



ABSTRACT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, 1894. 



Meteorological Observations, 



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



























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THERMOMETER. 



BAROMETER. 





[ Mean 

 relative 

 humid- 

 ity. 





WIND. 



In Tenths 



" 1/ " 



a 



a 



§ 





DAT. 



Mean. 



Max. 



Min. 



Range. 



Mean. 



Max. 



Min. 



1 

 su 



Range. va 



res- 

 re of 

 pour. 



Dew 

 point. 



General 

 direction. 



Mean 

 velocity g 

 in miles « 

 perhour «= 



S Is 





.5 ^ 



a'" 



-oli 



Si 



o9 



DAY. 



, 



68.12 



79.0 



56-7 



22.3 



29.9192 



30.060 



29.816 



.244 



3278 



4 3.o 





S.W. 



25.* 



5-7 





70 









, 





62.82 



76.0 



5°-5 



25-5 



29.8852 



30.106 



29-752 



•354 



3913 



67.7 





S.W. 







.0 2 



43 











3 



53.27 



64.0 



42 3 



21.7 



30.1250 



30. 196 



30.048 



..48 



2425 



58-3 



39-2 



N. 



7-4 





6\ 



'- 















63 8 



53.8 



130 



29.9747 



30.051 



29.919 

 29.806 



.132 



3922 



84-3 





S. 





6.3 















5 



57-93 



68.0 



47-3 



20.7 



29.9700 



30 076 



.270 



3407 



74.0 



48.8 



E. 



6.0 



5-8 



10 2 



59 



Inap 







5 



Sunday 6 



7 



56.72 



75 8 

 64.5 



57-0 

 5'-8 



1S.8 

 •2.7 



29.5170 





29'436 



:io 5 



3378 



72.0 



47-5 



S.W. 



18.9 

 27-3 



7.0 



io"' 



58 



0.39 

 o-45 





0.39 

 45 





29 



DO I 



7 





5462 



6 Ji 



49.0 





29,6655 



29 



775 



29.623 



.152 



2473 



58.0 



40.0 



S.W. 



23.0 



3-7 













8 



9 



53- 2 3 





45.1 



15 7 



29.9947 



30 





29 835 



•377 



2473 





39-8 



S.W. 



19.7 



5-5 







Inap 





Inap 



9 







62.3 







30.2643 



30 



it ; 



















4 



uH 









10 





55.85 



64-5 





'5-5 



30.1293 





M A 









60.8 





S.W. 







10 1 



S3 







12 





12 



58.02 





46.9 



21. 1 





30 



37- 



30 c 4 o 



-332 



2508 



52 7 



40.2 



S.W. 



22.7 



2.8 



7i| 



83 









12 



Sunday 13 





63.6 



59-o 



44-5 

 3 ll 



19. 1 



21.3 





















24.2 

 17-7 







r,6 









13 Sunday 



<4 



47-52 



30.1518 



30 



269 



30.030 



.239 



128, 



393 



24.0 



N.W. 



2.0 



10 



99 











52.08 



64.5 









30 



009 





.232 

















99 









15 



16 



56.3° 



68.0 



47.0 





29.8022 



29 



890 



29.726 



..64 



2423 





38.8 



N.W. 





4.0 



10 [ 



98 









16 





58.45 



69.5 



47.0 



22.5 



29-7333 



29 



799 



29 664 



• •35 



2547 



53-8 



40.7 



N. 





9 2 



10 | 5 











17 



18 



56.62 



6 3 4 J 



53-7 



9 8 



29.6332 



29 





29.592 



.089 



411B 



89.7 



53-o 



S. 



10 1 





10 j :o 



00 



o.57 





0.57 





'9 



57-88 



52.7 



12.1 



29.7507 



29 





29.647 



.242 



4502 



93-7 



56.2 





II 2 



10. 



IO 10 



00 



0.12 





0.12 



•9 



Sunday 20 



58 .'63 



69.. 

