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WINDS OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. 



SERIES C. 



The following Tables show the mean direction* of the wind at each station, 

 where observations have been taken for a complete year or more, and, in some few 

 instances, for a shorter period. The stations are divided into five sections, and in 

 each section they are arranged according to their latitudes, proceeding from north to 

 south. The portions of the northern hemisphere embraced in each section are as 

 follows, viz. : — 



1st section. America, east of longitude 87°. 



2d " The Atlantic Ocean and its Islands. 



3d " Europe and Africa. 



4th " Asia, and the Pacific Ocean. 



5th " America, west of longitude 87°. 



The fifth column shows the ratio of the prociressive motion in the mean direction 

 to the total distance travelled by the wind, being as the numbers in the column 

 to 100. 



Section I. 















No. 



No. 



Name of Stntion. 



Where situated. 



Mean d 



reetion of 



Rate of 



of years 









W 



iml. 



Progress. 



embraced. 



1 



Igloolik 



Melville Peninsula 



N. 36° 



18' W. 



42 





2 



Winter Island 



near do. 



N. 29 



26 W. 



42 J 





3 



New Herrnbut 



Greenland 



N. 86 



59 E. 



32 





4 



Friedericbthal, and at sea 



Do. and Baffin's Bay 



N. 21 



39 E.? 



45? 



n 



5 



Nos. 3 and 4 combined 





N. 62 



40 E. 



19 



n 



G 



Nain .... 



Labrador 



N. 25 



55 W.? 



50 



n 



7 



Michipicoton 



Lake Superior 



S. 18 



57 W. 



17 J 





8 



St. Jobn's (1840) . 



Newfoundland 



S. 62 



6 W. 







9 



Do. (1841) . 



Do. 



S. 78 



26 W. 







10 



Do. (1842) . 



Do. 



S. 82 



38 W. 







11 



Do. (1843) . 



Do. 



S. 74 



27 W. 







12 



No. 8 to No. 11, inclusive 



Do. 



S. 78 



4 W. 



18 





13 



Fort Kent 



Maine 



N. 62 



45 W. 



33 





14 



Fort Fairfield . 



Do. 



S. 65 



52 W. 



57 





15 



Quebec .... 



Lower Canada 



S. 89 



58 W. 



31 





16 



Fort Brady (1823) . 



Michigan 



S. 56 



53 W. 



16 





17 



Do. (1824) . 



Do. 



S. 64 



55 W. 



24 





18 



Do. (1825) . 



Do. 



S. 45 



7 W. 



21 





19 



Do. (1827) . 



Do. 



N. 6 



23 W. 



12 





20 



Do. (1828) . 



Do. 



S. 49 



6 W. 



5 





21 



Do. (1830) . 



Do. 



N. 87 



2 E. 



5 





22 



No. 16 to No. 21, inclusive 



Do. 



S. 63 



23 W. 



9 





23 



Houlton (1829) . 



Blaine 



N. 13 



30 E. 



10 





24 



Do. (1830) . 



Do. 



N. 23 



15 E. 



18 





' In this table no allowance is made for the relative force of the difTcrent wind.s, the only element taken into account 

 _being their duration or time of blowing. 



