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WI^^DS OF THE GLOBE. 









Spring. 



Summer. 



Autumn. 



Winter. 1 





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S. 75° E. 





Iceland, Stykkisholin .... 



S. 87° E. 



.45 



S. 74° E. 



.23 



S. 68° E. 



.33 



.35 



Reikiavik . 







N. 78 E. 



.21 



N. 17 E. 



.Ob'A 



N. 54 E. 



.26 



N. SO E. !.19 



Thorshavn, Faroe Islands 







N. 14 E. 



.03 



S. 66 W. 



.21 



N. 77 W. 



.13 



S. 51 W.:.16 



W. Scotland, 58°-59° N. 







S. 36 W. 



.13 



S. 70 W. 



.22* 



S. 50 W. 



.26 



S. 55 W.I. 34 



ST^-SS" N. 







S. 58 W. 



.28 



S. 53 W. 



.35| 



S. 51 W. 



.36 



S. 55 W.;.40 



E. Scotland, 57°-5S° N. 







S. 67 W. 



.18 



S. 65 W. 



.18* 



S. 53 W. 



.34 



S. 62 W.L40 



Ireland, Dublin, Phoenix Park 







N. 70 W. 



.m 



S. 8S W. 



.81 



S. 73 W. 



.31 



S. 61 W.:.36^ 



" Cork .... 







S. 54 W. 



.13 



S. 88 W. 



.39 



S. 70 W. 



.19 



S. 64 VV. .20| 



England, 52<'-53° N. 







N. 2 W. 



.08 



N. 81 W. 



.29 



S. 84 W. 



.19 



S. 75 W. .31 



Greenwich .... 







N. 57 W. 



.02* 



S. 61 W. 



.28 



S. 69 W. 



.14* 



S. 65 W. 



.25 



England, 51°-52° N. 







N. 45 W. 



.08 



N. 87 W. 



.26J 



S. 73 W. 



.16i 



S. 72 W. 



.21 



(See also maps, Plates 5, 6, and 9 ; and map of Isobars, Plate 14.) 



The ratio of resultant is less in spring than at other seasons. This is caused by 

 the great increase of pressure in the Polar region, as has been shown before. 

 N. E. winds are oftener experienced in spring than at other seasons. 



I must further remark that the character of the winds in Great Britain and the 

 adjoining islands is strictly oceanic i. e., such as would be found in the same lati- 

 tudes on the oceans. The relative position of the land and sea have scarcely any 

 influence. This is due, first, to the great diflference of pressure between north and 

 south, and the great strength of the winds which is the result, so that local causes 

 are comparatively unimportant; second, to the small extent of land, which, being 

 besides pervaded by the influence of the sea, is neither much more heated in sum- 

 mer, nor much more cooled in winter than the surrounding ocean. (See Plates 9 

 and 12.) 



The conditions of the Scandinavian Peninsula are very difi'erent. It is by itself a 

 large body of land. Besides this, the high mountain chain rising near its western 

 coast is a great barrier to the influence of the Atlantic Ocean on the interior. The 

 result is a much more continental climate than could be expected from a country 

 so near to the Atlantic Ocean. 



In many respects the physical features resemble those of Alaska, where the con- 

 trast between the mild, equable climate of the coast and the excessive seasons of 

 the interior is equally great. The winds of the Scandinavian Peninsula are shown 

 in the two following tables ; in the first by percentages, and in the second in 

 direction. 



