418 



WINDS OF THE GLOBE. 



(Nos. 118 aud lit 



•) 



Central Virgi 



nia.- 



—Continued. 

























Eelative Pbevalence op Winds prom the 









MoDBOon 







DiPFEUENT Points of the Compa 



ss. 







0.3 



as 



influences. 





» 





W 





.i 





i^ 









Kind of 



Time of the 





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aj 



Direction of 



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obserrations. 



year. 





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gco 





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resultant. 



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Direction. 









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ml 



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£ 



3- 



"o o Summer 



301 62 



3 



19 



16 



156 



101 



108 





N. 



87°22'W. 



.460 



N. 61° W. 



.11 



.2.^ 



2 



27 



37 



21 



5 



83 



59 



57 



::: s. 



78 52 W. 



.302 



S. 68 E. .07 



9 ^ 



"o -5 -^ 1 Autumn 



19 



64 



37 



56 



25 



159 



117 



122 



... s. 



82 13 W. 



.326 



S. 77i E. :.04 



J^ 



^ > Winter 



37 



100 



30 



73 



73 



215 



220 



167 



...Is. 



81 26 W. 



.373 



S. 20 W. .02 





» S L 



'I'he year' 



















-...'s. 



84 36 W. .363 









Spring 



3()6 



772 



"'is 



133 



102 



2151 



1769 



1718 





N. 



84 48 W.1.554 



N. 42 W. 



.07 



rt o 



^ ,^ 



Summer 



14 



135 



218 



122 



32 



622 



524 



395 





S. 



78 39 W.|.413 



S. 51 E. 



.12 



T3 _j- . 



°^\ 



Autumn 



133 



336 



185 



253 



281 



1324 



1263 



1314 





S. 



87 58 W. 1.494 



S. 42^ E. 



.Oli 



0^ 



1 a 1 i Winter 

 [ The year' 



373 



1115 



ItiS 



396 



427 



2206 



3513 



1983 





N. 



86 46 W.i.514 



N. 14i W. 



.03 J 























S. 



89 3 W. 



.504 







u » 



a • 1 1 



-;-^ : Spring 



10.2012.45 



6.00 



7.00 



6.37 



13.79 



17.51 



15.91 















3 S 



■^ "2, 1 1 Summer 



7.00 5.00 



5.89 



5.81 



6.40 



7.49 



8.88 



6.93 















oj .2 



> -n ( . Autumn 



7.00 



5.25 



5.00 



4.52 



11.24 



8.33 



10.79 



10.77 















00 ^ 



= := Winter 



10.08 



11.15 



5.60 



5.42 



5.85 



10.26 



15.97 



11.87 















s ^ 



C Spring 

 §^ Summer 



364 



47G 



226 



217 



644 



981 



1288 



605 



233 



s. 



77 55 W. 



.34* 







^ 



253 



228 



159 



201 



655 



652 



680 



229 



421 :s. 



50 58 W. .31 







° m 



•^ a . Autumn 



448 



488 



136 



256 



407 



883 



711 



488 



22o:s. 



85 50 W. .25J 







o 



o '? Winter 



406 



564 



139 



274 



722 



1227 



1166 



685 



123 |S. 



74 32. W. .35 







1'^ 



[ The year' 





















s. 



72 1 W. .20 







a ° 



^ r Spring 



120 



206 



106 



105 



237 



587 



1005 



374 





s. 



81 47 AV. .50 







3 :2 



§ -a Summer 



130 



86 



66 



83 



139 



391 



908 



160 





s. 



81 18 W. .57 







n rt 



S o J Autumn 



92 



179 



67 



89 



109 



436 



621 



202 





s. 



81 43 W. .46 







«^ 



S^^ Winter 



80 



163 



115 



139 



315 



693 



845 



364 





s. 



70 22 W. .49| 







Is 



= I ' The year' 





















s. 



78 49 W. .501 







Si-- 



«^ f Spring 

 ■^ S Summer 



484 



682 



332 



322 



881 



1568 



2293 



979 



233 ;S. 



79 37 W. .40 



N. 49 W. 



.04 



<3 > 



383 



314 



225 



284 



794 



1043 



1588 



389 



421S. 



66 25 W. .39 



S. 5 A K. 



.06 



t. 



o 3 -1 ! Autumn 



540 



6G7 



203 



345 



516 



1319 



1.332 



690 



220 S. 



84 Vf.'.ZU 



N. 37' E. 



.08 



S '■" 



S a Winter 



486 



727 



254 



413 



1037 



1920 



2011 



1049 



123 S. 



72 48 W.'.40" 



S. 36 W. .03 





, ^ § [ The year' 



















... S. 



75 16 W. .37i 





' Including Salem in Southern Virginia. 







From tins table we obtain the following summary of results :- 



- 









Spring. 



Summer. 



Autumn. 



Winter. 



The year. 



Average velocity of all winds in miles per hour 





14.08 



7.09 



8.50 



11.13 



10.20 



Velocity in mean direction, on the supposition that the winds 

















from every point of the compass move with the foregoing 

















average velocity 





6.48 



2.14 



2.77 



4.15 



3.70 



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 ....... 





7.80 



2 



.93 



4.20 



5.72 



5.14 



Excess of the latter over the former 





•fl.32 



+ 



.79 



+1.43 



+ 1.57 



+1.44 



2 Computed from the resultants for the seasons. 1 



(No. 120.) 

 Observed as follows, viz. : — 



Southern Virginia. 







AcrRreKafe 





Place of observation. 



By whom observed. 



length of 

 time. 



Date. 



Christianburg, 



William C. Hagau, 



yrs. mos. 

 5 



1850 and 1851. 



Fork Union, 



Silas B. Jones, 



1 4 



1859, 1860 and 1861 



Hill Grove, 

 Lexington, 





1 



1 2 



1860. 



1861 and 1869. 



Wm. K. Park & W. H. Ruffner, 



Long wood, 



Thomas .1. Wickline, 



3 



1857. 



Lynchburg (near), 



Chs. J. Meriwether, 



1 8 



1866 to 1869 inclusive. 



Prince Edward's Court House, 



Prof. F. J. Nuttaner, 



2 



1850 and 1852. 



S.alem, 



J. Carson Wells, 



9 





Snowville, 



J. W. Stalnaker, 



2 3 



1867, 1868 and 1869. 



Wytheville, 



W. D. Roedel, 



4 9 



1860 and 1801. 



