORCE OF WIND. 



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September 



October . 



November 



December 



January . 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August . 



Autumn . 

 Winter . 

 Spring . 

 Summer . 



Year 



8158 

 2286 

 4338 

 4325 

 3488 

 4691 

 1802 

 1T23 

 2174 

 2351 

 1319 

 3420 



14769 



12439 



5687 



321 



32600 



222° 



228 



225 



225 



226 



214 



232 



233 



225 



45 



43 

 215 



224 

 221 



229 



223 



Resulting true 

 direction. 



N. E. i N. 

 N. E. i E. 

 N. E. 

 N. E. 

 N. E. 



N. E. by N. 

 N. E. i E. 

 N. E. I E. 

 N. E. 

 S. W. 

 S. W. J- S. 

 N. E. l>y N. 



N. E. 

 N. E. i N. 

 N. E. i E. 

 W. IS. 



N. E. 



The resulting direction of the wind at Port Foulke during the period of one year 

 is from the N. E. (true), which agrees with the general movement of the atmosphere 

 in the Arctic regions as made out by Prof J. H. Coffin ;^ the resulting directions at 

 Van Rensselaer^ S. S. W. nearly, and in Baffin Bay (latitude 72°. 5, longitude 65°. 8) 

 N. W. by N. do not agree with this deduction, but whether this is owing to anoma- 

 lous local influences, or whether it points to a modification of the law can only be 

 settled when a greater number of observations will have been discussed, at present 

 it appears most likely due to local circumstances. 



Relative Frequency of each Wind and of Calms. 



The following table of numbers of relative frequency contains the number of 

 entries, 72, of each wind and of calms. 





1860. 





1861. 















True 

 direc- 

 tion. 











a 



a 



g 



he 



a 

 a 



OS 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



April 



May 



June 



July 



Aug. 



























Uted. 



<! 



is 



cc 



m 



fH 



s. 







12 



















1 











1 



6 



3 



12 







1 



10 



23 



N. 



28 



2 



3 











33 



6 











2 



5 



16 



33 



33 



6 



23 



95 



W. 







19 



















1 







17 







4 



2 



19 







18 



6 



43 



E. 



2 















5 



4 



















15 



9 



2 



9 







24 



35 



S. W. 



15 



58 



37 



45 



34 



34 



41 



97 



46 



155 



130 



72 



110 



113 



184 



357 



764 



N.E. 



249 



171 



199 



189 



166 



170 



163 



177 



215 



110 



88 



166 



619 



525 



555 



359 



2058 



N.W. 



5 



3 











6 















4 







6 



5 



8 



6 



4 



11 



29 



S.E. 



13 



2 



5 



3 



31 



5 



36 



21 







1 



5 



9 



20 



39 



57 



15 



131 



Calms 



48 105 



116 jl35 



130 



90 



124 65 



90 



91 



118 



90 



269 



355 



279 



299 



1202 



^ Twelfth meeting of the Am. Association, Baltimore, 1S58. 



^ See note on page 66 of Captain McClintock's Meteorological Discussions, explaining the change 

 from mao'netic to true direction at this harbor. 



