ABSTRACT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1894. 



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



Sunday n 



so Years means ) 

 for and including > 

 this month \ 



THERMOMETER. 



Mean. Max. Min. Range. 



42.20 

 46.07 

 3663 



34-95 

 34-47 

 30.85 



ls.% 



j^-59 

 24 39 



, 4 

 18.O 



BAROMETER. 



30.0417 

 29.9053 

 30.2850 



2 9-9355 



29.6840 

 29.6692 



29.7480 

 3°-35S3 

 29.97:0 

 30 0858 

 29.6553 

 29 -99 jo 



30.3242 

 29.9642 

 29.9265 

 29-7745 



30.218 

 30.098 

 30.094 

 30.187 

 30.230 

 30.199 



29.971 

 2 9 935 

 30.058 



30.154 

 30-419 

 30.292 



29 8*7 

 29.4C3 

 29.396 

 29.719 

 29-594 



30.253 

 29 821 

 2 9 .8 71 



t Mean 



pres- 

 sure of 

 vapour. 



t Mea„ 

 relative 

 humid 



S. 

 S.W. 

 S.W. 



S. 



Me; 

 velocits 

 in miles 

 perhour 



s 



3 



s 



3-5 



'77 







1.8 



10 





10 



6.7 









6 









2.8 



10 



5-5 



10 





10 



8.3 



10 



5-7 





9-7 



10 



4" 



10 



5-8 



10 



4-2 



9 







8 2 



10 



8-5 



10 



4-7 







10 



i-7 



8 



4 3 



9 



5-0 



10 



5-3 



9 











5 -9 









6 



-l 





il 



I nap 

 I nap 



16 Sunday 



' month. 



Years means for 

 including this 



ANALYSIS OF WIHD RECORD. 



Direction... 

 Miles 



Duration in hrs 

 Mean velocity.. 



N. 



N.E. 



E. 



821 



490 



479 



72 



39 



41 



11. 4 



12 6 



11. 7 



2815 



165 



Greatest mileage in one hour was 47 on the 19th. 

 Greatest velocity in gusts 60 miles per hour, on 

 the 19th. 



Resultant mileage 5,630. 

 Resultant direction, S. 49£° W. 

 Total mileage, 12,311. 



* Barometer readings reduced to sea-level and 

 temperature of 32" Fahrenheit. 



§ Observed. 



t Pressure of vapour in inches of mercury. 



t Humidity relative, saturation being 100. 



11 13 years only. 



The greatest heat was 57.0 on the 19th ; 

 the greatest cold was 5.0 on the 27th, eiving a 

 range of temperature of 52.0 degrees. Warmest 

 day was the 6th. Coldest day was the 27th. High- 

 est barometer reading was 30.419 on the 20th ; low- 

 est barometer was 29.396 on the 15th, giving a 



range of 1.023 inches. Maximum relative humid- 

 ity was 98 on the 21st and 23rd Minimum relative 

 humidity was 46 on the 20th. 



Rain fell on 11 days. 



Snow fell on 9 days. 



Rain or snow fell on 17 days. 



Auroras were observed on 2 nights. 



Hoar frost on 5 days. 



Lunar halos on 1 night. 



Solar halos on 5 days. 



Thunder without Lightning on 7th. 



