﻿ABSTRACT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1897. 



Meteorological Observations, McGill College ObPervatory, Montreal, Canada. Height above sea level, 187 feet. C H. MoLBOD. SupeHntendeni. 



DAY. 



THERMOMETER. 



BAROMETER. 



tMean 

 pressure 

 of vapor. 



"x( 



.0883 



:o^:^ 



io^ei 



-1458 



:Zl 

 1653 

 .0597 



-'0630 



•.1142 

 •■938 



:l652 

 .1640 

 ..698 



.1113 



.1033 



Mean 



'htmtd^ 

 itv. 



88.5 

 75.7 



tl:l 

 84.2 

 69 3 



M 



78.8 



77.8 

 770 



ll.l 

 9-3 

 94.2 



82. '8 

 708 



73 7 



sS.'o 

 45-3 



Dew 

 point. 



3-7 

 14.3 



15-3 

 Vol 



10 8 



Iti 

 tl 



i'o 

 1.8 

 13.7 

 20.3 

 32.0 

 33 7 



32 .'8 



III 

 30.7 

 27 8 

 26 



23-7 

 20.5 

 19.2 



21.03 



WIND. 



n'^^.T^ 



ill 



25 



74 

 90 

 97 

 98 

 04 



88 

 06 

 96 



i 

 35 

 26 



28 



45 

 04 



1 



41.61 



1 



.9 . 



1.4 

 2.5 

 1.7 



0.3 



16 

 6.0 



3-9 

 3-3 



23.7 



•0 • 



h 



.•4 



M 



.25 

 .02 



-»s 



-32 

 -27 

 .00 

 •32 



-50 



.04 

 .40 



• 41 



-34 

 -04 



4-05 



DAY 



3 

 4 



i 



I """■" 



9 

 10 



"3 



14 Sunday 



\l 

 •7 

 18 

 >9 



90 



21 Sunday 



23 



24 



11 

 27 



28 Sunday 



39 

 30 

 31 



Mean. 



Max. 



Min. 



Range. 



Mean. 



Max. 



1^39~ 

 3°. 334 

 30.063 

 30.39' 

 30-328 

 30.706 



3o'6;6 

 30.209 



lltl 

 29.978 

 30.429 



30'- 380 

 30 629 

 30-553 

 30-243 

 29.816 

 29.587 



29-94i 

 29.892 

 29.640 



29.920 



30 305 

 30.333 

 30 470 



Min. 



IS 

 3o!o36 

 ■•»9.497 

 29-651 



lUii 



30.047 

 30.488 

 30.286 



ilZ 

 29-547 



29.829 

 29 756 

 29.124 

 290,6 

 29,429 

 29.726 



30.232 

 30.352 



Kange. 



1.055 



:386 



.427 

 -295 

 ■172 

 .601 

 -769 



-333 

 [267 



-4'3 

 .151 

 040 



:i36 



.5.6 

 .274 

 -255 

 .194 



■ 073 



General 

 direction. 



Mean. 



