ABSTRACT of the METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL kept on board His Majesty’s Ship Hecla, 
at Sea, during the Month of October, 
1819. 
Temperature of Air 
in shade. 
g « t 
Barometer. 
Day 
tc <5 fS 
Prevailing Winds. 
Prevailing Weather. 
Maxi- 
mum. 
Mini- 
mum. 
Mean. 
i* s 
5 rS 
Maxi- 
mum. 
Mini- 
mum. 
Mean. 
1 
O 
+ 9 
O 
+ 6 
O 
+ 6.83 
+ 
0 
29.12 
inches. 
29.89 
inches. 
29.82 
inches. 
29.860 
N.N.W. to S. 
Light airs and fine. 
2 
17.5 
9.5 
12.83 
28.87 
29.76 
29.73 
29.740 
S.S.E. 
Light breezes and fine. 
3 
10 
6 
8.75 
29.12 
29.77 
29.68 
29.750 
s.w. 
Light breezes with small snow. 
4 
16 
5 
9.83 
28.62 
29.59 
29.17 
29.390 
S. Westerly 
Fresh breezes and hazy with snow. 
5 
13 
— 7 
3.00 
28.00 
29.71 
29.10 
29.440 
N.W.bN. 
Strong breezes and cloudy. 
6 
8 
— 8 
— 1.80 
28.00 
29.81 
29.50 
29.730 
Westerly. 
Strong breezes and hazy with snow. 
7 
15 
0 
+ 6.10 
28.00 
29.26 
29.20 
29.225 
S.W. 
Strong breezes and hazy. j 
8 
1 
— 8.5 
+ 3.75 
28.40 
30.00 
29.46 
29.805 
N.N.W. 
Fresh breezes and cloudy. 
9 
0 
— 5 
— 1.83 
28.00 
30.00 
29.93 
29.952 
West 
Moderate and cloudy. 
10 
5 
— 3 
+ 1.83 
28.00 
29.83 
29.68 
29.752 
S.S.W. 
Moderate and fine. 
11 
10 
+ 2 
+ 4.54 
28.00 
29.69 
29.60 
29.630 
West. 
Moderate and hazy. 
12 
+ 7 
— 8 
— 4.17 
28.00 
29.63 
29.44 
29.535 
N.N.W. 
Fresh breezes and fine. 
13 
+ 16 
+ 3 
+ 7.60 
28.00 
29.57 
29.43 
29.490 
C Half E.S.E. ) 
i Half West. 5 
Fresh breezes and hazy. 
14 
+ 5 
— 6 
— 2.50 
28.00 
30.00 
29.44 
29.710 
W.N.W. 
Moderate and cloudy. 
15 
+ 13 
0 
+ 6.17 
28.00 
29.62 
29.30 
29.425 
C Half East. 7 
i Half North. \ 
Strong breezes and cloudy, with snow. 
16 
— 1 
—12.5 
— 5.20 
27.50 
29.91 
29.49 
29.742 
N.b.W. 
Fresh breezes and hazy. 
17 
—10.5 
—16 
— 12.88 
28.00 
30.20 
29.93 
30.095 
North 
Moderate and fine clear weather. 
18 
— 2 
—14 
— 6.08 
28.00 
30.22 
30.18 
30.190 
N.N.W. 
Light breezes and fine. 
19 
— 7 
—14 
— 11.25 
27.62 
30.20 
29.98 
30.120 
West 
Moderate and cloudy. 
20 
—13.5 
—17.5 
— 15.12 
27.62 
30.00 
29.93 
29.955 
N.N.W. 
i 
Light breezes and fine. 
21 
— 7 
—14 
— 10.58 
28.00 
30.21 
30.00 
30.100 
Ditto. 
Ditto ditto. 
22 
— 3 
—14 
— 6.92 
28.00 
30.32 
30.27 
30.300 
North 
Light breezes and cloudy. 
23 
+ 6 
— 9 
+ 0.12 
28.00 
30.13 
30.03 
30.070 
North 
Fresh breezes and hazy, with drift snow. 
24 
+ 1 
- 6 
— 2.83 
28.25 
30.06 
30.01 
30.045 
North 
Fresh breezes and hazy. 
25 
+ 5 
'+ 2 
+ 3.71 
28.00 
30.16 
30.05 
30.112 
N.bW. 
Moderate and cloudy. 
26 
+ 
— 8 
— 1.08 
28.40 
30.11 
30.06 
30.090 
Ditto 
Light breezes and cloudy. 
27 
— 4 
—15 
— 10.25 
28.12 
30.02 
29.87 
29.955 
North 
Light breezes and fine clear weather. 
28 
—17 
—23 
- 19.75 
28.00 
29.79 
29.72 
29.771 
N.N.W. 
Moderate and fine. 
29 
—20 
—28 
— 24.25 
28.00 
29.73 
29.69 
29.710 
N.bW. 
Light breezes and fine. 
1 30 
-25 
—27.5 
— 26.15 
28.00 
29.73 
29.70 
29.717 
Ditto 
Ditto ditto. 
31 
— 4 
—28 
-r- 12.17 
28.00 
29.91 
29.70 
29.847 
N.N.W. 
Light airs and cloudy. 
+ 17.5 
—28 
— 3.46 
28.114 
30.32 
29.10 
29.81 
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