200 



WINDS OF THE GLOBE. 



(Nos. 43 and 44.) Western Minnesota. 



Observed at the following places, viz.: — 



Hazlewood (formerly Lac qui Paric), by Mr. Williamson and Rev. S. R. Riggs, for an aggregate 

 period of 4g years, in the years 1844 and 1854 to 1809 inclusive. 



Lapham, by E. M. Wright, J. F. McMulliii, S. Locke, and D. F. Shortwell, for an aggregate 

 period of ten months, in the years 1851 and 1.S58. 







Relative Prevalence of Winds fhom the 







Monsoo 



\ 









DiFFBEENT POINTS OF THE OOMPASS. 





1's 



influences. | 







W 





W 





•^ 





,^' 











Kind nf 



Time of the 





ijj 





ia 





£ii 





s^ 



OJ 



Direction of 



2*0 









observations. 



year. 





o^ 









oi» 





0^ 



ol 



resultant. 



3 



Direction. 











.d 



wg 



■s 



1^ % 



.a 



3 



^'s 



£ 



^1 



s'i 









g 









1 



^t 



W 



mC 



O 



yiS 



^ 



^i 









«" 





\M 





Tj r - f 



Spring 



66 



22 



28 



58 



136 



59 



42 



249 



... 



N. 77° 29' W. .271 



N. 34° E. 



.03 





§ • 





Summer 



18 



7 



11 



57 



166 



29 



17 



209 







S. 66 31 W. 1.273 



S. 14 E. 



.14 





Is 



o > » 



X i a • 



Autumn 



21 



14 



12 



28 



131 



26 



37 



198 







N. 89 22 W.I. 325 



S. 60 W. 



.06 





"n S 



H- 



Winter 



50 



16 



27 



26 



85 



21 



35 



202 







N. 57 43 W. .343 



N. 2 W. 



.15 







Tlie year2 























N. 83 6 W. .285 









"o '£ 



Spring 



719 



126 



2.32 



409 888 1363 



235 



1496 







N. 65 18 W. .23 











Summer 



76 



20 



82 



344 'S84 212 



80 



959 







S. 48 10 W.1.29 









Autumn 



113 



62 



52 



117 .559 ,104 



150 



900 







N. 83 28 W.L33 









i| 



la 



Winter 



221 



72 



80 



98 



378 



62 1169 



1226 







N. 53 38 W. 



.47 









o S% 





Tlie year2 













... 1 ... 









N. 78 16 W. 



.28 













Spring 



10.891 5.73' 8.29 



7.05 



6.53 



6.15 5.60 



6.01 















3 3 



Summer 



4.22| 2.43' 7.45 



6.04 



5.33 



7.31 4.7l'4.59 















=" a 





Autumn 



5.381 4.43 4.33 



4.1S 



4.27 



4.00 4.05! 4.55 















CO 





Winter 



4.42 



4.5f'|2.96 



3.77 



4.45 



2.95 4.83 6.07 







■ 









i f 1" 



Spring 



176 



94 116 



233 



340 133 127 



550 



3 



N. 82 55 W- 



.15 



N. 68 E. 



.07 







2 • 



Summer 



57 



42 1 75 



203 



447 ,126 107 



502 



6 



S. 51 61 W. 



.25 



S. 7iE. 



.15 





.3 J" 



.rt "^ 1 



Autumn 



79 



42 1 45 



143 



308 



62 77 



435 



8 



S. 81 44 W. 



.21 



S. 20i E. 



02 





■^ .2 



.s'S 



Winter 



153 



57 , 96 



111 



271 



107 206 



623 



7 



N. 67 39 W. .34 



N. 35 W. 



.17 





s- ^ 





Tlie year^ 





















S. 87 33 W. .21 i 









.O ^ 





Snrine 



39 



38 



85 



58 



71 



23 



90 



"78 





S. 49 39 W. .02 



S. 72 E. 



.06^ 





aj 



g -^ Summer 



33 



18 



47 



49 



59 



55 



135 



61 





S. 70 24 W.'.28i 



S. 61J W. 



.21J 





3 -^ 



'a -5 1 



Autumn 



40 



82 



68 



36 



56 



8 



66 



51 





N. 35 50 1!. i.04- 



N. 76 E. 



.lOi 





V '5 



S3 



Winter 



26 



22 



84 



23 



36 



5 



82 



72 ... 



N. 29 22 W.'.12 



N. 11 E. 



.10 





Id« 



o [ 



Tlie year^ 

















... 



N. 85 23 W.1.08 











^i ( 



Spring 



215 



132 



201 



291 



4n ;i5u 



217 



628 3 



N. 86 40 W. .12 



N. 7iii E. 



.07 





5) § 



Summer 



90 



60 



122 



252 



506 :i81 



242 



563 6 



S. 56 37 W. .25 



S. 9 W. 



.08 





<;'^ 



i'^-3 , 



Autumn 



119 



74 



113 



179 1364 ' 70 



143 



486 8 



S. 84 8 W. .16 



S. 71 E. 



.03 





. > 

 5 



£ a 1 



Winter 



179 



79 



180 



134 307 112 



288 



695 7 



N. 65 5 W. .29i 



N. 31 W. 



.15 





. a§ L 



The year' 









.. ... j ... 







S. 88 33 W.'.ig' 









' From this table we obtain the following summary of results: — 







Spring. 



Summer. 



Autumn. Winter. The year. 





Average velocity of all winds in miles per hour 





6.77 



5.17 



4.40 



4.99 



5.33 





Velocity in mean direction, on the supposition that the winds 

















from every point of the compass move with the foregoing 

















average velocity ......... 





1.83 



1.41 



1.43 



1.71 



1.52 





True velocity in mean direction, giving the winds from the 

















several points of the compass, each their own average velocity, 

















as shown in the table above 





1.56 



1.48 



1.45 



2.33 



1.49 





Excess of the latter over the former 





-.27 



+ .07 



+ .02 



+ .62 



—.03 





* Computed from the resultants for the seasons. 





