80 



MEAN RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT HAMILTON, C. W., 

 FOR THE YEAR 1856. 



1S56. 



MONTHS. 



January .... 

 February .'., 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November . 

 December... 



THERMOMETER. 



15.32 

 15.00 

 24.03 

 40.86 

 65.1 

 67.5 

 75.742 

 69.1 

 60.838 

 47-7 

 9.9 

 25.1 



16.9 

 IS. 00 

 24.55 

 41-96 



3-22 



■ 1.4 



4-80( 



7-9 

 60-4 

 IS 9 

 3'.)- 7 

 24'. 4 



16.11 



17.50 



24-29 



44-41 



34-16 



65-95 



75-274 



6S-5 



60-616 



48-3 



39-8 



24-75 



—16 



—16 



—10 



21 



28 

 40 

 52 

 48 

 41 

 28 

 26 

 -10 



BAROMETER. 



29.639 

 .47 

 .558 

 .615 

 .628 

 .6175 

 .680 



• 612 



• 656 



■ 7292 



.632 



.645 



30 



29 



Days. 



29.15 

 28.70 



.96 

 29.14 



.221 



.3!; 



.37 



.251 



• 20 



.251 1 



.101 5 

 28-63 



Mean 

 Tempera- 

 ture of. 



1846.. .50. 215 

 7. ..48 163 

 8... 49. 295 

 9. ..48- 105 

 50... 48. 732 

 51. ..48. 756 

 2.. .48. 248 

 3. ..49. 474 

 4... 49. 013 

 5... 47. 316 



Mil. 43.73 



Mean Temperature of year 



44.888 



43 79 244 



REGISTER, THERMOMETER 



BAROMETER. &c. ; HAMILTON, 1S56. 





THERMOM. 



BAROM. 















WEATHER. 



DATE. 



9 A.M. 



9 P.M. 



9 A.M. 



9 P.M. 







V 



31 







27 



29.80 



29.70 



Partly cltudy, some snow A. M. 



2 



32 



32 



.63 



.25 



Cloudy, snowing heavily at night, stormy. 



3 



36 



28 



28.68 



.02 



Partly cloudy, snowing A. M., sleighing. 



4 



29 



30 



29.50 



• 70 



Do. do. 



5 



30 



23 



.75 



■ S3 



Fair and clear. 



6 



23 



22 



.80 



• 81 



Do. do. 



7 



27 



24 



.80 



■ 76 



Partly cloudy. 



8 



27 



29 



.81 



■ 90 



Do. do., a little snow in the morning. 



9 



28 



25 



30.00 



30-09 



Fair and clear. 



10 



28 



28 



29.96 



29-70 



Do. do. 



11 



38 



40 



.20 



.20 



Rain, sleighing gone. 



12 



33 



34 



.45 



• 62 



Partly cloudy. 



13 



34 



34 



.85 



■ 60 



Da. do., some snow at night. 



14 



36 



26 



28.63 



28-90 



Rainy A. M., snowing P. M., stormy. 



15 



22 



23 



29.52 



29-70 



Partly cloudy, sleighing. 



16 



21 



21 



• 70 



■ 68 



Do. do. 



17 



15 



10 



30-60 



30 13 



Do. do. 



18 



2 



6 



■ 35 



•33 



Do. do. a little snow P. M. 



19 



13 



28 



• 05 



29-55 



Mostly cloudy, some rain at night forming ice. 



20 



42 



IS 



29.25 



• 55 



Cloudy, rainy A. M. 



21 



17 



18 



• 80 



■70 



Fair and clear. 



22 



20 



17 



.40 



■52 



Mostly cloudy, snowing A. M. 



23 



13 



18 



• 72 



• 8(1 



Partly cloudy. 



24 



15 



12 



• 65 



• 50 



Do. do. 



25 



16 



23 



.45 



• 53 



Do. do. 



26 



25 



30 



.63 



•72 



Do. do. 



27 



23 



25 



• 82 



•75 



Cloudy. 



28 



30 



32 



.40 



• 45 



Do., drizzling rain forming ice. 



29 



28 



26 



.55 



■ 65 



Mostly cloudy. 



30 



25 



25 



• 71 



■ 70 



Do. do., a little snow at night. 



31 



23 



27 



.85 



.90 



Fair and clear. 





25.1 



24.4 



29.638 



29.652 









Mean Temperature of the Month 24-75° 



Highest 45° 



Lowest 4° 



Average of ten preceding years , 30.76* 



