niontlily nioteorologlcal Register, at the Provincial Sla^uetical Obserratory, Toronto, Canada West.— October, 1855< 



Latitude 43 den. 39.4 min. North. Longitude, 79 deg. 21. min. West. Elevation above Lake Ontario, 108/ee(. 



— 



Barom. at temij. of 32 des. 



Temp, of the Air. 



Slean 



Tension of Vapour. 



Humid'y of Air. 



Wind. 























Temp. 

 -)- or — 









Mean 



Mean 



Rain 

 in 



Sno-w 











































m 









10 





6 



2 



10 





of the 



6 







10 





6 



2 



10 











Direct. 



Vel'.y 



Inch. 



Inch. 





6 a.m. 



2 r.M. 



r.M. 



Mean. 



A.M. 







52-4 



P.M. 



P.M. 



m'n. 



Average 



A.M. 



P.M. 



P.M. 



m'n 



A.I 



■93 



P.M 



P.M 



m'n 



6 A.M. 



2 p.m. 



10 p.m. 



W37N 



4-55 







1 



29-460 



29-418 



29^372 



29-412 



63°-2 



o 



55-1 



56°9 



+ °6-5 



0.358 



0-454 



0.398 



0^401 



•81 



•93 



■88 



NbW 



SbW 



NE 



0^285 





-> 



•311 



•293 



•306 



•300 



54-9 



60-4 



51-0 



.55-2 



+ 6-3 



■392 



-409 



•334 



•380 



93 



80 



91 



89 



WbN 



SS W 



NW 



W24N 



4^12 



0^020 



... 



P. 



■248 



•236 



•341 



•279 



52-8 



59-8 



50-3 



53-1 



+ 3-6 



■323 



■336 



•284 



•305 



82 



67 



80 



77 



NWbN 



N W 



WbN 



N43W 



10^32 



... 



.•. 



4 



•360 



•336 



•375 



•356 



40-2 



62-6 



55-7 



53-7 



+ 4-7 



•208 



•399 



•368 



'335 



84 



72 



85 



82 



Calm 



SSE 



W S W 







tnap. 





5 



•382 



•370 



•317 



•355 



58-1 



64-3 



58-9 



59-8 



+11-2 



•438 



•482 



■430 



•447 



92 



82 



88 



89 



SSE 



S W 



Calm.:| ... 



... 



0^430 



... 



fi 



•240 



■234 



•441 



•310 



50-7 



47-8 



42-4 



46-9 



— 1-3 



■336 



•256 



•216 



•261 



92 



78 



81 



81 



N 



WNW 



W 



1 ••• 





0^160 



•.. 



7 



•521 



•543 







37-5 



47-7 















•207 



■260 











93 



80 



— 



— 



S W 



W 









[nap. 





8 



•524 



■529 



•5S7 



•552 



41-2 



46-9 



37-7 



42-1 



— 5-4 



■205 



•271 



•206 



■227 



80 



85 



91 



85 



ws w 



SSW 



W 







0^030 



... 



9 



•588 



■514 



•720 



•618 



40-3 



59-5 



50-5 



50-3 



+ 3-2 



■223 



■381 



•302 



•304 



90 



76 



84 



83 



WNW 



ssw 



W NW 



W31S 



7:45 





... 



10 



•857 



•870 



•707 



•800 



44-2 



50-8 



51-7 



48-7 



+ 2-1 



•246 



•290 



•341 



•289 



86 



80 



90 



85 



NEbN 



EbN 



EbS 



E 19 N 



7-55 



0^6i5 



•.. 



n 



■423 



•555 



■639 



•541 



52 -fi 



54-9 



40-6 



48-7 



+ 2-5 



■364 



•170 



•187 



•246 



94 



40 



74 



72 



E b S 



WbS 



WbS 



WIS 



13^97 



[nap. 



... 



12 



•698 



•702 



•704 



•700 



30-9 



41-8 



35-1 



36-2 



-9-7 



■143 



•127 



■159 



•146 



82 



49 



78 



70 



WNW 



NWbW 



Wb N 



W18N 



10^67 



[nap. 



0.1 



13 



.611 



■494 



•424 



-502 



34-8 



84-5 



38-6 



36-6 



— 8-9 



•140 



•181 



■210 



■183 



69 



92 



91 



84 



W 



WNW 



WNW 



W18N 



14^47 



0^270 



Inap. 



14 



•426 



•490 







40-2 



46-5 



. 











■227 



•227 











92 



73 



. — . 



— 



WNW 



NEbN 



N b AV 



NlOW 



5-22 



0^015 





15 



•514 



•469 



•667 



■560 



41-4 



52-4 



44-0 



46-1 



+ 1-3 



•237 



■337 



•191 



■263 



92 



87 



68 



84 



Calm. 



EbS 



W 



W 



7^74 





Inap. 



16 



•823 



•855 



•912 



•868 



.33-7 



44-2 



29-9 



36-3 



— 8-2 



•170 



■170 



•142 



■159 



89 



59 



85 



76 



WNW 



WbN 



WbN 



W21N 



8^27 





... 



