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Whence, the greatest monthly range took place in April 

 and was 1.60 : the least occurred in July, and was 0.41. It 

 appears also that during the summer months, including May 

 and September, the variation was much less than during the 

 other parts of the year. 



Table II. — Shewing the state of the winds, being such as prevailed at the 

 times of recording the thermometrical and barometrical observations. 



January, 



February, 



March, 



WINDS. 



Northerly. 



Southerly. 



Variable. 



N.W. 



N.E. 



18 

 11 

 11 



3 



4 

 5 



10 

 13 

 15 



7 

 7 

 6 



4 

 1 

 1 



April, 



13 



7 



10 



6 



6 



May, 

 June, 



5 



7 



14 

 8 



12 

 15 



3 

 6 



1 

 



July, 



August, 



9 

 12 



11 



7 



10 

 12 



8 

 5 







4 



September, 

 October, 



19 

 14 



2 

 8 



9 

 9 



12 

 12 



2 

 1 



November, 



22 



2 



6 



18 







December, 



21 



3 



7 



8 

 98 



4 



24 



162 



74 



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REMARKS. 



1. Northerly winds constitute of the whole, 44 percent. 



2. Southerly do. . 20 do. 



3. Variable do. 36 do. 



4. Northwest, which bring our fairest weather, 27 do. 



5. Northeast, which usually bring foul weather, 7 do. 



6. The wind has usually remained for only a short time 

 either directly east or west. Westerly winds have been ac- 

 companied with fine weather ; easterly winds, almost uni- 

 formly with clouds, fog, or rain. 



7. Our longest snow storms have commenced with the 

 wind between N. and N. E. settling finally at N. E. 



8. The ratios for the several seasons are as follows :— 

 Winter months, Northerly 50 Southerly 10 Variable 30 

 Spring, " " 29 " 26 " 38 

 Summer, " " 28 " 26 " 37 

 Autumn, " " 53 " 12 " 24 

 Whence, it appears that notherly winds prevail most in 



