METE0E0L06ICAL TABLES. 



Monthly means of Meleorologic Observations at Bering Island — Continued. 

 . PERCENTAGE OF EBLATIVE HUMIDITY. 



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Annual means : 87.7 for 1884, 90 for 1885. 

 EAINTALL AND MELTED SNOW— AMOUNT Off PEEOIPITATION. 



Total: 21.57 inches in 1883; 20.11 inchea in 1884; 21.45 inches in 1885. 

 N0MBBK OF DATS ON WHICH 0.1 INCH OE MOEE EAIN OE SNOW FELL. 



Total: 209 days in, 1883; 160 days in 1884; 145 days in 1885. 

 PEET AILING WINDS. 



MAXIMUM HOUELT YELOCITT (IN MILES). 

 [Taken from current velocities.] 



A considerable amount of snow falls daring the winter. The fierce winter gales 

 nsually blow it off the plateaus, forming immense drifts in the valleys and on the lee 



