SERIES B. ZONE 11. L A T. 3 5° T 4 0° x\ . 



417 



(No 



. in.) 





North-western Virginia.- 



—Coniit 



lied. 



















Eelative Pkkvalesoe op Winds from the 







Monsoon 







DiPFEEENT Points of the Compass. 



- 





§•3 



as 



influences. 





W 





W 





i 





■M 









Kind of 



Time of 





i-Ji 





ioi 









*J3 



6 



Direction of 



S^o 







observations. 



the year. 





t^; 





t-W 





gai 





OS 



t.,Q 



resultant. 



nS 



Direction. 









^ 



HS 



*; 



HS 





Ms 



■s 



^g 



si 





•2 ^ 





g 



















^ 



















'A 



'Ai^ 



W 



mC 



m 



mZ. 



'AC 



O 





K 





Ph 





r f 



Spring 



341 



108 



349 



182 



664 



667 



842^ 620 



784 



S. 71°10'W. 



.28 







^ 



ii 



Summer 



419 



133 



268 



206 



711 



534 



590 



228 



1003 



S. 47 58 W. 



.20^ 







o g 



■^a \ 



Autumn 



380 



119 



101 



195 



451 



343 



328 



579 



1005 



N. 86 20 W. 



.19 







g -g i Winter 



i The year' 



277 



138 



285 



176 



484 



667 



856 



593 



983 



S. 77 W. 



.28i 







^3 





















S. 79 9 W. 



.22i 







S " 



m r Spring 



110 



114 



241 



80 



151 



593 



1001 



322 





S. 80 40 W. 



.49 



N. 53° W. 



.06 



3=3 

 ta 



g 3 ] Summer 



130 



210 



173 



79 



140 



738 



506 



224 





S. 70 52 W. 



.39 



S. 84 E. .06 



'■3 — } 



Autumn 



138 



147 



57 



94 



193 



518 



34' 



188 





S. 67 50 W. 



.SH 



S. 70 E. .07 



'S „ 



S-" 



Winter 



66 



66 



161 



68 



141 



586 



713 



305 





S. 75 48 W. 



.53 



S. 84 W.-.08 







The year' 





















S. 74 18 W. 



.45 





60-^ 



60 . (- 



Spring 



451 



222 



590 



262 



815 



1260 



1842 942 



784'S. 75 57 W.1.35i 



N. 88 W.!.05 



<i > 





Summer 



.549 



343 



441 



285 



851 



1272 



1096 452 10031s. 59 33 W.i.26 



S. 55^ E. !.08 



. 3 





Autumn 



518 



266 



158 



289 



644 



861 



672, 767 1005 is. 80 41 W.I. 25 



N. 43 E. '.06^ 



t^ m 



M 1 



Winter 



343 



204 



446 



244 



625 



1253 



1569 898 983 



S. 76 22 W.l.36i 



N. 89 W.:.06 





The year' 















1 

 1 



S. 73 36 W. .30^ 





' Computed from the resultants for the seasons. 



I^" Note from No. 116, page 416. 





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







Sprinj^ 



Summer. ! Autumn. 



1 . 



Winter. 



The year. 



Average velocity of all winds in miles per hour 



8.23 



7.44 



8.72 





8.04 



8.11 



Velocity in mean direction, on the supposition that the winds 















from every point of tlie compass move with the foregoing 















average velocity ......... 



2.30 



1.24 



.69 





1.66 



1.39 



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















several points of the compass each their own average velocity. 















as shown in the table above ....... 



2.20 



1.08 



.58 





1.60 



1.24 



Excess of the latter over the former 



—.10 



—.16 



—.11 





—.06 



—.15 



(Nos. 118 aud 119.) 

 Observed as follows, viz. :- 



Central Virginia.' 







Aggrt 



Rate 





Place of observation. 



By whom observed. 



time. 



Date. 



Charlottesville, 



C. J. Meriwether and J. R. Abell, 



yrs. 



4 



1850, 1851, 1860 and 1861. 



Huntersville, 



William Skeeu, 



1 



2 



1850, 1851, 1852, 1854 aud 1856. 



Lewisburg, 



Thos. Fatten & J. W. Stalnaker, 



4 



8 



1854 to 1859 inclusive. 



Madison Court House, 



Dr. A. M. Grinnau, 



1 







1851 and 1852. 



Meadow Dale, 



.James Slaven, 







2 



1859. 



Montcalm, 



Chs. .1. Meriwetlier, 







10 



1853, 1864 and 1855. 



Mouticello,2 



President T. Jett'erson, 







9 



? 



Montview, 



J. R. Abell, 



1 







1858, 1859 and 1860. 



Mossy Creek, 



Jedediali Hotchkiss, 



1 



5 



1856, 1857 and 1858. 



Mount Solon, 



James T. Clarke, 



1 



11 



1867, 1868 and 1869. 



Rougement, 



Geo. C. Dickinson, 



4 



1 



1857 to 1861 inclusive. 



Staunton, 



J. B. Imbodeu aud J. C. Covell, 



1 



8 



1849, 1868 and 1869. 



Stribling Springs, 



Jedediah Hotchkiss, 







6 



1358 and 1859. 





' See note to Northwestern V 



rgini 



V. page 416. 





2 Not nsed. 







53 March, 1375. 



