Meteorology. 



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EESOLVED INTO THE FOUR CARDINAL POINTS. 















Hours 





Miles 



Miles 



Miles 



Miles 



Total 



and 



Months. 



North. 



South. 



West. 



East. 



Miles. 



Min. calm 



Jany. 



395-40 



95-77 



4115-66 



1744-10 



6351-23 



143-00 



Feby. 



71-90 



280-00 



4854-80 



277-20 



5463-90 



166-00 



March. 



674-80 



917-30 



3706-60 



567-70 



5866-40 



177-00 



April. 



234-00 



116-00 



1644-00 



2585-10 



4579-10 



247-00 



May. 



1415-00 



484-00 



1323-00 



1321-00 



4540-00 



179-10 



June. 



350-00 



768-00 



1450-00 



582-00 



3130-00 



168-^0 



July. 



716-00 



345-00 



1652-20 



111-00 



2884-00 



174-20 



August. 



621-00 



242-30 



1018-20 



569-30 



2450-00 



269-20 



Sept. 



471-00 



589-50 



1249-00 



490-00 



2799-50 



243-14 



Oct. 



843-00 



371-00 



2270-00 



248-00 



3752-10 



226-45 



Nov. 



653-00 



650-00 



2386-00 



975-00 



4644-00 



149-00 



Dec. 



464-70 



458-00 



4387-00 



1310-00 



6628-20 



78-30 



The yearly mean intensity of the sun's rays for the same septen- 

 nial period, is 102° 6, and for the months as follows : — 



January, 79 "^ 



February, 87 ° 



March, 119° 



April, 107° 



May, 110° 



June 110° 



4 July, 121 o 4 



5 August, 118° 4 



4 September, 103 => 9 



1 October, 99 « 4 



5 Norember, 89 "= 7 



2 ! December, 84° 9 



The yearly (septennial) mean of Terrestrial Radiation was 11' 

 6, and for the months as follows : — 



January, 20 ^ 9 



February, ; . . 22 o 6 



March, 18 ° 2 



April, 8° 



May, 29° 6 



June, 39° 1 



July, 46° 7 



August, 38 ° 1 



September, 34 ° 2 



October, 18° 9 



November, 11° 6 



December, 25 ° 1 



The amount of dew is very variable, but bears a proportion to 

 the degree of terrestrial radiation. 



^ The mean of cloudless days were 5Y days perfectly cloudless- — 

 the prevailing clouds are the Cumuli Stratus and Cirri Stratus. 



The song Sparrow — {Fringilla Melodia) — The harbinger of 

 the Canadian spring generally makes its first appearance the first 

 week of April. Frogs, Bdna, are first heard about the 23rd of 

 April. Shad, Alosa, are caught the last week in May. Fire-flies, 

 Lampyrus corusca^ are first seen about the 24th of June, and the 

 Snow-bird, Plectrophanes nivalis, generally makes its first ap- 

 pearance about the 20th of November; Swallows, Hirudo rufa, 

 about the i8th of April. Our winter generally sets in about the 

 latter week of November or the first week in December, and is 

 ushered in by a fall of snow from the N.E. by E., and this is the 



