ABSTRACT of the METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL kept on board His Majesty’s Ship Hecla, 
during the Month of February, 1820. 
Day 
Temperature of Air 
in shade. 
Barometer. 
Prevailing Winds. 
Prevailing Weather. 
Maxi- 
mum. 
Mini- 
mum. 
Mean. 
Maxi- 
mum. 
Mini. 
mum. 
Mean. 
1 
O 
-IT 
o 
-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 weather. 
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 
29.15 
29.32 
29.388 
North to E.S.E. 
Light airs and hazy. 
14 
38 
48 
46.33 
29.69 
29.53 
29.627 
West 
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 
24 
28 
26.25 
29.96 
29.87 
29.920 
N.N.W. 
Ditto ditto. 
19 
19 
24 
21.04 
29.77 
29.60 
29.698 
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. 
1 Moderate and line. 
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. 
I Moderate and fine clear weather. 
-17 
50 
- 32.19 
30.15 
29.32 
29.769 
Remark. — The minimum temperatnre 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- 50° for seventeen successive hours. 
