COUNCIL FOR 1841. 
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telescope, and tliat a larger transit instrument ought to be 
placed on the excellent foundations which have been laid. 
Besides the register of the Meteorological Phenomena at 
York, of which the subjoined table gives the mean monthly 
and annual results, ^ the Curator of this branch of the So¬ 
ciety’s pursuits has undertaken some researches on the dis¬ 
tribution of temperature in the parts of the atmosphere near 
the ground, of which on a future occasion the result may be 
presented to the members. The Council, desirous of en¬ 
couraging in York the prosecution of the interesting class of 
inquiries which respect climate and weather, regret that 
hitherto no sufficient means have been established here for 
registering the force and direction of the wind. The instru¬ 
ments of Whewell and Osier which are at this moment re¬ 
cording every momentary variation of the aerial movements 
over many and distant points of the globe, might, if placed 
^ METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER—YORK, 1841. 
Months. 
Ba- 
A-f 
to 
• fH 
o 
S 
c3 
ai 
comet 
6 
tc 
c3 
-1.3 
m 
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bD 
• pH 
a 
er. 
ci 
bo 
fl 
m 
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xh 
o 
hH 
o 
tain. 
a 
3 
s 
& 
a 
3 
Mean minimum. 
The] 
<6 
pH 
3 
3 
U 
o 
s 
-t-i 
3 
3 
O 
3 
Highest range. g 
3 
Lowest range. 2 
Nights at or below 
32" Fahrenheit. 
Rainy days, more i 
or less. 1 
Jan. 
29.79 
30.36 
29.00 
1.70 36.8 
27.9 
32.4 
490 
40 
22 
8 
Feb. 
29.89 
30.54 
29.16 
1.36 40.5 
81.7 
36.1 
51 
24 
16 
10 
i March 
29.88 
30.53 
29.23 
1.45 54.3 
37.3 
45.9 
67 
30 
10 
12 
[April 
29.88 
30.37 
29.47 
1 02 
54.8 
37.8 
46.3 
70 
29 
10 
14 
iMay 
29.90 
30.43 
29.10 
2 88 
64.6 
45.2 
58.8 
77 
35 
0 
14 
June 
29.98 
30.33 
29.63 
1.20 
63.2 
47.2 
55.2 
72 
42 
10 
[July 
29.89 
30.30 
29.32 
3 47 
64.1 
50.1 
57.4 
73 
45 
... 
18 
Aug. 
29.89 
30.32 
29.50 
2.72 
67.0 
51.5 
59.3 
75 
44 
... 
13 
Sept. 
29.81 
30.26 
29 00 
2 81 
63.5 
44.2 
53.9 
79 
35 
... 
11 
Oct. 
29.53 
30.10,28.78 
3 56 
52.1 
41.2 
43.7 
59 
32 
2 
23 
Nov. 
29.74 
30.5o'28.70 
2.59 
44.7 
34.4 
39.5 
56 
23 
17 
10 
Dec. 
129.63 
30.20 29.03 
1.60 
42.3 
134.0 
38.2 
51 
22 
16 
15 
29.81 
26.36 
47.5 
93 
153 
A verage of 
Inches in 
Mean 
the Year. 
the Ye: 
.r 
temp. 
