





MONTHLY 



METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, AT MONTREAL, (LATITUDE 



BY A. 



45Q 30' N., LONGITUDE 73* 



VTL Or THE SEa, 57'07 FEET. 



BALL, M. P. 



36' W.,) 



FOR THIS MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1858. 



1 



Barometer, 

 DIT Fall., 32 ° . 



'IV nip '.'nilun' of the Air. 



Tension of Aqueous 

 Vapour. 



Humidity of the 

 Atmosphere. 



Direction and Force of tin- Wind, 



from 0, Calm, to 10, Violent 



Hurricane. 



.f .'MIOM 



il. fill's 



Inchon 



(.'hinds and their Proportion, in 



Numbers, from o. Cloudlet, to 



10, perfectly Overcast, 



OBSEEViXIOS, 



& 





2 p.m. 





7 a in. 



2 p.m. 













2 p.m. 



9 p.m. 



7 a.m. 



2 p.m. 



9 P .m. 



7 a.m. 



2 p.m. 



9 p.m. 







l -2.' 7r- i 

 ' :ii.i iiu.'j 



009 



■ L'irs't; 

 ! 991 



2a 2M 



:.(0 -J2-, 



185 



01 Ki 



:|i|-(MJr, 



079 



2a 7;,7 

 :. ;i 



285 

 :::<■; hi 

 893 

 071 

 709 



2<i 272 



2at21 



764 



961 



952 



:m -11:11 



20 711 



:;n 122 



2 'J .MiH 



302 

 OSS 

 3" '21 7 

 302 

 018 



■2\> *:'\7 



■■'. "I 



UC!» 



29 w\l 



2'.i-:, in 



:!oipii2 

 L"i -'J7s 



;JiVii9:; 



29-^(1 



::u 1.-4 



lid liii 

 231 



."ll IIM 



29 :n7 

 :;n ■]!",> 



200 



234 



2H-777 



038 



30 Til 

 342 



29 "SOS 



877 



-10 



18 

 13 

 9 7 



J] 3"0 

 12 n 



-7 2 



-tr* 



6'0 











■112.S 

 "057 

 '117 

 ■082 

 018 



078 

 007 



023 

 048 



029 



081 

 106 

 17C 



-073 

 078 

 077 



108 



039 

 042 



022 



025 



0-15 

 091 



112s 

 ■091 



■081 



117 



027 

 022 



029 

 029 

 020 



niy 



117 



029 

 017 



87 



62 

 68 

 83 



29 



34 

 34 

 34 

 43 

 76 



63 



77 

 86 

 94 



- 75 

 69 



83 



. 100 



43 



69 

 35 



73 



82 



76 

 77 

 60 

 57 



63 

 63 

 43 

 49 



43 



"08 



- 87 



29 



82 

 S3 



100 



W 1 

 N NE 



wsw : 



N"\V 2 



WKW 1 

 WSW 1 

 NNW ] 

 N N W 2 



sw : 



N ] 

 NE 3 

 NW £ 

 WNW 1 

 W 3 

 WNW 2 

 NW 1 

 N 1 

 SW 1 

 W 1 

 N NW 2 

 SSW 1 

 SSW 1 

 NNW 1 

 S S W 1 



N IN 4 

 N 2N 2 

 W S W 2 W S W 2 

 W S W 2 W S W 2 

 N W 2 N W 1 

 W 2W 1 

 NNW INNW 1 

 NNW INN W 2 

 N 2N 3 

 WSW 6 W S W 2 

 W 3W 3 

 W 1 W 1 

 N IN 1 

 N NE 2NE 2 

 W SW 2 

 W 2NW 2 

 W 3 W 2 

 W 2 W 2 

 N IN 1 

 N IN 1 

 S W 1 W S W 2 

 W 1 W 1 

 WSW 2 WSW 2 

 S 2 S W 2 

 W 2 W N W 1 

 WNW 1 W S W 1 

 SSW 1SSW 1 

 NNE lNNE 5 







Cu. St. 10 



Nim! ll 

 Strat. 2 

 Cu. St. 10 

 Strat. li 

 Nim. ll 

 Cu. St. u 

 Fog. 

 Strat. 1-5 



Pog,' 



Strat. ! 

 Strat. 2 

 Strat. O'o 

 Strat. 1 

 Cu. St. 10 

 

 Strat. 2 

 Cu. St. 1( 



o e 



Cir. St. 2 

 Nim. 10 

 Cu. St. 7 



Cu. Si. If 



Cu. St. 1 



Nim. li 



Strat.' i 

 Cn. St. li 

 Cir. St. : 

 Nim. 1( 



Nim" 1( 



Strat. i 



Cu. St. If 

 Cu. St. 4 

 Cu. St. 8 

 Strat. 4 

 Cir. i 

 

 Cu. St. 10 

 Nim. K 



Cu. St. 9 

 Nim. 10 

 

 Cir. St. 10 

 Nim. 10 



Cu. St. 



Cu. St. 

 Cu. St. 

 Cu. St. 





 



Cir. Str. 

 Cu. St. 



Cu. St. 

 Cu. St. 





 Cu. St. 

 Nim. 



Slight Fog early A. M. Snow during the night. 





2i 



17 

 IE 



20 



8 



9 

 24 

 12 



21 

 32 

 26 

 39 





 s 



D 

 ! 