s 



s 



1 



3 

 4 



1 

 9 



«3 



SUND»» 14 



\l 

 ■7 

 l8 

 •9 

 >o 



23 



25 

 «6 

 »7 



Sunday 28 



29 

 30 

 31 



2^::i 



J9-53 

 20.33 

 27.20 

 ■9.13 



13.70 

 29.20 

 35-57 

 3«.47 

 33.22 

 11.97 



;3.'28 



7.92 

 17 40 

 25.20 

 34.33 

 35.20 



37 .'is 

 38-35 

 3' -70 

 32.47 

 3" -73 

 33-23 



36.'73 

 39 45 

 35-47 



26.1 



35-3 

 42.0 



.4.8 



39-7 ■ 



29.0 

 17.7 



lU 



3>.6 



To 

 40.2 



33-5 

 37-7 



III 



40.1 



46:° 

 42 4 



-,1-1 

 11-5 

 »4-5 



;^:8 



1-4 



■ 9-9 

 32.0 



III 

 5-5 



ll 

 7.0 

 13-0 

 3'-o 

 32 



35-5 

 34-0 

 35.9 

 29.8 

 30.4 

 26.6 

 30 4 



29.3 



32.0 



29.0 



lit 



29 2 



'3-4 



19.3 



14.9 

 15-5 



23.8 

 9 9 



ii 

 8.0 

 6.0 



4.7 

 8.0 

 5 9 



3-7 

 7-3 



10 5 

 7-7 



10.8 



11 5 

 14.2 

 13.4 



30.487 

 30.233 



29 767 



29.898 

 30.330 



30.450 

 30.022 



30-585 



30 425 

 30.022 

 29.749 

 29.560 



29; 886 

 29 841 

 29-337 

 29.192 

 29-559 

 29 . 800 





Ik 

 N.E. 

 S.W. 

 S.E. 

 N.W. 



N.E. 

 . N.E. 

 N.E. 

 S.W. 

 S.W. 

 S.W. 

 W. 



l^: 



w. 

 s w. 



N. 



s. 



N.E, 



S.W. 

 S W, 



N.E. 

 N.E. 



n'^w. 

 w. 



N.W. 

 S.W. 

 N.W. 



N. 



s~8/r°w' 



It. -9 

 18.^^ 



5.04 

 7.71 

 6.58 



11% 



23.84 

 28.50 



Iff. 

 8.54 



4-8^ 

 22.50 

 = 3.45 

 7.92 

 .9.04 

 ■■.54 



7-75 



\y6 

 18:29 



7-3 

 8^3 



■'■i 



8.0 

 6^7 



2.7 



t.o 



'i'2 



9-7 



'8:2 

 9.2 



I. '8 

 '.3 



6.01 



5 



! 

 8.3 



10 



3 



2.3 



.29 



.32 

 27 



.40 

 .03 



.04 



30.259 

 30.275 

 30.401 



Means 



26.60 



33-19 



19 76 



13.43 



29.9922 



30.1643 



29.8030 



.36.3 



.1237 



23 Years means) 

 for and including > 

 this month \ 



24.17 



31.51 



16.59 



14.70 



29.9682 







.268 



.1089 



76.5 







X17.88 



60 







T46.4 



-03 



.3-6 



3-41 



V 23 Veais means for 

 jand^including this 



AMALYSIS OF WIND RECORD. 



♦Barometer readings reduced to sea-level and 

 temperature 32° Fahrenheit. 

 § Observed. 



t Pressure of vapour in inches of meronry. 

 t Humidity relative, saturation being 100 

 V 16 years only, 

 e 11 years only. 

 The greatest heat was 4602on the 30th,; the 



25th, giving a range of 1,781 inches. Maximum 

 relatile humidity was 99.0 on the 8th and 12th. 



Minimum relative humidity was 33 on the 30th. 



Rain fell en 12 days. 



Snow fell on 14 days. 



Rain or snow fell on 20 days. 



Auroras were observed on 2 nights, 4th and 



Lilnar coronas on the 13th, 15th, 16th 17th. 



Direction 



N. 



N.E. 



B. 



S.E. 



ti. 



S.W. 



w. 



N.W. 



Calm. 





1049 



1646 



268 



797 



847 



4276 



I4I0 



1299 







Duration in hrs. . 



78 



130 



32 



49 



53 



202 



90 



98 



.2 







Mean velocity... . 



■3.45 



12.66 



3.38 



16.26 



15.98 



21.16 



.5.67 



13.26 





Greatest mileage in one hour was 47 on the 6th. 

 Greatest velocity in gusts, 60 miles per hour on 

 the 6th and 13th. 



Resultant mileage, 3605. 

 Resultant direction, S. 68i° W. 

 Total mileage, 11592. 



a range 

 Warn 

 the 1st. 

 on the 



of temperature of .35. °9 degrees, 

 est day was the .30th. Coldest day was 

 Highest barometer readinz was 30.857 

 th. Lowest barometer was 2^,076 on the 



Fog 



on 3 days, the Ist. 19th, 22nd. 

 thquakee on 23rd and 27th. 



