﻿ABSTRACT FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1896. 



Meteorological ObservatioDB, McGill College Observatory, Mootreal, Canada. Height above sea level, 187 feet. C H. McLEOD, fifupmntendeni. 



SUND«V 9 



^1 Years means j 

 for and including j 

 this month ' 



THERMOMETER. 



BAROMETER. 



29-9937 

 29.8975 

 29.8978 

 29.5222 

 29.1032 

 29.8822 



30.0975 

 29-8973 



30-499 

 29,784 

 29 719 

 30.189 

 30.197 



29.956 

 30. 104 

 29-945 

 29.913 

 29.736 

 29.899 



39.876 

 29.867 

 29.857 



29.464 

 29 293 

 29.851 

 29.538 



30-517 

 29 363 



( Mean 

 relative 

 humid- 







ANALYSIS OF WIND RECORD. 







Direction 



N. 



N.E. 



E. 



S.E. 



6. 



S.W. 1 w. 



N.W. 



Calm. 



Miles 



>5i 



800 

 40 



544 



444 

 33 



i666 

 88~ 







7753 





Duration in hrs.. 







320 





Mean velocity..- . 



.8.07 



20.00 



9.07 



'3-45 



■8.93 







24.22 1 1 



Greatest milea 



nth. 



Greatest veloc 

 the nth. 



ge in 

 ty in gu 



le hour 



ts, 90 m 



was 6G 

 les per 1: 



on the 

 our on 



Resu 

 Resu 

 Total 



tant mil 

 tant dirt 

 mileage 



eage, 7,1 

 ction.N 

 , 13.932 



30. 



. 303° W 



















WIND. 



In Tenths 



ill 



ll 



fall ii 



n anc 

 melte 





Mean 



. 





General 



velocity 



1 

 S 



H 



p 



"s^ 





1 § I'S » 



direction. 



in miles 

 (lerhoui 



S 



•s 



^-5 



& 





"g 



N. 



■3 79 



100 



10 



10 



00 





1. 



, 020 



N.W. 



22.83 . 









28 





0. 



0.02 



N. 





4-8 



10 















N.W. 





90 





4 



05 







0.05 



S.W. 



11.46 





to 













0.08 



N.E 



21.17 



10 



lO 



10 



00 





3- 



5 0.52 I 



N W. 



.8.58 



9 5 



10 



7 



uo 





i.o 1 0.25 1 



N.W. 



23 21 





10 





100 









N. 



21 12 









00 





5- 



0.48 



N.W. 



2, 21 



V8 



10 







95 







N.W. 



35.46 





lO 



5 



36 





I. 



0.14 





29 75 

















N. 



.6.37 



10 



10 



10 



00 







N.W. 



26.50 





10 







76 





0.2 1 0.02 



N. 



19.46 



8.3 



10 



° 







1.7 °-'9 



N. 



13.62 









94 









N. 



















N.E. 



11.79 



1-3 



5 







86 









E. 



9 37 









35 









N.W. 



.885 



6.8 



10 











3.. I°.35 1 



N.W. 



28.29 





8 







86 







1 — 



N.W. 



30.04 



4.8 



10 



° 



33 





Inap. Ilnap. 



S. 











00 





I. 



0.17 





26.21 



7-7 





4 



51 









N W. 



20 33 



















N.W. 



1333 



2. J 









4° 











S. E. 



7-54 



4 7 



10 

















S. 







10 



3 



53 











S. 





10. 



10 



'" 



"° 



0-35 















•■•• 



_1J-1 



__ 







:_:_ 



••• 



.... 



N.3o-K° W. 



—2— 

 ^18.48 



6.0 

 5-9 



8.8 



2.9 



40.7 



0-35 



25.9 3-34 









II4.-6 



0.765 



22.6 2.96 



and including this 



* Barometer readings reduced to sea-level and 

 temperature of 32° Fahrenheit. 



§ Observed. 



t Pressure of vapour in inches of mercury. 



X Humidity relative, saturation being 100. 



IT 15 years only. 1 Ten year.s only. 



The greatest heat was 41.5° on the 29th ; the 

 greatest cold was —23.4° on the ISIh, giving a 

 range of temperature of 64.9 degrees. 



Warmest day was the 29tli. Coldest day was 



the 17th. Highest barometer reading was 30.601 

 on the 17th. Lowest barometer was 28.786 on the 

 7th, giving a range of 1.815 inches. Maximum 

 relative humidity was lOOon the 6th, 15th, 17th, 

 18th, 19th, 2Sth. and 29th. Minimum relative 

 humidity was 71 on the 19th. 



Rain fell on 1 day, 29(h. 



Snow fell on 17 days. 



Rain or snow fell on 18 days. 



Auroras were observed on 2 nights, 14th k 21st. 



Lunar halos on 1 night, 28th. 



Lunar coronas on 2 nights, 24th and 27th. 



Hail storm on the 21th. 



