﻿ABSTRACT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1896. 



Meteorological Observations, McGill College Observatory, Montreal, Canada. Heisrht above sea level, 187 feet. C H. McLEOD, Superintendmu 



Sunday 8 



THERMOMETER. 



Mean. Max. Mio. Range 



i 



«5 



30 



14 

 9 

 ^7 



ie 

 26 

 29 

 30 

 13 



8 



33 

 16 

 20 



39 



35 



57 



z 



03 



ii 



'5 



82 

 67 



I2 

 08 



65 



i 

 98 

 70 



83 



30 



Meaa. Max. Min. KaoKe. 



29.7067 

 29.9867 



29-4577 

 30.1685 

 30.3997 



29.7093 

 29.3700 

 29.9647 



30.5950 

 30.5612 

 29.8978 

 29.5093 

 29.7410 

 30.1708 



29.589 

 29.771 

 29.884 

 29.992 

 29.879 

 29.275 



29.732 

 29.850 

 29 522 

 29.247 

 29.975 

 30.363 



29.189 

 29 039 



30.376 

 29.640 



29.540 

 30.051 



tMean 

 pressure 

 oi' vapor. 



( Mean 





relative 



Dew 



lumid- 



point 



ity. 











39.7 





86.8 







4-5 



77-3 



9.5 



82.7 



19.7 



93.0 



28.7 



78 '7 



9 8 



76.1 



4-3 



76.1 





83,3 



8.5 



697 





76.3 



6.2 



83 5' 



12.7 





22.8 





26.3 





88 7 



20.5 



86.3 





82. 's 





76.5 





87.5 





97.8 



3^.5 



86.S 



13 3 



85.0 



17.0 



88'; 



36.'2 



87-3 



31.5 



84.5' 



155 



76-3 





N.W. 

 S.W. 

 N.W. 

 N.W. 



N.W. 

 N.W. 

 N.W. 

 N W 

 N.W. 



N. 



N. 



>9.33 

 13.37 

 ■3.75 



20.79 

 6.50 

 6.6; 



23 87 



^-i 



29 Sunday 



ANALYSIS OF WISD RECORD. 



Duration in hrs. 

 Mean Telocity... 



Greatest mileage in one 

 7th and J 2th. 



Greatest velocity in gusts 

 the 7th. 



Resultant mileage, N. 511° W. 

 Resultant direction, 6,800. 

 Total mileage, 14,305. 



* Barometer readings reduced to sea-level and 

 temperature of 32° Fahrenheit. 

 § Observed. 



t Pressure of vapour in inches of meroary. 

 t Humidity relative, saturation being 100. 

 H 15 years only . t Ten years only. 



The greatest heat was 45.6° on rhe 33th ; the 

 greatest cold was —3.2° on the 24(h, giving a 

 range of temperature of 48.3 degrees. 



Warmest day was the 30th. Coldest day was 

 the 23rci. Highest barometer readine wiis 30.682 

 on the 24th. Lowest barometer was 2903!) on the 



20th, giving a range of 1.643 inches. Maximum 

 relative humidity was 100 on the 1st, 7th, 12th, 

 19th, 20th, 22nd and 26th. Minimum relative 

 humidity was 52 on the 13th. 



Rain fell on 7 days. 



Snow fell on 18 days- 

 Rain or snow fell on 21 days. 



Auroras were observed on 2 nights, 14th & 22nd. 



Lunar halo on 1 night, 24th. 



Fog on 1 day, 23rd. 



Hail fell on 4 days, 6th, 7th, 2.5th and 29th. 



Mock Suns on 21st. 



