50 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ALASKA. 



MAY, 1881. 



May 5: Gusty from S. ; light rain. — May 6 : Frequent showers; frost iu late p. m. — May 7: Terrific gusts from 

 S. to SE. ; frost of light character ; much wet snow falling at times. — May 8 : Hard showers ; gusty gale from S. to 

 NW. — May 9: Wind everywhere, blowing a gale at times ; rain and snow fell lightly.— May 10 : Light snow. — May 11 : 

 Frequent rains and snow ; arrival of steamer Dora from eastward. — May 12 : Rain and wet snow nearly entire day ; 

 departure of Dora; schooner Czar arrived off the island at 7.40 p. m ; preparations to leave this place.— May 13: 

 Czar came to anchor ; heard that word had been sent that I was to be relieved of duty ; preparation for departure 

 to Unalasbka where I arrived June 28. Turned over all Government property in my possession to S. Applegate, Ser- 

 geant, Signal Corps, U. S. Army, on July 2, 1881; leave for San Francisco on July 22, 1881 ; arrive in Washington 

 September 16, 1881. 



Summary of meteorological observations taken at places on the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. 



[TJnalashka Island (Iliuliuk Village). Latitude 63° 53' ; longitude 166° 33'.] 



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1878-'79. 









48.02 

 40.77 

 33.50 

 35.12 

 33.97 

 29.25 

 32.16 

 33.07 



55 

 49 

 48 

 45 

 48 

 44 

 49 

 52 



36 

 26 

 21 

 19 

 20 

 7 

 15 

 21 



2.55 

 3.97 

 3.78 

 10.02 

 2.88 

 1.35 

 3.26 

 2.93 



16 

 20 

 19 

 24 

 21 

 16 

 10 

 19 





 



l 



2 

 1 

 1 

 8 

 





 

 2 

 

 

 2 

 7 

 1 



30 

 31 

 27 

 29 

 30 

 25 

 16 

 27 



3 

 7 

 

 9 

 4 

 34 

 4 

 1 





 

 13 

 

 3 

 9 

 2 

 8 



10 

 



37 

 6 

 1 

 1 

 4 

 



54 

 60 

 5 

 97 

 49 

 59 

 48 

 27 



36 

 17 



47 

 3 



46 



22 

 7 



19 



57 

 77 ' 

 14 

 22 

 71 

 3 

 21 

 49 



19 



17 



36 



9 



14 



9 



8 



25 



23 

 19 



6 

 37 



2 

 39 

 14 

 39 



7 

 20 

 52 

 34 

 27 

 21 

 109 

 28 





















































































INazan Bay, Atkha Island. Latitude 52° 10' 40" ; longitude 174° 15' 18" W.] 



1879. 



May* ... 

 Junet . .. 



July 



August! 



39.90 

 42.08 

 48.96 

 50.31 



4.49 

 1.76 



4.25 

 8.01 



[TJnalashka Island, Hinliuk Tillage.] 



1879-'80. 









41.85 

 37.93 

 31.26 

 30.32 

 29.23 

 31.37 

 33.25 

 33.82 

 35.10 



51 

 48 

 36 

 34 

 35 

 43 

 46 

 52 

 52 



37 

 24 

 24 

 23 

 19 

 27 

 24 

 25 

 28 



0.37 

 6.98 

 6.56 

 2.68 

 4.11 

 3.30 

 3.28 

 1.18 

 2.80 



2 

 23 

 23 



15 

 20 

 19 

 25 

 19 

 10 





 

 

 1 

 1 

 

 1 

 

 









 

 4 

 

 1 

 1 

 4 

 



14 

 31 

 31 

 26 

 30 

 28 

 29 

 27 

 29 



10 

 45 

 9 

 2 

 29 

 11 

 12 

 21 

 14 



10 

 18 



9 

 14 



5 



9 

 21 



4 

 38 





 4 

 

 

 32 

 6 

 1 

 7 

 



29 

 20 

 39 

 42 

 47 

 44 

 61 

 65 

 41 



5 

 3 

 7 

 4 

 16 

 18 

 9 

 10 

 2 



22 

 22 

 53 

 20 

 35 

 33 



7 

 11 



3 



8 

 53 

 54 



7 

 23 

 50 

 63 

 39 

 14 





 38 

 12 

 111 

 15 

 22 



4 

 18 

 63 



14 

 13 



27 

 17 

 15 

 11 

 39 

 32 

 25 



1,498 

 8,111 

 7 568 



























8,799 











7,213 

 9,611 

 7,751 

 8,982 

 6,960 



























May J 

















[Chichagof Harbor, Altu Island. Latitude 52° 55' 42"; longitude 186° 47'.] 



1880-'81. 



July || .... 

 August ... 

 September . 

 October. .. 

 November. 

 December . 

 January... 

 February . . 



March 



April If 



May 



29. 794 



30. 152 



29. 497 



52.35 



66 



42 











5 



3 



2 



3 







n 















30 



27 



10 



29. 659 



30. 113 



29. 096 



51.56 



66 



38 



4.62 



16 



3 



5 



23 



40 



6 



5 



3 



13 







83 



40 



27 



29. 887 



30. 222 



29. 179 



47.75 



58 



36 



4.06 



14 



6 



6 



18 



24 



12 



l 



26 



50 



12 



18 



18 



49 



29. 987 



30. 466 



28. 922 



41.12 



49 



30 



8.91 



17 







4 



27 



65 



49 



5 



14 



28 



21 



20 



3 



12 



29. 526 



30. 188 



28. 771 



35.45 



46 



25 



6.46 



20 







4 



26 



74 



13 



9 



15 



51 



12 



2 



15 



18 



29. 520 



30. 344 



28. 754 



33.91 



44 



22 



6.52 



23 







1 



30 



36 



47 



9 



41 



19 











60 



5 



29. 375 



30. 311 



28. 748 



31.17 



42 



17 



5.19 



26 



1 



6 



24 



27 



27 



8 



23 



82 



7 



4 



18 



21 



29. 638 



30. 343 



28. 926 



31.95 



41 



17 



2.91 



17 







8 



20 



31 



25 



6 



15 



76 



8 







20 



15 



29. 598 



30. 134 



28. 639 



29.02 



41 



11 



2.43 



23 



1 



7 



23 



49 



29 



5 



21 



46 



7 



1 



24 



35 



29. 737 



30. 703 



28. 820 



36.70 



52 



26 



2.16 



14 







3 



27 



35 



49 



16 



17 



53 



8 







12 



20 









39.55 



49 



31 



1.20 



7 







1 



12 



6 



3 



1 



18 



37 



11 



7 



1 



4 









* First twenty-eight days of the month, 

 t Last twenty-five days of the month. 



J First twenty -nine days of the month. 

 ) Last fourteen days of the month. 



924 



5,184 



6,408 



4,773 



7,734 



14, 474 



9, 933 



7,781 



10, 558 



10, 922 



3,597 



|| Last ten days of the month. 



TT First thirteen days of the month, 





