574 



WINDS OF TUE GLOBE. 



(Nos. 1 to 3.) Pacific Ocean, longitude 170° to 180° W. 



From observations for an aggregate period of nearly 2 years, collected and classified, from the 

 logs of numerous sailing vessels, at the United States Naval Observatory, under the direction of 

 Capt. M. F. Maury, superintendent. 







EeLATIVE PliEVALENC 



; OP Winds fbomthe Diffk 



EFNT 













Place of 



Time of 



Points of tue Compass. 







D 



irection of 



K-a 



5- 

































^ 







u 



observation. 



ttie year. 





« 





H 





N 





rii 





fc: 





ts 









g 



resultant. 



OS S 1 







i 



a 



W 



^ 



m' 



yi 



W 



rr 





w 



fs 



Xtl 



■s 



fe 



^ 



^ 



S 









a 







a 



^ 



z 



W 



W 



W 



m 



m 



ai 



m 



m 



^ 



^ 



^ 



» 



% 



D 







«*" 



K 



1- 1 

 Longitude 1 



Summer 







6 



2 



3 



40 



73 



31 



48 



2 



























n 



o's. 



42°37'E. 



.82 



69 



1^0° to 1 



Winter 



1 



1 



7 



5 



12 



16 



39 



6 



3 



4 



2 







14 



22 







3|S. 



63 22 E. 



.29 



45 



175° W. J 













































2- 1 

 Longitude I 



180° to ( 



170° W. J 



Spring 



29 



6 63 



26 113 



98 



137 



14 



24 



1 



8 2 



22 



1 



20 



6 



31 



S. 



77 40 E. 



.56 '202 1 



Autumu 



7 



2! 13 



19 



77 



87 



53 



16 



3 



2 



5 3 



5 







4 



1 



1 



S. 



74 19 E. 



.70 



83 



The year' 

























... 











••f- 



67 9 E. 



.58 



638 



3. ] 



Longitude 1 



Summer 



3 







11 



1 



86 



62 



87 



27 



28 



4 







1 







1 



1 



23 



s. 



59 27 E. 



.76 



112 



175° to f 

 170° W. J 



Winter 



27 



3' S 



10 



26 



31 



38 



9 



1 



15 6 







1 



15 



3 



7 



s. 



83 46 E. 



.36 



67 









1 











1 

























' Computed from t 



le resultants for the seasons. 









(No. 4.) Pago-pago, Navigators Islands. 



Computed from observations made from January 11th to October 12th inclusive (date and name 

 of observer not preserved). 















Ratio of 





Time of 











Direction of 



resultant 



Number 



the year. 



N. E. 



S. 10. 



S. W. 



N. W. 



resultant. 



ro sum of 

 winds. 



of days. 



January 



5 



3 







12 



N. 9°32'W.?? 



.43 



20 



February 



3 



12 







13 



N. 26 34 E.? 



.11 



28 



March 



7 



IG 



1 



6 



S. 75 58 E.? 



.39 



30 



April 







22 



1 



2 



S. 42 8 E.? 



.80 



25 



May 



1 



19 



1 



6 



S. 45 E.? 



.48 



27 



June 



1 



27 



2 







S. 42 53 E.? 



.90 



30 



July 



3 



22 



5 



1 



S. 39 34 E.? 



.68 



31 



August 







25 



1 



5 



S. 42 8 E.? 



.64i 



31 



September 



8 



19 



3 







S. 59 45 E.? 



.65i 



30 



October 







12 











S. 45 E.?? 



1.00 



12 



Spring 



8 



57 



3 



14 



S. 51 38 E.? 



.53 



82 



Summer 



4 



74 



8 



6 



S. 41 41 E.? 



.74 



92 



Autumn' 



8 



31 



3 







S. 54 10 E.? 



.74 



42 



Winter 



8 



15 







25 



N. 6 20 W. 



.26i 



48 



The year' 











S. 55 50 E. 



.46 



-■64 



' If we combine these with 



observations made by Wilkes for 35 days 



at Tutuila, the dir 



otion of tb 



a resultant 



becomes S. 60° 28' E., and it 



s ratio to the sum of the winds, 68. 









2 Computed from the resul 



tauts for the seasons. 









