542 
FREQUENCY OF THE WINDS. 
E. 
TABLE OF THE RELATIVE FREQUENCY OF THE WINDS 
tn each Months on the M€ridia7i of Baffin's Bay {during the Months of September, 
October^ November^ (md December, on a more Western Meridian), showing the 
Nmnber of Days on which each of the eight Winds hloio. 
d 
Mean 
Mean 
Month. 
Latitude. 
Longitude. 
£ 
w 
o 
> 
w 
w 
(O 
(d 
0 
57 N. 
54 W. 
June, 1850. 
1 
3 
1 
6 
3 
4 
5 
3 
4 
74 
58 
July. 
1 
7 
1 
4 
2 
5 
1 
1 
9 
75 
70 
August. 
.. 
5 
4 
5 
5 
3 
3 
1 
1 
4 
75 
93 
September. 
_ _ 
2 
5 
2 
1 
2 
5 
5 
2 
6 
75 
93 
October. 
2 
14 
5 
2 
2 
3 
3 
75 
93 
Noveml^er. 
1 
7 
2 
3 
16 
1 
6 
74 
85 
December. 
3 
3 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
5 
8 
5 
73 
75 
Jan., 1851. 
1 
3 
1 
1 
1 
12 
12 
72 
70 
February. 
3' 
2 
3 
3 
3 
2 
6 
6 
71 
66 
March. 
1 
6 
2 
1 
4 
3 
3 
11 
70 
63 
April. 
2 
2 
4 
2 
6 
6 
4 
1 
4 
68 
62 
May. 
1 
3 
4 
4 
1 
1 
4 
2 
11 
68 
57 
June. 
.. 
2 
4 
2 
5 
2 
2 
5 
4 
4 
73 
56 
July. 
1 
6 
6 
2 
1 
4 
7 
2 
1 
1 
74 
56 
August. 
4 
6 
3 
3 
2 
5 
3 
6 
1 
c Sept. i 
Fur the fall months 
. . - < October > 
3 
2 
26 
9 
6 
12 
7 
8 
3 
15 
( Nov. ) 
c Dec. ) 
For the winter months . < Jan. > 
4 
6 
7 
6 
4 
5 
1 
8 
20 
23 
( Feb. ^ 
{ March ) 
For the spring months . < April > 
4 
5 
14 
6 
2 
8 
10 
11 
6 
26 
( May ) 
For the summer months j ( 
(mean of 1850 and ’51) j f 
1 
9 
16 
8 
11 
7 
12 
7 
7 
14 
For thfi vpar .... 
12 
22 
63 
29 
23 
32 
30 
34 
4-2 
78 
From whicli it appears that N. and N.W. winds blow during five months of 
ihe year. During the other seven months the winds are equally frequent from 
each of the other quarters. 
