COASTAL WINDS AND THEIR INFLUENCE UPON FISH. 



35 



Prom the twenty-four years' records of winds I first 

 determined all necessary averages or normals as follows: — 



(1) The average total mileage from each cardinal 



point for each calendar month, and for the year. 



(2) The mean atmospheric drift, or the resultant wind 



for each of the same periods. 



The tables and diagrams prepared in connection with 

 these determinations are too voluminous to be included in 

 this paper, and only the final results are given. 



Table VI.— Showing amount of Wind in Miles, from each Point of the Compass 

 and for each Month (Normals). 



Month. 



s. 



s.w. 



w. 



N.W. 



N. 



N.E. 



E. 



S.E. 



Total. 



Jany. ... 



1655 



433 



344 



172 



296 



2358 



1355 



995 



7608 



Feb v. ... 



1349 



347 



263 



121 



283 



2018 



1112 



1061 



6554 



March ... 



1345 



434 



422 



230 



318 



1618 



1022 



1083 



6472 



April ... 



1157 



844 



1093 



398 



354 



957 



510 



467 



5780 



May ... 



950 



994 



1794 



573 



312 



432 



192 



359 



5606 



June ... 



624 



1008 



2884 



982 



414 



223 



186 



287 



6608 



July ... 



807 



1139 



2937 



876 



365 



191 



239 



296 



6850 



August... 



999 



930 



2351 



816 



383 



506 



304 



362 



6851 



Sept. ... 



873 



812 



1815 



683 



452 



974 



533 



456 



4961 



Octr. ... 



1274 



674 



1210 



673 



463 



1501 



900 



704 



7399 



Novr. ... 



1516 



508 



528 



316 



364 



1999 



1086 



922 



7239 



Deer. ... 



1590 



354 



392 



272 



333 



2121 



1423 



959 



7444 



Total .. 



14139 



8477 



16033 



6112 



4337 



14898 



8862 



7951 



79172 



In Table VI. is~shown the average amount of wind (in 

 miles) that blows from each of the cardinal points each 

 month, and the average totals for the year. As to the 

 latter, it will be seen that the southerly is essentially a 

 summer wind, strongest in December and January, and of 

 least importance in the winter. This wind is third in 

 importance of all the eight winds, and exceeds 14,000 miles 

 a year. The south-westerly is the reverse of the southerly 

 and fifth in importance with about 8,500 miles. The 

 westerly is also a winter wind (in excess from May to June) 

 and is the first in importance with about 16,000 miles a 

 year. The north-westerly is also a winter wind and seventh 

 in order with about 6,000 miles. The northerly is fairly 

 generally distributed throughout the year, and is of least 

 importance with about 4,300 miles. The north-easterly is 



