42 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THM NATURAL HISTORY OF ALASKA. 



Meteorological observations at Fori Yukon — Continued. 



Date-. 



1869. 

 All". 14 



Ana 



Aug. 17 



Aug. 18 



Aug. 10 



Aug. 19 



Aug. 21 







THEBMOMETEES. 







Barometer 



reduced to 



standard 



and 32° F. 



Wind. 



Clouds. 



Time. 



tJutlei 



cover. 



Open 



air. 



Barometer 

 uncor- 

 rected. 



Direc- 

 tion. 



Force. Amount. 



Kind. 





Att. 



Det. 



Dry. 



Wet. 









h. to. 







o 



o 



o 













5 00 p. m ... 



69.0 



75.0 







.536 



.415 











6 00 p. ra . . 



68.0 



75.0 





.531 



.416 











7 00 p. m ... 



66.0 



72.0 







.526 



.413 











8 00 p. ni . . 



65.0 



70.0 







.536 



.426 











9 00 p. m ... 

 9 30 a. m ... 

 10 30 a. m ... 



65. 



70. 







.516 



.406 



sw. 





1 



Cum. ; light and fleecy. 

 Cir. strat. 



62.5 

 04. 



66.0 

 67.0 





29. 603 

 .664 



29. 499 

 .556 



w. 

 w. 





1 

 1 







Cir. strat. 



11 00 a. m ... 



64.0 



67.0 



70. 



59. 7 



.662 



. 554 



w. 





1 



Cir. strat. 



12 45 p. in ... 



65.0 



71.0 



79.0 



63.0 



.664 



.554 



w. 





1 



Cir. strat. 



2 00 p. m. . . . 



06.0 



73.0 



84.0 



62. 5 



.605 



.492 



w. 



1 



1 



Cir. strat. 



3 00 p. m . . . 



68.0 



75.0 



S2.5 



64.0 



.586 



.468 



w. 





1 



Cir. strat. 



4 00 p. ni ... 



68.0 



75.0 



82.0 



62.5 



.584 



.466 



w. 





1 



Cir. strat. 



5 00 p. m ... 



68.0 



75.0 



81.5 



62.5 



.576 



.458 



w. 





1 



Cir. strat. 



00 p. m . . . 



68.0 



75.0 



81.5 



63.5 



. 576 



.458 



w. 





1 



Cir. strat. 



7 00 p. in ... 



07.0 



72.5 



72.0 



59,0 



.576 



.461 



w. 





1 



Cir. strat. . 



8 00 p. m . . . 



67.0 



71.0 



66.5 



57.3 



.576 



.461 



w. 





1 



Cir. strat. 



9 00 a. m ... 



61.0 



64.4 



59.8 



55.0 



29. 664 



29.564 



w. 





5 



Cum. 



10 00 a. m 



63.0 



66.4 



67.8 



59.2 



.664 



.559 



SE. 





3 



Cum. cir. strat. 



11 00 a. m . . . 



64.0 



66.4 



71.1 



61.4 



.606 



.498 



SE. 





2 



Cir. strat, 



12 00 m 



65.0 



70.0 



71.6 



62.0 



.554 



.444 



E. 





2 



Cir. strat 



1 00 p. m ... 



66.0 



71.0 



78.0 



60.7 



.546 



.433 



E. 



1 



1 



Cir. strat. 



2 00 p. ni ... 



06.4 



71.0 



80.7 



62.5 



.576 



.462 



E. 1 



2 



Cir. strat. 



3 00 p. m . . . 



67.5 



73.0 



82.5 



64.0 



.566 



.449 



E. 





2 



Cir. strat. 



4 00 p. in . . . 



69.0 



75.0 



85.6 



06.2 



.556 



.435 



E. 





2 



Cir. strat. 



5 00 p. m ... 



69.4 



76.0 



81.5 



64.5 



.556 



.434 



E. 





2 



Cir. strat. 



6 00 p. in ... 



69.0 



76.0 



79.5 



62.4 



.546 



.425 



E. 



] 



3 



Light fleecy < louds. 



7 00 p. m . . . 



07.3 



72.0 



65.2 



61.7 



.554 



' . 438 



SE. 





5 



Cum. cir. strat. 



8 00 p. in ... 



64.0 



09.0 



61.4 



54.7 



.556 



.448 



SE. 





5 



Cum. 



9 00 p. ui . . . 



64.0 



69.0 



60.7 



55.4 



.546 



.425 



E. 





5 



Cum. 



10 00 a. m ... 



61. 



64.0 



71.8 



63.0 



29. 556 



29. 456 



E. 





