124 RECONNAISSANCE IN NORTHERN ALASKA IN 1901. 



September, 1885: 



Lowest temperature during month 5° F 



Highest temperature during month 69 



Mean temperature during month 39 



October, 1885: 



Lowest temperature during month — 4° F. 



Highest temperature during month 46 



Mean temperature during month 16 



November, 1SS5: 



Lowest temperature during month —44° F. 



Highest temperature during month 15 



Mean temperature during month — 9. 5 



December, 1885: 



Lowest temperature during month —65° F. 



Highest temperature during month 29 



Mean temperature during month —12. 4 



January, 1886: 



Lowest temperature during month —70° F. 



Highest temperature during month 31 



Mean temperature during month —13.5 



February," 1886: 



Lowest temperature during month —65° F. 



Highest temperature during month 26 



Mean temperature during month —22. 5 



March, 1886: 



Lowest temperature during month —38° F. 



Highest temperature during month 36 



Mean temperature during month — 3. 8 



April, 1886: 



Lowest temperature during month —22° F. 



Highest temperature during month 49 



Mean temperature during month 13 



May, 1886: 



Lowest temperature during month 14° F. 



Highest temperature during month. 65 



Mean temperature during month 35 



June, 1886: 



Lowest temperature during month 32° F. 



Highest temperature during month 74 



Mean temperature during month 49 



" Note. — During the month of December, 1885, in one hour the temperature rose 

 29° F., barometer remaining quite steady. This sudden rise in temperature was 

 closely followed by a terrible gale of wind. The thermometer, not the barometer, 

 indicates an approaching gale. It is dead calm when the thermometer stands low, 

 and during the gales the temperature always goes above zero. The more sudden the 

 rise of thermometer the harder the wind blows and the more quickly it hauls. One 

 should watch the thermometer closely and get under shelter if a gale is coming; for 

 neither man nor dog can stand these gales. You must be under shelter. Have 

 seen it snowing — that is a tine snow falling — when there was not a cloud in the sky 

 and very light wind. It is advanced bj r some that there was a higher wind that 

 carried the snow from the mountain peak. 



a Mean temperature February 1 to 20 —33° F. 



