SERIES B. ZONE 9. LAT. 45° TO 50° N. 



211 



(Nos. '75 and 76.) 



Central Maine. — Continued. 







Eelative Prevalence op Winds pkom the 







Mo 









DlEFERENT POINTS OE THE COMPASS. 





C^ 



intl 



lencea. 





p4 





^ 





,^ 





i^"i 









Kind of 



Tine of the 









iii 





o^ 







QJ 



Direction of 



2^ 









observations. 



year. 







i.m 





gco 





Si? 



^.O 



resultant. 



oE 



Direct 



on. 









■a 



H§ 



^ 



wS 



3 



it 



» 



^■s 



sS 





Sn 







g 







a 



^£ 



S 



73 .C 



to 





^ 



'it 



o 





« 









£ 





r f 



Spring 



77 



3.55 



65 



306 



106 



254 187 



599| 115 



ISI. 55°19'W.|.15 



N. 88° 



E. LlO 



a 



li 



Summer 



90 



14S 



76 



376 



171 



514 250 



592 164 



S. 72 17 W.I. 26 



S. 9| 



W. .16 



o -^ 



Autumn 



87 1 224 



50 



282 



102 



346 183 



661 



137 



N. 71 7 W. .25 



S. 88 



W..01^ 



S -S 



a & 



Winter 



136 



348 



69 



177 



132 



301i 218 



960 



125 



N. 48 33 W. 



.36* 



N. 17 



W..17-i 



^,m 



CO 



The yeai-ii 



















N. 69 24 W. 



.23^ 









<-, 1 



Spring 



10 



25 



31 



14 



6 



8 15 



25 





N. 39 13 E. 



.24 



N. 65 



E. j.32 



!^ 



ii \ 



Summer 



6 



9 



15 



33 



18 



22l \A 



23 





S. 50 W. 



.20 



S. 28i 



E. '.28 



2 « J 



Autumn 



11 



9 



2 



9 



6 



27 



19 



40 





N. 74 38 W. 



.43i 



N. 77 



W. .29 



to o3 



1" 



Winter 



13 



19 



33 



6 



17 



24 



62 



45 





N. 71 34 W. 



.29 



N. 73 



W. 



.14 



la 



The year2 













... 









N. 70 41 W. 



.14i 









So 



a'i ^ 



Spring 



87 



380 



96 



320 



ill 



262 



202 



624 



115 



N. 40 63 W. 



.16:^ 



N. 69i E. 



.11 



Summer 



96 



157 



91 



409 



189 



536 



264 



615 



164 



S. 69 51 W. 



.25 



S. 6 



W.Ll7i 



t- « 



£l^ i 



Autuiiiu 



98 



233 



52 



291 



108 



373 



202 



701 



137: N. 71 32 W. 



.26 



S. 81 



W. .03 



N 



Winter 



149 



367 



102 



183 



149 



325 



280|1011 



125 jN. 50 2 W. 



.35i 



N. 21 



W.'.IS 



o 



P,§ [ 



The year2 













... 







... N. 67 46 W. 



.23 





1 



^^ Note to Mouson on preceding page. 







' From this table we obtain the folli-wing summary of results :- 



- 







Spring. 



Summer. 



Autumn. 



Winter. 



Tlie year. 



Average velocity of all winds in miles per hour 



2.39 



4.50 



5.25 



5.03 



4.46 



Velocity in mean direction, on the supposition that the winds 













from every point of the compass move with the foregoing 













average velocity . . . " 



.44 



.45 



.69 



2.23 



.87 



True velocity in mean direction, giving to the winds from every 













point of the compass each their own average velocity, as 













shown in the table above 



.55 



1.00 



.84 



3.41 



.72 



Excess of the latter over the former . . . . . . 



+.11 



+ .55 



+.15 



+1.18 



—.15 



2 Computed from the resultants for the seasons. 







(Nos. 77 to 81.) 

 Observed as follows : — 



Maine, north of latitude 46° 









Aggregate 





Place of observation. 



By whom observed. 





length of 

 time. 



Date. 









yrs. mos. 





Fort Fairfield, 



U. S. Army Surgeons, 





1 8 



1842 and 1843. 



Fort Kent, 



" " " 





1 9 



1843 to 1845 inclusive. 



Houlton,' 



U. S. Army Surgeons and C. 



1. Fernald, 



16 8 



1829 to 1845 inclusive & 1869. 



Fatten, 



S. Eveleth, 





1 



1849 and 1S50. 







Relative Prevaiehce of Wi 



MDS FEOM THE 







Monsoon 









Different Points of the 



Compass. 







influences. 



rs 





(a 





hI 



^ 





■fe 









Place of 



Time of 





i>ii 





ha 









oii 



• 



Direction of 



Si's 











observation. 



the year. 





S^ 





t-OJ 





o"J 





o^ 



u^ 



resultant. 



oS 



Direction. 





.D 









as 



*; 



° a 





^ % 



■5 



^l 



ES 





M 





% 









% 



%l 



H 



mv 



m 



m.C 



^ 



^l 



O 





« 





iS 



216 



- \ 



Spring 



125 



34 



33 



42 ! 155 



73 



198 



117 





S. 88°56'W. 



.32 



S. 54^<=W. 



.06 



Summer 



111 



46 



39 



73 



233 



115 



275 



168 





S. 73 36 W. 



.35 



S. 26 W. 



.14 



184 



Autumn 



50 



37 



17 



22 



68 



25 



77 



51 





N. 81 19 W.? 



.21 



N. 85^ E. 



.06 



91 



1 Winter 

 L The year2 



1.32 



44 



34 



39 



70 



48 



123 



101 





N. 52 48 W.? 



.29 



N. 16 E. 



.16 



149 















... 







N. 85 5 W. 



.30 







639 



... , ... 





' Surface winds and motion of clouds combined in t 



he year 1869. In all the other years the observations 



were made at Hancock Barracks. 



2 Computed from the resultants for the seasons. 