17 



•881 



•762 



■696 



•776 



29-0 



47-1 



44-9 



40-9 



— 3-3 



•140 



•213 



■248 



■203 



87 



67 



83 



79 



Wb N 



SEbS 



S 



S 15 E 



6^32 



0^020 



... 



18 



•617 



•516 



•588 



•579 



45-8 



58-2 



45-4 



49-9 



+ 5-9 



•261 



■350 



•2ro 



•289 



86 



73 



90 



82 



SbE 



SEbS 



EbS 



S 26 E 



5^47 





... 



19 



•579 



•532 



•595 



•570 



37-5 



62-9 



50-3 



■52-0 



+ 8-2 



•192 



•385 



■313 



■310 



86 



69 



87 



80 



SbE 



SSE 



WbS 



S 13E 



7^96 



... 



... 



20 



■623 



•633 



•678 



•645 



45-0 



60-5 



54-2 



53-6 



+10-0 



•265 



•297 



■358 



•304 



90 



58 



86 



76 



WbN 



NWbW 



N W 



W43N 



9^91 





... 



21 



■585 



•299 









50-8 



51 -8 







. . 







•282 



•230 











77 



60 



— 



— 



NE 



NEbN 



S S w 



E20 S 



13^93 



o^sio 



... 



22 



•487 



•593 



•681 



•596 



39-3 



45-6 



37-9 



40-4 



— 2-6 



•212 



•174 



■174 



■178 



89 



57 



77 



72 



SS W 



S W 



w 



W31S 



9^45 



... 



.. 



23 



■632 



•612 



•682 



•647 



35-9 



36-fi 



33^7 



34-8 



— 7-9 



•172 



•169 



■105 



•166 



82 



79 



86 



82 



W b N 



NWbW 



WbN 



W32N 



6-49 



... 



0-7 



24 



•699 



•629 



•561 



•629 



28-0 



33-0 



31-9 



31-0 



—11-5 



•131 



•129 



■143 



•135 



84 



69 



79 



77 



NW 



NN W 



NWbN 



N 36 W 



14^09 



... 



... 



25 



•514 



•538 



•646 



•571 



31 -fi 



37-2 



35-3 



34-8 



— 7-4 



•150 



•141 



■181 



•150 



84 64| 



88 



75 



NW 



WNW 



SWbW 



W12N 



12^57 





Inap 



26 



•628 



•380 



•293 



•432 



.35-2 



43.2 



44-5 



41-4 



— 0-6 



•149 



•167 



■201 



•171 



72 



60 



69 



66 



SWbS 



SbW 



WbS 



S29W 



16^99 



0^6l5 





27 



•332 



•378 



•111 



•250 



40-9 



48-5 



42-9 



43-9 



+ 2-1 



•178 



■203 



•233 



•214 



70 



60 



85 



75 



SWbW 



W 



ESE 



W16 S 



15^16 



0^250 



... 



28 



•180 



•566 







' 



39-5 



47-9 













•228 



■188 







, . 



95 



57 



— 



— 



NN W 



WNW 



Wb N 



W42N 



15^67 



Inap. 



... 



29 



•781 



•588 



•427 



•580 



32-3 



50-4 



47-4 



44-0 



+ 2-8 



•156 



•230 



■290 



■222 



86 



63 



90 



77 



WNW 



S 



SbW 



S 32 W 



8^68 



0^045 



... 



30 



•538 



•685 



■893 



•731 



44-9 



52'7 



37-5 



43-8 



+ 2-8 



■208 



•136 



■131 



■148 



70 



34 



58 



54 



WNW 



WbN 



NbE 



W24N 



11^86 





... 



31 



•923 

 29^566 



•719 



•607 



•730 



31-6 



46-7 



50-3 

 44-4 



44-2 



+ 3-5 



■152 



•219 



■304 ■236[ 



86 



'85 



70 85| 



81 



N E 



E 



SbW 



E30S 

 W 8N 



7^92 

 9^88 



0-420 

 2-485 





M 



29-535 



29-555 



29 •SSI 



40-9 



50-6 



45-4 



+ 0-3 



0-228 0-262| 



}.251 



2471 



•69 



■83| 



8-11 



14^15 



7^79 



0-8 



Highest Barometer 29-923, at 6 a.m. on 31st "l Monthly range: 



Lowest Barometer 28-945, at midnt. on 27th j 0-978 inches. 



Highest registered temperature 68° -0, at p.m. , on 5th "1 Monthly range : 

 Lowest registered temperatm-e 22° -6, at a.m. on 12th / 45° -4. 



Mean Maximum Thermometer 52°-60 \ Mean daily range: 



Mean Minimum Thermometer 34°-55j 18.05. 



Greatest daily range 33°-2, from p.m. of 11th, to a.m. of 12th. 



Least daily range 9°-4, from p.m. of 24th, to a.m. of 25th. 



AVarmest day 5th. Mean temperature 59°-83 \ Difference, 



Coldest day 24th. Mean temperature 30°-98 j 28°-85. 