2< 



1( 



24 

 17 



2 

 +1B 



81 

 28 

 17 

 32 



C 





 



I 



1 

 1 







































""ivVT 



25 











i 





■Min'iv. Fain! ^..lineal Light. 







* ' 



l: 







.. 













liwp. 



Imperfect Solar Halo. Blight Zodiacal Lieht. Auroral Bank. 

 faint Zodiacal Light. 



















































I nap. 















Hazy, A.M. Solar Halo. Rad. 22°,5. 







11 SO 

 50 













Lunar Eclipse, seen from Dr. Smallwood's house, St. Martins. 





008 

























REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1S58. 



NW 



WNW 

 W 



N W 



N N W 

 WNW 



NNW 

 X N E 

 N N W 



WSW 



"" s w ■ 

 NW 



I „ii - Zi-luu-al ami Auroral Light-. Lunar Corona. 



t Snow, A.M. 



Faint Auroral Lklii. 

 l:ril'li;uit Aurora, with s1 

 'ji right A 



:■■■ ''■ l; , ,: ' 1 ,',^ 



..!:ir I\-:ipse invisible ill consequence of clouds. 



Faint Auroral Light early A. M. of 18th. 

 uring night. 

 during day. [Melodia 



Lunar Halo. Bad. 30°. Auroral Light. 



during night. 

 ' y. 



Light. Bain beginning about midnight. 



al Light. Lunar Corona. Hiirh wind during night. 



rHalo. Bad. 30°. - 

 I ■■iilil ■ Lunar Corona- 

 Lunar Corona. 

 Lunar Halo. Bid. 42 p 5. 

 Lunar Corona. Saw a Butterfly. 





Faint Auroral Light. 



.-Llk-h.^t.Uio 13th day: 



BaTompler JMonthiymean 



(.Monthly range 

 (-Highest, 27th 

 }Lov -' ■■ 



2'.i''.i:.i:; iiu-h. v. 



Tlifi-mnmnTor 1 Lowest, 12th " — 20<=0. 



Ilierniomotcr. ', M ,, lUh ly mean, +10°95. 

 (.Monthly range, 64° 0. 



tt unit- -t duv \v:v- i h>- 2.-1 h.il-, m-'au temperature lieim.- :;.-- - .'4 



Coldest ** " 11th. " " " —6° 5 



i the 27th day. 



■- tlo -.'-Hi,] 

 " 11th. 



Ureal. ■-! intensity m" ihe s- 



Mian of htu-ii>i-i 

 It 1 " • 



f during 13 hours. 



It snowed on 2 days ..luri.ni- 7V hours 

 20'"i0 inches, which invitee 1 -'■ ' ' 

 ini'lK'i. ('unjoined molted 



' foil nns inches- 



. which ijn.'ll.rd yielded :m equivalent to rain of 2T.1 



t prevalent -.-.-!:; 



'; prevalent winu .. _ 



i monthly Dew Point is 



Tho least prevalent wind was i hi- S. 



jrd of wind from the E.N.B., E.,E.S.E., S.E., 



cularly One and bright. 



moderate propbrtio 



</ guages are noticfd . aoli n 



a 8 nights. On one night parti- 



a took place on th.- 27th. 



! Highest, tho 1 

 Monthly rangi 

 /-Highest on th 



Thermometer.. ]^- th 5 ^ 



(.Monthly 

 i:voat->t intensity of the s 

 War in t J:iy was 17th ; it 

 Coldest d 



BMARKS FOB MARCH, 1853. 



i rays, lll°8, on the 29th day. 

 can tomporatnre being .W 06. 



It rahu-d on li days .1 urine- 2:' h-.tirs: then- !'.-!! hi f,<f,< rTOincli, 

 It snowed on 10 days during 37 hours lu niinutos. Tluro loll ir<] 

 iiicln.'s, v-hk-li. ni.-ll.il. \i< Ll i -1 an i-qnivak'in i<> rain of n'iUl ill's. 

 Conjoined melted iuow ;u;J r^in i i[iiivid.-ut lu li'Oil inches. 



The most, prcvalr-iit wind was the N. 

 Tin-, ka-t " ■' wi'i-i- th.- C.S.E. and S.S.W. 



No lVL.-onl. of wind from tko N.I-;., L'.X.i;.. S.E., and S.S.E. 

 The most windy day was tho 18th. 

 Tho UI...1 \* iu.lv Ii.hii- lii.'iwocn ll and 12 p.m. of 21st. 

 There was no calm day. 



Cloudless days .-...'<.■ anvil .-:i till, 2ntli, and 31ht. 

 Ozone was in rather larce proportion. 

 "" nights, with 

 present. 

 Tin' Zi.diaeal hiLdit w.n seen on one night, 

 Tlii.'.Sidar Mclipni- of tin- ir,t h Mas invis- 1 - 1 - 

 uflln- .-kiuli'ii rendition "f the .'ilmn.-plu 



not- j.r.-tont. 

 Tln-.s..lai- Krli). ■-.■<. i' l.i!i'i''!nra, i n vi-.il. lo lure in c-onsoquencc 



The l-'riucilla Mi-!...Iia (Si.io.- S|..u n.v, . 



first heard on 20th, 



and:; Uiikrll.y " sport m^ in He- sune./ain " \^as noticed on 2-SUi. 

 e noted each morning at 10 a. m, 