 68.1 



54-° 

 47-5 



2:S 





5 



30 



301 



33.199 



. 102 



2875 



59-3 



44 



S.E. 



E. 



I3.3 



11. 7 



'o.' 7 



io 



59 

 96 









20 Sunday 



30.246 



22 







46.0 



tli 









29.940 

 29 865 





2582 



52.8 









5 8 





8,s 











z 3 



6.-55 



68.8 



54-2 



29.8990 



29 



96 1 



.098 









N.E. 



11. 7 





jo ! s 



3b 



Inap 





Inap 



23 





58.32 



69.0 



51-8 



17.2 



29.7605 



29 



S 4 r, 









8 3 .2 





N.E. 







10 ) 8 





09 





0.09 



24 







56.2 





6.1 



29.7168 













80.2 





N.E. 



21.7 



10. 





00 



0.51 





0.51 



25 



26 



56.82 



66.5 



4 8.o 



18.5 



29.8340 



29 





29.790 



.094 



339« 



74-8 



48.3 



N. 



9-7 



7-7 



10 



68 











Sunday 27 







50.6 

 44.6 





















S.E. 

 S.E. 



9-1 







74 









27 Sunday 







26.4 



29.7768 

 29.8847 





8,q 



29.704 







88 



51.8 



8 1 



10 1 



0.85 





0.85 



38 











14.2 







2,b 7 



76.0 



38.8 



S.W. 



19 6 



6.5 





49 



0.32 





0.32 



29 





51-05 



59 .0 



40.8 



t8.2 



30.0048 



30 036 



29.960 



.076 



2755 



75-3 



42.8 



S.E. 



5-2 



6.8 



10 



25 



Inap 





Inap 



30 



3' 



52-40 



57- ' 



49.0 





29.7925 



29.927 



29633 



.294 



3342 



85 3 



48.0 





7.8 



10 



10 10 



00 







18 





Means 



56.04 



65.92 



47.91 



18.01 



29.9135 







■»97 



3030 



67.0 



44.2 



S. 50K w. 



14.7 



6.2 



.. | .. 



51.0 



3-73 





3-73 



Sums 









































| { 20 Years means for 



for and including > 

 this month S 



54-42 



63.69 



45-5° 



18.69 



29.9318 







.168 



2833 



65 5 









6.3 







2-94 





2.94 



^aud including this 

 I month. 



ANALYSIS OF WIND RECORD. 



*Barometer readings reduced to sea-level aim 

 temperature of 32° Fahrenheit. 



giving a range of 0.93b' inches. Maximum relative 

















- - 







humidity was 99 on the 18th, 19th. 25th and 30th. 



Direction 



N. 



N-E. 



E. 



S.E. 



S. 



S.W. 



w. 



N.W. 



Calm 





§ Observed. 



t Pressure of vapour in inches of mercary. 



t Humidity relative, saturation being lOu. 



Minimum relative humidity was 25 on the 13th. 

 Rain fell on 17 days. 

 Auroras were observed on 7th, 13th, >fe 30th. 





1097 



1429 



634 



733 



1 160 



4255 



556 



iro8 

























Duration in hrs. . 



91 



99 



69 



70 



96 



203 



3. 62 



23 









Mean velocity... 



12. 1 



14.4 



9.2 



10.5 



.2.1 



21.0 



179 1 »7-9 







The greatest heat was 7!>°.0 on the 1st ; 



Thunderstorms on 1 days. 

























Greatest mileage 

 Greatest velocity 

 the 7th. 



in one 

 r in gus 



hour was H on the 25th. 

 s 60 miles per hour, on 



Resultant mileage 2,828. 

 Resultant direction, S. 50|° W. 

 Total mileage, 10,972- 





a range of temperature of 41.3 degrees. 

 Warmest day was the 1st. Coldest day was the 1 

 2iMii. High est barometer reading was 30.372 on! the 1 

 12th; lowest barometer was 29.435 on the 7ch> • 