Greatest intensity of Solar Radiation, 80°-4 on p.m. of 1st ^^ Range, 

 Lowest point of Terrestrial Radiation, 20°-0 ona.m.of 17th j 00°-4. 

 Aurora observed on 4 nights: viz. on 3rd, 4th, 11th and 16th. 

 Possible to see Am-ora on 17 nights. Impossible on 14 nights. 

 Raining on 14 days. Raining 47-3 hours : depth, 2-485 inches. 

 Snowing on 5 days. Snowing 9-8 hours ; depth, 0-8 inches. 

 Mean of Cloudiness, 0-68. 

 Thunder storms occurred on llth at 8 a.m. (slight), and on 29th from 



6 to 9 p.m., which was very severe, accompanied with lightning, 



hail and rain. 

 Halo's observed round the Moon on 1 9th at 10 p.m., diameter 43°, and 



on the 22nd at 10 p.m., diameter 44°. 

 Rainbow noted on 5th at 6.45 a.m. 



Mean diurnal variation, 6 ■SS mUes. 



First Snow observed this season at 8 a.m. on the 13th. 



Indian Summer from 16th to 26th (not well marked). 



The Components and Velocity of the Wind are imperfect from the 4th to 

 8th inclusive — the Anemometer having been out of order. 



The mean temperature of this month, and the quantities of Rain and Snow 

 differ but little from the average ; but the mean velocity of the Wind 

 has surpassed the average of the last 8 years by 4-54 miles per hour, 

 being greater than any other month during that period, with the excep- 

 tion of March 1855. 



Sum of the Atmospheric Current, in miles, resolved info the four Cardinal 

 directions. 



North. West. South. East. 



1958-95 3690-27 1524-07 661-89 



Mean direction of Wind, W 0° N. Mean velocity 9-88 miles per hour. 

 Maximum velocity, 32-3 miles per hour, from 5 to 6 a.m. on 28th. 

 Most windy day, the 26th; mean velocity, 16-99 miles per houi-. 

 Least windy day, the 2nd ; mean velocity, 4-12 " " 



Most windy horn-, 1 p.m. ; Mean velocity, 14-27 miles per hour. 

 Least -windy hour, 6 a.m. ; Mean velocity, 7-39 " " 









Conipar 



ative 



Table for October. 









Temperature. 



1 Kain. 



Sno^t. I Wind. 





t 



Mean. 



Dif. 

 from 

 Av'ge 



obs'vd 



Min. 

 obs-vd 



Range 



D's. 



Inch. 



D's. 



[nch's- 



ll'n Direc 



Mean 

 Velocitj- 

 in Miles. 





1840 



44-4 



—0-8 



68-5 



23^9 



44-6 



13 



1-860 



3 











1841 



41-6 



—3-6 



5S-3 



20^3 



38-0 



6 



1-360 



2 







0-41 



rhs. 



1842 



45-1 



—0-1 



68-5 



30^0 



38-5 



8 



5-175 











0-35 



lbs. 



1843 



41-8— 3^4 



65-7 



24^5 



41-2 



12 



3-790 



4 



2-5 





0-54 



lbs. 



1844 



43^3— 1-9 



69-6 



17-8 



51-8 



7 



impt. 



4 



12-0 





0-43 



Rs. 



1845 



46^4 +1^2 



62-7 



20-0 



42-7 



11 



1-760 



1 



Inap. 





0-26 



lbs. 



1846 



44.6:_0^6 



69-7 



20-7 



49-0 



14 



4-180 



2 



Inap. 





0-44 



lbs. 



1847 



44-0—1-2 



65-0 



20-3 



44-7 



13 



4-390 



2 



Inap. 





0-19 



lbs. 



1848 



46-3'+l-l 



62-2 



26-4 



35-8 



11 



1-550 







0-0 



W36N 



4-60 



Mils. 



1849 



45-3+0-1 



59-2 



25-5 



33-7 



13 



5-965 



1 



Inap. 



N12 W 



4-76 



Mils. 



1850 



45-4 +0-2 



66-6 



24-8 



41-8 



10 



2-085 







0-0 



W24N 



5-30 



Mils. 



1851 



47-4'+2-2 



66-1 



25-0 



41-1 



10 



1-680 



2 



0-3 



W18S 



4-39 



i\'=ls. 



1852 



48-0 +2-8 



70-7 



29-8 



40-9 



12 



5 -280 







0-0 



N 5E 



4-47 



Mils. 



1853 



44-4—0-8 



64-7 



25-5 



39-2 



10 



0-875 



2 



Inap. 



W2 S 



4-72 



Mils. 



1854 



49-5+4-3 



74-2 



29-8 



44-4 



15 



1-495 



3 



Inap. 



N25E 



4-60 



Mils. 



18-55 



45-4+0-2 



64-3 



28-0 



36-3 



14 



2-485 



5 



0-8 



W8N 



9-88 



Mils. 





0-37 

 5-34 





M'n. 



45-18' 



66-00|24^52 



41-48 11-2 



2-929 



1-9 



1-2 





ibs. 



