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Meteorology. 



Winds. — The most prevailing wind of the year is the Westerly, 

 and the mean direction for the V years in the different months is 

 as follows : — 



January, N.E. by E. 



February, W.S.W 



March, W. 



April,' N.E.byE. 



May, N.W.byN. 



June, S.W. byW. 



July, S.W. by W. 



August, W.N.W. 



September, W.N.W. 



October, W. by W. 



November, W.N.W. 



December, N.E. by E. 



The greatest velocity on record here exceeds somewhat 60 miles 

 per hour linear, — there seems a disposition for a change both in 

 the direction and velocity, at 3 p.m. and at 3 a.m., which corres- 

 ponds precisely with the diurnal barometric fluctuations. The 

 whole amount of miles linear of wind during the past year (1856) 

 was 53061,63 miles, which being resolved into the four cardinal 

 points, gave, K 6969,80 miles ; S. 5298,89 miles ; E. 10776,40 

 miles, and W. 30016,56 miles. The maximum velocity during 

 the past year was 44,40 miles per hour. There were 2220 hours 

 16 minutes calm, and 6546 hours during which the atmosphere 

 was in motion. Below is a table of the anemometric observation 

 during the year 1856, showing the direction and amount of miles 

 from each quarter of the compass, and also the amount of miles 

 run in each month, also the amount of calm in hours for each 

 month : — 





Velocity 





Velocity 





Velocity 



Course. 



m 



Course. 



m 



Course. 



m 





Miles. 





Miles. 





Miles. 



N. 



310,50 



S.E. by E. 



403,00 



W.S.W. 



4679,66 



N. by E. 



211,50 



S.-E. 



297,00 



W. by S. 



4542,50 



N.N.E. 



412,00 



S.E. by S. 



690,20 



W. 



3111,80 



N.E. by W. 



661,70 



S.S.E. 



374,00 



W. by N. 



3103,00 



N.E. 



1325,00 



S. by E. 



578,50 



W.N.W. 



4790,00 



N.E. by E. 



8092,60 



S. 



714,70 



N.W.byW. 



2112,80 



E.N.E. 



892, ro 



S. by W. 



238,30 



N.W. 



2728,00 



E. by N. 



237,10 



S.S.W. 



497,57 



N.W. by N. 



1269,00 



E. 



86,30 



S.W. byS. 



608,10 



N.N.W. 



687,00 



E. by S. 



156,00 



S.W. 



2375,70 



N. by W. 



77,00 



E S E 



240,00 



S.W. by W. 



3845,60 













