﻿ABSTRACT FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 1896. 



Meteorological ObservatiooB, McGill College Observatory, Montreal, Canada. Height above sea level, 187 feet. C H. McLEOD. Superintendent. 



[Meai 

 relative 

 bumid 



63-8 



78.9 



73.0 



S.W. 



s.w. 



S.W. 



N.W. 

 N.W. 

 S.W. 



s. 



S.W. 

 S.W. 



Mean 

 velocity 

 in miles 

 perhouT 



Ss 



is 



.Sunday 

 . . . Sums 







AMALXSIS OF WIND RECORD. 







Direction 



N. 



N.E. 



E. 



S.E. 



•353 



S.W. 



W. 



N.W. 



Calm. 



Miles 



8 



4023 



1583 



621 









Duration in hrs . 



82 



^ 



2 



•3 



III 



3-3 



147 



67 



7 



Mean velocity — 



9-ot 





5.50 



15-54 



12.19 



12.85 



10.79 



9,27 





lireatesi luilea 



SB lU 0. 



e hour 



wa8 27 



on the 



Result 



ant mile 



age, 5^7 



2. 





Resultant direction, S. 565° 



Total mileage. 8542. 



Average velocity, 11.48 miles per hour. 



§ Observed. 



t Pressure of vapour in inches of mercury. 



t Humidity relative, saturation being 100. 



IT 15 years only. * Eleven years only. 



The greatest heat was 89-7° on the 11th ; the 

 greatest cold was 47.8° on the 29th, giving a 

 range of temperature of 41.9 degrees. 



Warmest dav was the 11th. Coldest day was 

 the 18th Highest barometer readine.was 30.300 

 on the 28th. Lowest barometer was 29.64U on the 

 31st, giving a range of -654 inches. Maximum 

 relative humidity was 99.0 on tbe 5th, 6th, and 

 22nd. Minimum relative humidity was 39.0 on 

 the 14th. 



Rain fell on 14 days. 



2 nights, on the mh 



Thunder storm on the 



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