ABSTRACT of the METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL kept on board His Majesty’s Ship Hecla, 
during the Month of February, 1820. 
Daj 
Temperature of Air 
in shade. 
Barometer. 
Prevailing Winds. 
Prevailing Weather. 
Maxi- 
mum. 
Mini- 
mum. 
Mean. 
Maxi. 
mum. 
Mini- 
mum 
Mean** 
1 
o 
-17 
0 
—26 
— 20.87 
inches 
29.88 
. inches 
29.82 
. inches. 
29.850 
S.b.E. 
Light breezes and hazy. 
2 
27 
38 
31.75 
29.92 
29.88 
29.902 
S.E. 
Ditto ditto. 
3 
35 
44 
39.58 
30.01 
29.92 
29.963 
Round the compass. 
Ditto and fine clear w'eather. 
4 
37 
44.5 
39.96 
30.02 
29.97 
30.005 
N.N.W. 
Light airs to fresh breezes. 
5 
20 
37 
29.12 
29.89 
29.75 
29.817 
N.N.W. 
Moderate and hazy. 
6 
18 
23 
20.71 
29.69 
29.64 
29.602 
W.b.N. 
Light breezes and hazy. 
7 
20 
30 
24.62 
29.75 
29.75 
29.750 
W.N.W. 
Light breezes and fine. 
8 
27 
32 
28.92 
29.81 
29.75 
29.785 
Round the compass. 
Light airs and fine. 
9 
23 
28 
25.83 
29.68 
29.57 
29.612 
North 
Fresh breezes and hazy with drift. 
10 
26 
40 
31.62 
29.64 
29.50 
29.565 
North 
Strong breezes — P.M. moderate. 
11 
38 
42 
39.77 
29.70 
29.47 
29.605 
N.N.W. 
Light airs and fine clear weather. 
12 
39 
44 
42.00 
29.34 
29.32 
29.330 
Calm 
Fine clear weather. 
13 
37 
46.5 
41.58 
29.45 
29.32 
29.388 
North to E.S.E. 
Light airs and hazy. 
14 
38 
48 
46.33 
29.69 
29.53 
29.627 
W^est. 
Light winds and very fine weather. 
15 
32 
50 
40.92 
29.75 
29.69 
29.720 
North 
Ditto ditto. 
16 
29 
36 
32.33 
30.02 
29.75 
29.887 
N.N.W. 
Ditto and hazy weather. 
17 
26 
39 
33.42 
30.08 
30.04 
30.053 
N.N.W. 
Fresh gales and heavy drift. 
18 
21 
28 
26.25 
29.96 
29.87 
29.920 I 
N.N.W. 
Ditto ditto. 
19 
19 
24 
21.04 
29.77 
29.60 
29.698 j 
North 
Ditto ditto. 
20 
23 
26 
24.08 
29.58 
29.53 
29.555 
North 
Fresh breezes with drift. 
21 
25 
37 
30.25 
29.80 
29.59 
29.721 
North 
Moderate and fine. 
22 
34 
41 
36.58 
29.93 
29.83 
29.906 
East. 
Light breezes and fine. 
23 
35 
41 
37.67 
29.93 
29.89 
29.908 
N.b.W. 
Moderate and fine. 
24 
39 
43 
40.92 
29.99 
29.91 
29.957 
N.b.W. 
Ditto ditto. 
25 
30 
38.5 
34.54 
29.82 
29.72 
29.755 
N.N.W\ 
Strong breezes with heavy drift. 
26 
20 
29 
26.33 
29.72 
29.70 
29.708 
N.N.W. 
Ditto ditto. 
27 
24 
32 
27.75 
29.73 
29.67 
29.700 
North 
Fresh breezes and fine. 
28 
25 
32 
29.08 
29.97 
29.75 
29.872 
North to W.b.S. 
Ditto ditto. 
29 
27 
37 
29.07 
30.15 
30.02 
30.100 
N.N.W. 
Moderate and fine clear weather. 
-17 
50 
- 32.19 
30.15 
29.32 
29.769 
Remark. — The minimum temperature for February, as taken at a distance 
from the ships, was — 55 ^, the difference between this and the temperature 
registered on board, arising from the warm atmosphere produced by the fires. 
On the 14th and 15th of February, a thermometer upon the ice did not rise 
above — 54® for seventeen successive hours. 
