﻿ABSTRACT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, 1896. 



Meteorological ObservationB. McGill College Observatory, Montreal, Canada. Height above sea level, 187 feet. C H. McLEOD, SupeHntendenu 



THERMOMETER. 



62..7 



57-35 

 53-78 



tl.l 



29.8277 

 29.8742 

 30.2867 

 30-3177 



29.9678 

 ^9-y"7 



29,^788 



30.0488 

 29.9073 

 30.2907 



»9.9733 

 29-5752 

 29.8730 

 29.8910 

 29-7352 

 29.7542 



30.078 

 30.282 

 30.205 

 30.071 

 30.338 



30.160 

 29.659 

 30.025 

 30.069 

 29.776 

 29.765 



29;872 



29.«86 

 29.961 



29.763 

 29.496 

 29 680 

 29.7-2 

 29. 704 

 29.736 



;Meai 



relative 



humid 



Mean 

 velocity 

 °n miles 

 perbour 



E- 

 S.W. 

 S.W. 



S.W. 



N. W. 

 S W. 

 S E. 

 N.W. 

 N W. 

 S. E. 



S.E. 

 S.E. 

 S W. 



b. 33K°W. 



007 

 Inap. 



Bj o 



I 22 Years means for 

 < and including this 

 ( month. 



ANALYSIS OF WIND RECORD. 



Direction 



N. 



N.E. 



E. 



S.E. 



S. 



S.W. 



W. 



N.W. 



Calm. 



Miles 



405 



1170 



315 



1098 



708 



^.0 

 263 



373 

 47 



7°S 

 75 





Durationinhrs. . 



31 



87 



47 



no 



7» 



»3 



Mean velocity..- - 



13.07 



13-45 



6.70 



9-98 



9-97 



14.49 



7.94 



9.40 





Greatest milea 

 10th. 

 ^^G.eatestve,ocit 



re in on 

 y in gus 



e hour 

 ta, 48 mi 



was 43 

 es Der h 



on the 

 our on 



pit 



ant miU 



mileage! 

 ge veloc 



BtfoA.S. 



*tV^ti.54 



). 



332° W. 



miles p 



r hour. 



* Barometer readings reduced to sea-level and 

 temperature of 32° Fahrenheit. 



§ Observed. 



t Pressure of vapour in inches of mercury. 



t Humidity relative, saturation being 100. 



IT 15 years only. ' Ten years only. 



The greatest heat was 88.7° on the 10th ; the 

 greatest cold was 36.0° on the 1st, giving a 

 range of temperature of 52.7 degrees. 



on the 7th. Lowest barometer was 29493 on the 

 18th, giving a range of -915 inches. Maximum 

 relative humidity was 97 on the 28th. Mini- 

 mum relative humidity was 28 on the 1st. 



Rain fell on 16 days. 



Auroras were observed on 4 nights, 2nd, 16th, 

 17th and 18th. 



Rain fell on the 3rd. 



Rainbow on the 3rd. 



Thunder and lightning on 2 days, the 10th and 

 15th- 



