TABLES OF MEAN TEMPERATURES. 



123 



Hour. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



April. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Year. 





Hourly Means of Temperature (Fah. scale). 







Van Rensselaer Harbor, North Greenland.' 



Lat. 78° 37'. Long 



70° S3' W. of G. 1 





Near sea level. Dr. E. K. Kane. Sept. I 



S53, to Jan. 1855, inclusive. 





Mdn't 



-2S°.3 



-33°-6 



-38°-4 



— ii°.4 



+ 10°. 2 



+28°.2 



+36°.9 



+29°.S 



+io°.7 



— 4°-7 



—22°. 6 



— 3i-°4 



— 4°-5 



I 



28.3 



34-3 



38.8 



12.2 



9.0 



27.0 



36.6 



29.2 



II. 2 



3-5 



21.3 



3I-S 



—4-7 



2 



28.5 



34-3 



38 



6 



12-2 



9-3 



27.1 



36 



7 



29-5 



II-3 



3-5 



21.3 



31-3 



—4 



6 



3 



28.6 



34-1 



38 



8 



12.6 



lO.O 



27.2 



36 



8 



29-5 



II. 5 



3-5 



21.3 



31-6 



—4 



6 



4 



28.7 



33-5 



39 







12. 1 



10.6 



27.6 



36 



8 



29.8 



II. 4 



3-4 



21.3 



31-8 



—4 



4 



S 



28.7 



34-2 



38 



9 



II. 2 



11.8 



2S.8 



36 



9 



29-7 



11.4 



3-3 



22.0 



30-9 



—4 



2 



6 



28.7 



33-6 



38 



7 



10.6 



12.7 



29.5 



37 



6 



30-3 



12.0 



3-3 



22.2 



30-8 



—3 



8 



7 



29.0 



33-2 



38 







9-5 



13-5 



30.4 



37 



8 



31.0 



13.0 



3-2 



22.0 



31.0 



—3 



3 



8 



28. 5 



32-9 



37 



6 



8.4 



14.4 



31-6 



38 



4 



31-9 



14-4 



3-2 



22.2 



31.0 



— 2 



7 



9 



28.6 



32.6 



36 



3 



6.8 



14.4 



30.8 



39 



4 



33-0 



15-2 



2-9 



22.0 



30-7 



— 2 



2 



lO 



28.3 



32.1 



35 



7 



6.1 



15.1 



31.0 



39 



6 



33-9 



15-8 



2.7 



22.1 



30.5 



— I 



8 



II 



27.8 



32-4 



34 



5 



5- 1 



•5-3 



31-4 



40 







34-0 



16.2 



2.8 



21.6 



30.5 



— I 



5 



Noon 



27-3 



31.8 



34 







4-5 



15.9 



32.2 



40 







34-2 



16.4 



3-0 



21-4 



36.0 



— I 



I 



I 



27.5 



31-3 



33 



6 



4.0 



16. 1 



32-3 



39 



8 



34-2 



16.5 



3-0 



21.7 



30.1 



— I 







2 



27.6 



31-3 



33 



2 



3-2 



16.4 



32.2 



39 



7 



34-2 



16. 1 



3-2 



21.8 



30-4 



— I 







3 



28.1 



31-4 



33 



8 



31 



16.S 



31-9 



39 



7 



33-8 



15.6 



3-1 



21.8 



30.8 



— I 



2 



4 



28.3 



3I-S 



34 



9 



3-4 



16.7 



31-6 



39 



6 



33-3 



15.0 



3-3 



21.9 



31-1 



— I 



5 



5 



28.0 



3I-S 



35 



6 



3-5 



16.2 



31-4 



38 



9 



33-0 



14.4 



3-5 



21.8 



31.2 



— I 



8 



6 



28.0 



31-7 



36 



2 



4-4 



iS-3 



31.2 



38 



5 



32-5 



13-9 



3-9 



22.0 



31-3 



— 2 



I 



7 



27.9 



31-6 



36 



7 



5.8 



14-5 



30.8 



38 



2 



32.1 



13-1 



4-5 



22.2 



31-9 



— 2 



6 



8 



28.1 



31-8 



37 



6 



6.7 



13.6 



30.6 



37 



7 



31-7 



12.6 



4.6 



22.3 



31.8 



—3 







9 



28.1 



32.2 



37 



7 



8.1 



12.8 



29.9 



37 



2 