1 



Cir. strat. 



11 00 a. in ... 



63.0 



67.0 



71.8 



60.4 



.554 



.449 



E. 





1 



Cir. strat. 



12 00 m 



65.0 



09.0 



71.6 



62.2 



.552 



.442 



E. 





1 



Cir. strat. 



1 00 p. m . . . 



67.0 



73.0 



78.0 



62.5 



.546 



.431 



fir 





1 



Cir. strat. 



2 00p.m... 



67.0 



73.0 



82.6 



65.4 



.514 



.429 



E. 





2 



Cum cir. strat. 



3 00 p. m ... 



68.0 



75.0 



81.5 



63.2 



.534 



.416 



E. 





2 



Cum. cir. strat. 



4 00 p. m ... 



73.0 



76.0 



84.7 



65.0 



.536 



.409 



E. 





3 



Cum. cir. strat. 



5 00 p.m ... 



87.0 



76.0 



88.0 



06.2 



.544 



.376 



E. 



1 



2 



Cir. strat. 



6 00 p. m ... 



84.0 



77.0 



82.3 



65.5 



.536 



.376 



E. 



1 



2 



Cir. strat. 



7 00 p.m ... 



73.0 



77.0 



71.5 



63.4 



.516 



.385 



SW. 





1 



Cir. strat. 



8 00 p. m . . . 



66.0 



71.0 



64.5 



61.6 



.446 



.333 



sw. 





2 



Cir. strat. 



10 00 p. m . . . 



65.0 



69.0 



56.0 



53.4 



.446 



.336 



SW. 





1 



Cir. strat. 



9 00 a. m ... 



61.0 



65.0 



62.5 



54.4 



29. 456 



29. 456 



E. 





2 



Cir. strat. 



10 30 a. in ... 



63.0 



67.0- 



73.0 



60.5 



.566 



.461 



E. 





1 



Cir. strar. 



11 00 a. m ... 



64.0 



67.0 



71.2 



62.0 



.574 



.466 



E. 





1 



Cir. strat. 



12 00 in 



65.0 



70.0 



70.5 



61.2 



.576 



.466 



E. 





2 



Cir. sirat. 



1 00 p. m . . . 



66.0 



72.0 



78.0 



63.0 



.574 



.461 



E. 





1 



Cir. strat. 



2 00 p. m . . . 



68.0 



74.0 



82.5 



63.0 



.576 



.458 



E. 





2 



Liaht fleecy clouds. 



3 00 p.m ... 



70.0 



75.0 



82.0 



62.5 



.564 



.441 



E. 





3 



Cum. 



4 00 p.m ... 



65.4 



66.0 



85.0 



64.7 



.564 



.453 



E. 



x 1 



3 



Cum. 



5 00 p. m . . . 



70.0 



76.0 



87.0 



65.0 



.554 



.431 



E. 





4 



Cum. 



6 00 p. m ... 



69.0 



74.0 



75.4 



62.5- 



.564 



.443 



SW. 





4 



Cum. 



7 00 p. m . . . 



68.0 



73.0 



70.6 



61.0 



29. 546 



29. 428 



SW. 





4 



C um. 



8 00 p.m ... 



67.0 



72.0 



65.5 



59.5 



.546 



.431 



». 





4 



Cum. cir. strat. 



9 00 p.m ... 



66. 



71.0 



61.7 



59.0 



.544 



.431 



N. 





4 



Cum. cir. strat. 



8 00 a. m . . . 



59.0 



62.0 



57.0 



53.0 



29.414 



29. 320 



E. 





2 



Cum. cir. strat. 



9 00 a. m 



61.0 



64.0 



64.0 



55. 



.'346 



.246 



N. 





4 



Cum. cir. strat. 



10 30 a. m ... 



64.0 



67.0 



71.3 



" 60.0 



.324 



.216 



E. 



1 



5 



Cum. cir. strat. 



11 00 a. m ... 



64.0 



68.0 



71.5 



58.5 



.314 



.206 



E. 



1 



5 



Cum. cir. strat. 



12 00 m 



65.0 



68.0 



70.6 



62.7 



.346 



.236 



SW. 



1 



5 



Cum. 



1 00 p.m ... 



66.0 



69.0 



72.2 



60.5 



.344 



.231 



S. 





5 



Cum. cir. strat. 



2 00 p.m .. 



67.0 



70.0 



71.5 



59.4 



.326 



.223 



S. 





7 



Cum. cir. strat, 



3 00 p. m 



66.0 



69.0 



69.0 



63.0 



.326 



.211 



SW. 





