THE RUSSIAN FUR SEAL ISLANDS. 
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Monthly means of Meteorologic Obsermtions at Bering Island — Continued. 
NUMBER OP DAYS OP MINIMUM XHEPvMOMETER BELOW 32°. 
Tear. 
Jail. 
Peh. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May. 
June. 
July. 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
1882 
1 
0 
0 
0 
11 
26 
28 
1883.... 
31 
26 
30 
27 
11 
0 
0 
0 
1 
15 
23 
30 
1884 .... 
31 
26 
31 
26 
13 
1 
0 
0 
1 
10 
24 
31 
1885.... 
30 
26 
30 
26 
11 
1 
0 
0 
0 
21 
25 
29 
1886 .. 
30 
25 
29 
27 
Means . 
30.5 
25.8 
30,0 
26.5 
11.7 
0.8 
0.0 
0.0 
0.5 
14.2 
24.5 
29.5 
Total: 1883, 194 tLays; 1884, 194 (lays; 1885, 199 days. 
NUMBER OF CLEAR DATS. 
[A “clear” day has no clouds, or less than 0.3 clouds.] 
Year. 
J.in. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May. 
June. 
July. 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
1882 . . . 
0 
0 
3 
4 
0 
1 
0 
1883 .... 
0 
5 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
3 
0 
0 
0 
1884.... 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
3 
0 
1 
0 
1885.. .. 
1886.. .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
4 
2 
3 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Means . 
0 
1.2 
u 
0 
0 
1 
0.8 
1.5 
2.5 
0 
0.5 
0 
Total number of clear days : 8 in 1883 ; 5 in 1884 ; 9 in 1885 ; annual mean, 7. 
NUMBER OP FAIR DATS. 
[A “fair” day lias from 0.3 to 0.7 clouds.] 
Tear. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May. 
June. 
J uly. 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
1882 
5 
5 
19 
11 
17 
12 
1883.... 
8 
6 
8 
7 
4 
4 
7 
10 
12 
13 
5 
14 
1884.... 
2 
5 
6 
8 
4 
6 
5 
1 
16 
12 
8 
10 
1885.... 
4 
4 
4 
6 
16 
7 
18 
11 
6 
13 
12 
9 
1886 
8 
5 
7 
7 
Means . 
5.5 
5.0 
6.2 
7.0 
8.0 
5.7 
8.8 
6.8 
13.2 
12.2 
10.5 
11.2 
Total number of fair days : 98 in 1883; 83 in 1884; 110 in 1885; .annual mean, 97. 
NUMBER OP CLOUDY DATS. 
[A “cloudy " d.ay has from 0.8 to 1.0 clouds.] 
Tear. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May. 
June. 
July. 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
1882 
26 
23 
20 
12 
19 
1883.... 
23 
17 
23 
23 
27 
26 
24 
21 
15 
18 
25 
17 
1884.... 
29 
24 
25 
22 
27 
24 
25 
30 
11 
19 
21 
21 
1885.... 
27 
24 
27 
24 
15 
19 
11 
17 
24 
18 
18 
22 
1886 
23 
23 
24 
23 
Means . 
25.5 
22.0 
24.8 
23.0 
23.0 
23.0 
21.5 
22.8 
14.2 
18.8 
19.0 
19.8 
Total number of cloudy days: 259 in 1883; 278 in 1884; 240 in 1885; annual mean, 261. 