3'-5 



12.2 



4.6 



22.8 



31-7 



—3 



4 



10 



28.0 



33-3 



38 







9.6 



11.7 



29.5 



36 



7 



30.8 



11.8 



4.6 



22.5 



31-7 



—3 



9 



II 



—28.6 



—33-3 



-38.2 



—10.3 



+ 10.7 



+28.6 



+36.8 



+30-4 



+11. 1 



-4.6 



-^22.7 



-31-6 



—4-3 



Mean 



—28. 2 



—32.7 



— 36.S 



— 7-7 



+ 13-4 



+30-1 



+38-2 



+31-8 



+ 13-4 



-3-6 



— 22.0 



—31- 1 



—2.9 





Bi-HOURLY Means of Temperature. 









Port Poulke, North Greenland.^ Lat. 78° 18'. Long. 73° 00' W. of G. 







Near sea level. Dr. I. I. Hayes. Sept. lS6o, to July, 1861, inclusive. 





Mdn't 



—26.2 



-25.8 



—24.8 



—13-5 



+21. 1 



+33-0 



+39-4 



3 



+30-4 



+21-S 



+6-9 



+ 2-5 



— 12. 1 



+4-37 



2 



—26 ' 



6 



—27.0 



-25-3 



—14 







-|-20.0 



+32 



2 



+39 



5 



+30-7 



+22.0 



+6 



7 



+2 



I 



—1 1.4 



+4-08 



4 



—26 



2 



—27.2 



—26.0 



—14 



4 



+ 21.9 



+33 



7 



+39 



8 



+31-0 



+22-3 



+6 



8 



+2 







—12.7 



+4-24 



6 



—26 



7 



— 26.0 



—25-4 



—13 



I 



+ 23.1 



+34 



6 



+40 



2 



+31-3 



+22.4 



+6 



6 



+2 



9 



— 12.9 



+4-75 



8 



—25 



7 



—24.2 



— 23.1 



— II 



5 



+ 25.4 



+35 



I 



+41 



7 



+32.2 



+22.6 



+7 



I 



+2 



8 



-13-3 



+ 5-73 



10 



—25 



4 



—24.2 



—22.4 



— 10 



9 



+ 26.2 



+36 



3 



+42 



5 



+32-6 



+22.7 



+7 



8 



+3 







— 12.7 



+6.29 



Noon 



—25 



2 



—24,0 



—20.7 



— 9 



6 



+ 26.7 



+36 



8 



+42 



3 



+32-7 



+23-2 



+8 



5 



+3 



2 



— 12.6 



+6.78 



2 



—25 



9 



—23.0 



—17.0 



— 8 



7 



+ 26.4 



+37 



4 



+43 



7 



+33-6 



+23-5 



+8 



8 



+3 



3 



—12.5 



+7-46 



4 



—26 



2 



—24.1 



-18.5 



— 9 



7 



+ 26.1 



+36 



9 



+43 



4 



+33-4 



+23-4 



+8 



7 



+3 



6 



—II. 6 



+ 7-12 



6 



—26 



2 



—24.5 



—20.8 



— 10 



8 



+ 25.8 



+36 



3 



+42 



4 



+32.6 



+22.8 



+8 



3 



+3 



9 



—12.8 



+6.42 



8 



—25 



9 



—24.7 



—21.9 



— II 



4 



+ 23-9 



+35 



3 



+41 



.6 



+32.1 



+22.6 



+8 



I 



+3 



5 



—12.7 



+5-88 



ID 



—26.3 



— 24.6 



-23-3 



—13.0 



+22.3 



+33-9 



+41-3 



+31-8 



+22.3 



+7 



2 



+3 



4 



—13-4 



+5-13 



Mean 

 N. B 



— 26.05 



—24-95 



—22.44 



— 11.72 



+24.08 



+35-13 



+41-49 



+32.04 



+22.59 



+7.62 



+3-OI 



-12.56 



+5.69 

 he effect 



. The above n 



imbers are corrected for error of scale of 



thermometers, but are i 



lot changed for 



of the E 



nnual fluctuation, which in Feb. is zero and in May 0.4 ( 



ts maximum amount) at 



midnight ; see ta 



Die on p. 



iSsof 



Sm. Cont's, No. 196. 











' Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge ; 



Washington, 1859. 









2 Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 



No. 196; Washington, i 



367. 







3 The August values are interpolated, means 



of July and Sept. values 







