ABSTRACT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1889. 
Meteorological Observations, McGill College Observatory, Montreal, Canada, Height above sea level, 187 feet. 
C. H. McLEOD, Superintendent, 
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THERMOMETER. BAROMETER. WIND. Iy Tentas. [3 9 Aa q g 
ee me = Se Teee ae 7) | 1 Mean |tMean e25| 33 ia | os 
E S =| 35 
res-  jrelative} A ala) & eo a2 q 
DAY. sure of |bumid, point, “yl 2 | 4) aleeel 22 | ees ss DAY. 
i * i 5 ity- Fi 5 By rf aq IF = 
Mean.| Max. | Min. |Range} *Mean. §Max. §Min. | §Range. | vapour. ity disaetional tateacec g s/s is g fe iE | 3 
as — — —! lo — —<—— et ———— 
I} 28.75 | 34-0 22.5 11. 30.4200 | 30.503 30.315 «188 +1358 86.2 25.0 S.W. 12.6 60 I 
2) 28.32] 34.5 16.9] 17. 30.2053 | 30.295 30-122 -173 +1342 85.8 24.5 S-E. 3-4 2 
Sunpay. ...... 3| ......| 39.6 28.0) ||' 3209711 sovcaae |! vo0000. || voos00 tees 0009 000 S.W. Hof {] cao! oo: |} oo .. SUNDAY 
4] 32.10] 38.9 21.3 17.6} 29.8930 | 30.000 29.779 +1418 73.8 26.0 E. 4.2 2.0] 10] o 
5| 35-45 | 38.9 31-7 7.2} 29.6623 | 29.749 29.540 «1623 78.3 29.2 N. 2.8 100 | 10 | 10 
6} 34.93] 38.5 32.7 5-8] 29.2978 | 29.451 29.107 - 1800 88.8 31-7 N-W. 12.2 | 10.0] 10} 10 
7 | 30.90} 35.9 25.0] 10.9} 29.0348 | 29.122 28.982 - 1667 96.2 29.8 WwW. 21.7 | 10.0] 10] 10 
8) 22.17] 25.8 19-9 5-9] 29.2843 | 29-327 29.220 - 1052 88.3 19-2 W. 38.1 10.0 | 10 | Io 
9| 20.78] 22.8 17-9 4:9] 29.4317 | 29.578 29.291 +0953 86.0 17.2 W..| 36.2 | 10.0] 10} 10 
Sunpay....... |) ssaoe 25.0 18.3 6.7 000000 Bn000 9000 0600 000 W. 27.0 od hee 
II} 21.93| 27.0 16.8} 10.2] 29.9402 29.907 -0803 68.2 13.5 W. 18.8 5-3| 10] o 
12 | 26.80] 32.9 17-9 15.0] 29.9125 29.874 +1227 83.7 22.7 S.W. 12.7 9.3] 10] o 
13] 31.58] 41.3 22.8] 18.5] 29.8095 29.612 +1230 68.0 22.0 S.W. 28.7 8.0] 10] o 
14 | 16.92] 24.5 II.5| 13.0] 30.3260] 30.383 30-200 +0552 58.7 5:0 W. 14.5 2.2/10| o 
15 | 25.70] 32.3 17-8 | 14.5] 30.1990] 30-295 30.121 +1035 73-3 18.5 N.E. II-t 4.7| 10] 0 
16 | 30.43 | 39.0 20.8] 18.2] 30.0972 | 30.137 30.066 +1245 74-7 23.0 N.E. 18.4 2.5| 8] o 
SUNDAY....... a9) \| coon || gy 27.6 @4|| scocoec po6005 Reis Bepd ano eit N.E. ABE |} ovod || 00 || oc |] GBI @cB | ae llasell pp ccocesnce «SUNDAY 
[ 18 | 32.45 | 35.6 30-7 4-9] 29.9307 29-908 +049 +1592 86.7 29.0 N-E. 13-4 } 10.0} 10] 10 
19 | 33-58] 37-3 29-8| 7.5] 29.9093 29.875 o71 +1518 79-5 | 27-5 N. 5-5 | 10.0} 10] Io 
20 | 34.27| 39.3 30.4 8.9} 30.0033 29.962 077 +1557 79-2 28.3 N-E. 23-7 9-5| 10] 2 