7 



Cum. cir. strat. 



4 00p.m... 



67.0 



70.0 



67.5 



58.5 



.324 



.209 



SW. 





7 



Cum. 



5 00 p. m . . . 



67.0 



69.0 



65.6 



55.5 



.326 



.211 



SW. 





7 



Cum. 



6 00 p. m . . 



65.0 



68.0 



63.0 



54.0 



324 



.214 



sw. 





7 



Cir. strat.: little raiu. 



7 00 ]>. m ... 



64.0 



67.0 



58.0 



54.2 



.355 



.247 



SW. 





7 



Cir. strat. ; little rain. 



8 00 p.m ... 



63.0 



65.0 



57.5 



53.0 



.353 



.248 



SW. 





7 



Cir. strat ; little raiu. 



8 00 a. m . . . 



59.0 



61.0 



54.0 



49. 5 



29.415 



29. 321 



SW. 



2 



4 



Cum. cir. strat. 



9 00 a. m ... 



60.0 



62.0 



56.2 



51.3 



.414 



.317 



SW. 



2 



4 



Cum. cir. strat. 



10 00 a, m ... 



01.0 



63.0 



57.0 



52.0 



.425 



.325 



SW. 



2 



t4 



Cum. cir. strat. 



11 00 a. m ... 



65.0 



63.0 



58.5 



51.2 



.416 



.306 



SW. 



2 



5 



Cum. cir. strat. 



12 00 m 



66.5 



66.0 



62.0 



52.3 



.425 



.311 



SW. 



2 



5 



Cum. cir. strat. 



1 00 p. m 



67.0 



66.0 



60.0 



52. 



.425 



.310 



SW. 



3 



7 



Cum. cir. strat. 



2 00 p. m . . . 



62.0 



65.0 



62.0 



53.5 



.423 



.321 



SW. 



3 



7 



Cum. cir. strat. 



3 00 p. m 



68.0 



67.0 



61.0 



52.0 



.425 



.307 



SW. 



3 



7 



Cum. cir. strat. 



4 00 p. m ... 



63.0 



69.0 



63.0 



53.5 



.425 



.320 



SW. 



3 



7 



Cum. cir. strat. 



5 00 p. m . 



64.0 



67.0 



59.5 



51.5 



.436 



.328 



SW. 



3 



7 



Cum. cir. sirat, 



00 p.m ... 



69.0 



66.0 



03.5 



53.5 



.425 



.304 



SW. 



2 



7 



Cum. cir. strat. 



7 00 p. m .. 



62.0 



65.0 



55.4 



50.2 



.447 



.345 



SW. 



2 



7 



Cum. cir. strat. 



8 00 p. m . . . 



62.0 



65.0 



54.0 



49.2 



.458 



.356 



SW. 



2 



7 



Cum. cir. strat. 



9 00 a. m ... 



58.0 



61.0 



56.5 



52.6 



29. 475 



29. 383 



SW. 



2 



7 



Cum. cir. strat. 



10 00 a. m ... 



60.0 



62.0 



58.7 



52.5 



.476 



.379 



SW. 



2 



7 



Cum. cir. sirat. 



11 00 a. m ... 



61.0 



63.0 



58.0 



51.7 



.450 



.350 



SW. 



3 



7 



Cum. cir. strat. 



12 00m .... 



61.0 



63.0 



59.7 



53.5 



.495 



.395 



SW. 



1 



7 



Cum. cir. strat. 



1 00 p. m . . . 



61.0 



63.0 



61.5 



54.5 



.446 



.346 



SW. 



1 



6 



Cum. cir. strat. 



2 00 p. m ... 



02.0 



05.0 



61.4 



33. 



.487 



.385 



SW. 



2 



7 



Cum. cir. strat. 



3 00 p. m . . . 



63.0 



65.0 



67.0 



52. 6 



.486 



.381 



SW. 



T 



Cum. cir. strat. 



3 30 ].. m . . 



66.0 



07.0 



64.7 



54.5 



.435 



.322 



SW. 



2 



6 



Cum. cir. strat. 



4 00 p. in ... 



72.0 



67.0 



62.5 



57.4 



.497 



.368 



SW. 



2 



5 



Cum. cir. strat. 



7 00 p. m .. 



64.0 



67.0 



TO. 5 



52.6 



.485 



.377 



SW. 



2 j 



4 



Cum. cir. strat. 



8 00 p. m ... 



66,0 



65.0 



56.0 



51,1 



.436 



.323 



SW. 



1 1 



4 1 



Cum. cir. strat. 



