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REPORT OF THE 
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER FOR 1847—YORK. 
BABOMETEK. 
THERMOMETEK. i 
' 
Mean Height. 
Highest. 
Lowest. 
Rain. 
j Average Max. 
Average Min. 
Mean temp. 
Mean for 13 years. 
Highest. 
Lowest. 
Nights at 32° 
or lower. 
Days of Rain more 
or less. 
Prevalent Wind. 
1 
Jan. 
29*88 
30-45 
28-80 1 
1 
1-48 
38 
31-5 
34-7 
35-2 
47 
19 
19 
14 
S. E. 
Feb. 
29-91 
30-41 
1 
29-25 1 
1-39 
41*4 
1 
29*1 
35-2 
38 
53 
18 
20 
15 
Westerly. 
Mar. 
30-03 
30-65 
29-47 
1-35 
48-4 
33-7 
41*0 
41 
60 
18 
10 
16 
S. E. & N. W. 
April 
29-78 
30-15 
29*32 
1.82 
52.3 
i 
35-0 
43-6 
45-1 
61 
25 
10 
16 
Westerly. 
May 
29-90 
30-60 
29-40 
3-09 
62-8 
45-1 
53-9 
52- 
80 
33 
0 
19 
S. W. 
June 
29*98 
30-61 
29*50 
2-47 
66*2 
49*4 
57*8 
58-1 
80 
41 
0 
20 
N. W. 
July 
30-12 
30-49 
29-80 
•77 
74-6 
54*7 
64-7 
60 
84 
47 
0 
6 
N. & W. 
Aug. 
30-07 
30-52 
29*58 
1-14 
68*7 
50-9 
59*8 
59-6 
1 
84 
1 
36 
0 
11 
Westerly. 
Sept. 
29-98 
30-47 
29-13 
1*14 
59*5 
42-9 
51-2 
54*6 68 
31 
2 
15 
Westerly. 
Oct. 
29-97 
30-39 
29-33 
1-95 
54*5 
41-9 
48*2 
47-9 61 
1 
34 
0 
16 
Southerly. 
Nov. 
29-93 
30-48 
29*00 
1-90 
49-6 
38-4 
44.0 
41*3 
61 
29 
5 
16 
Southerly. 
Dec. 
29-80 
30-38 
28-29 
3-54 
43-5 
36-2 
40-0 
I 
39’6 54 
29 
10 
16 
S. E. 
29*94 
i 22-04 
47*8 
47*7 
76 
180 
N. 
Days ..24. 
COMPARATIVE PREVALENCE OP WINDS. 
s. E. W. N.E. N.W. S.E. S.W. 
22. 21. 68 40 56 71 63 = 365. 
Mean height of the mercury at 9 morning 
Ditto . 3 afternoon 
Mean daily depression at.. .. 3 afternoon 
Mean height for the year. 
Mean temperature for the year 1847 47-8. 
Ditto for 13 years . 47'7. 
29-9560. 
29-9449. 
• 0111 . 
29-9504. 
ft 
It will he seen that the year 1847 has presented almost an exact mean of tempe¬ 
rature. A few anomalies of excess and deficiency in some of the months appear to 
have balanced each other. 
The temperature of April was 1-5 below the mean, and has not been so low since 
the year 1838. That of May was on the other hand 1-8 above the mean. September 
was 3-4 below the mean, and colder than it has been since 1836. The temperature 