au] 31.43] 37-4 25.8| 11.6] 30.0748 | 30.146 30.032 114 «1102 63.2 20.3 N.E. 29-5 4.7| 10] 0 
22 | 35.40] 43.9 25-8] 18.1 30.1947 | 30.258 30.128 130 . 1107 54-3 20.5 N.E. 13-5 3-7] 10] 0 
23 | 38.25 | 42.6 32.8 9-8} 29.9353 | 30.070 29.773 .297 +1518 65-5 27-7 S.W. 29.5 2.8] 8] 0 
Sunpay...... 0X4] o2000 39.0 29.7 9-3 a0 cee -+s on00 S.W. 24-5 Jew]. |. 07 | 0.07 0.07 | 24 .... SUNDAY 
25| 22.12 | 31.1 15.9 | 15.2 262 +0703 59: 10.3 N. E. 13-7 o2| 1| 0 98 25 
26) 18.80] 25.9 7.8) 18.1 110 -0687 64. 8.8 E. 94 7-5] 10] o 36 seve | 26 
27 | 33.53 40.0 20.8] 19.2 +279 +1472 75. 26.5 8. E 15-6 | 6.7/ 10] o 21 0.10 | 27 
28 | 32.62] 39.2 29.0| 10.2 +144 +1453 78. 26.5 5.W. 21.6 6.3] 10] o 15 .. | 0.03 | 28 
29| 28.78 | 36.2 19.7| 16.5 257 .1207 75- 22.2 S.-W. 19.2 8.2] 10] 0 27 1.1 | 0.11 | 29 
30] 18.13] 23.0 9.7| 13.3 -196 +0615 62. D7 SW. | 17.3 | 1.5] 7] of 96 s bono || 59 
SUNDAY .. ....31 Ss. m)|l oo vs | 3% eseeee.++sSUNDAY 
Bp -++.5-Means. 2178 1224 75. 49.0] 0.62 15.3 | 2.11 [Sums . 
aeIes| Pen ueeeal| is Ey pe | eee 
15 yrs. means for & 15 years means for and 
including this mo, 23.69] 31.06 | 16.00] 15.06 29.9573! .....« 500 266 -1062 | 75.9 M45.5/ 0.88 | 26.5 | 3.53 lincluding this month 
ANALYSIS OF WIND RECORD. *Barometer peau reduced to sea-level and Rain fell on 9 days. 
—_ Se ee ee aie ee ‘ j 
ees c. ea | Snow fell on 12 days. 
N. | N.E. E. | S.E. Ss. | S.W. W. | N. W.| Calm. S Observed. g Fafidioa ae Rain or snow fell on 14 days. 
ale ea pss ei ae mee t Pressure o Caveat Sree a mercury: Auroras were observed on three nights. 
5 Bese | S| ES ean oee || 72920) SO EN ey re ce Saturation being 100. Hoar frost on five days. 
urationin hrs..| 66 16 22 ° 6 176 140 52 37 HEN EEE) OLN Solar halo on two day. 
a Wesesty _||__ 32 ||_ 8 7 4 1] The greatest heat was 48-9 on the 22nd; the great-| Tunar halo on twomiehts 
Mean velocity... 11.4 18.2 6.3 8.5 12.5 22.7 24.3 12.7 lest cold was 7.8 on the 26th, giving ‘» range of eo, 
temperature of 36.1 degrees. Warmest day was| Lunar corona on one night. 
ee — —- the 23rd. Coldest day was the 14th. Highest baro- 
Greatest mileage in one hour was 45 on the 8th- 
morpatest velocity in gusts 52 miles per‘ hour on 
Resultant mileage, 4,265. 
Resultant direction, $ 85° W. 
Total mileage, 12,910. 
meter reading was 30.503 on the Ist; lowest baro- 
meter was 28.982 on the 7th, givinga rangeof 1.521 
inches. Maximum relative humidity was 100 on 
the 7th. Minimum relative humidity was 41 on 
the 22nd. 
Fog on three days. 
