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GALES AND STORMS. 



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GALES AND STORMS. 



The number of days in the different years and months on which 

 a wind-velocity of 15 metres per second and above were noted at the 

 winter quarters, are 



This gives for the year 20.35 days with winds of a velocity of, or 

 above, 15 m. p. s. or 33.55 miles an hour (8 Beaufort Sc). 



The second winter haven, in Havnefjord, from September, 1899, to 

 August, 1900, had only one case of high wind, namely, the 3'^'^ February, 

 1900, when at 6 p. m. the wind was N, 15 m. p. s. This place, as 

 shown above, had very quiet weather in all seasons. 



The Table above shows that there is a well-defined annual period 

 in the frequency of the strong winds. The maximum is in the winter 

 and the beginning of spring (March 4 days); the minimum is in summer; 

 while July and August have no strong winds. 



The distribution of the strong winds is shown by the following 

 Table, which gives the number of the directions noted in each month. 



From NE, ENE, WSW, W and WNW, no strong wind occurred. 



