184 



DISCUSSION OP THE ANNUAL FLUCTUATION 



question to which an answer is often demanded in the study of the progress of 

 certain unusually hot or cold terms or waves spreading themselves over large 

 surfaces. 



In the following series of tables of the average temperature of each day of the 

 year, the observing hours as well as the corrections applied (if possible or necessary) 

 to reduce to daily mean are added to each station. 



Day of 

 Month. 



Jan. Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 1 





Albion Mines, Nova Scotia. Lat. 45° 34'. 



Long. 



62° 42' 



W. of G. 







Alt. 120 feet. 10 years of observation, betvpeen 1843 ^^ 



i 1852, ii 



elusive. 



H. Poole. 







MS. in Smithsonian Coll. 











I 



21°. 8 13°. 



22°. 



33°-9 



41°. 8 



50°. 9 



59°-3 



70°. 



59°-9 



50°. 6 



42°. 8 



26°. 8 



2 



174 iS-7 



20.5 



31.0 



46.2 



52-3 



60.5 



69.6 



60.9 



48.0 



44 



5 ■ 



28.1 



3 



22.6 



20.4 



20.1 



32-9 



43-6 



55- 



5 



61 



9 



67 



9 



63 



2 



49 



5 



44 



5 



27.1 



4 



20.5 



20.7 



18.0 



34-4 



43.7 



57. 



5 



63 







67 



3 



63 



5 



48 



7 



43 



9 



31.0 



5 



19.8 



22.9 



20.2 



34-5 



43.8 



57 



4 



64 



2 



67 



9 



62 







49 



5 



41 



5 



35-0 



6 



20.6 



22.8 



«9-3 



33-0 



46.5 



55 



3 



65 



I 



66 



7 



61 



I 



49 



3 



41 



8 



27.8 



7 



19.8 



21.7 



21.2 



363 



48.3 



54 



5 



63 



7 



65 



7 



63 



4 



47 



8 



38 



2 



26.0 



8 



237 



19.6 



24.8 



38-7 



50.0 



55 



4 



64 



6 



66 



5 



62 



3 



48 



4 



38 



5 



27.6 



9 



18.9 



18.S 



29.9 



38-9 



49.0 



56 



7 



65 



4 



67 



8 



58 



4 



44 



6 



36 



I 



27.2 



lo 



23.4 



21.5 



24.8 



34-7 



47.2 



57 



I 



66 



I 



68 



9 



55 



9 



47 



2 



36 



8 



27.9 



II 



19.7 



21. 1 



24.6 



36.0 



47.5 



57 



2 



68 



8 



68 



3 



58 







47 



I 



36 



7 



26.3 



12 



19.5 



20.2 



23-5 



33-9 



47.0 



53 



8 



67 



9 



67 



6 



58 



2 



48 







33 



8 



24.8 



13 



20.4 



iS-i 



25.9 



3S-0 



42.7 



53 



2 



67 



4 



64 



7 



56 



9 



51 



7 



33 



3 



23-4 



14 



23.9 



15.0 



28.8 



37-6 



49-0 



56 



2 



66 



7 



68 



4 



55 



4 



49 



6 



30 



2 



19.8 



15 



19,9 



19.9 



25-1 



37-8 



50.9 



57 



2 



66 



9 



67 



I 



54 



8 



46 



3 



31 



8 



25-1 



16 



20.0 



19.2 



24.1 



37-3 



52.6 



55 



8 



66 



3 



62 



4 



54 



2 



44 







33 



I 



25.8 



17 



18.7 



19.0 



28. s 



36.6 



52.2 



55 



6 



68 



I 



65 



I 



53 



5 



44 



5 



34 



7 



25.4 



iS 



'7-5 ■ 



18.5 



26.5 



35-4 



50-3 



58 



8 



69 



5 



63 



9 



54 



5 



47 



2 



36 



8 



24.0 



19 



II-3 



16.5 



28.9 



37-7 



47-3 



63 



6 



66 



6 



64 



I 



55 



6 



50 



8 



36 



2 



20.2 



20 



10.3 



17-3 



28.5 



38.0 



50- 1 



64 



5 



69 



3 



62 



8 



53 



8 



47 



7 



35 



9 



23.6 



21 



16.7 



20.6 



32.2 



42.3 



49-5 



62 







71 







62 



2 



58 



8 



43 



4 



35 



9 



22.4 



22 



14.6 



20.8 



29.9 



41. 1 



48.9 



62 



8 



73 



5 



63 



3 



53 



8 



44 



7 



35 



4 



14-7 



23 



12.9 



22.4 



27.2 



40.5 



53.6 



63 



•3 



71 



8 



64 



5 



52 



3 



47 



I 



34 



8 



18.9 



24 



18.2 



20.3 



31.2 



40.9 



50.1 



61 



.2 



67 



I 



62 



7 



52 



3 



43 



5 



36 



4 



21. 1 



25 



23.0 



19-3 



30.2 



38.6 



5°-i 



63 



•3 



65 







64 



3 



50 



3 



43 



7 



34 



7 



20.6 



26 



23-7 



21.2 



319 



40-3 



50.4 



60 



.2 



64 



8 



63 



.1 



50 



I 



44 



2 



37 



3 



21.6 



27 



18.9 



21.9 



34-7 



40. 1 



51. 1 



61 



•4 



64 



6 



63 



5 



51 



9 



43 



7 



31 



3 



17-3 



28 



13-4 



16,7 



33-9 



40.2 



49-7 



61 



.6 



64 



6 



63 



7 



50 



I 



41 



7 



30 



6 



19.8 



29 



18.7 



20.5 



35-0 



41,0 



51.2 



62 



.0 



64 



3 



64 



I 



51 







40 



4 



26 



3 



26.5 



30 



21.3 





34-7 



40-5 



50-5 



63 



•5 



64 



7 



65 







51 



9 



45 



3 



26 



8 



24.2 



31 



Obse 



12.8 





34-2 





49.8 





67-3 



64.1 





42 



6 





24.0 

 nation is 



rvations 



at n rise, A. M., 3 and 9 P. M. To the mean at the 



se hours 



:he corre 



tion 



for daily flue 



very sir 

 was the 



all, throughout the year, and judging from the Montreal, table 

 refore applied. 



probably 



does not 



exceed 0°. I ; no c 



orrection 



