ATLANTIC DISTRICT, 
321 
A SERIES OF TABLES, 
SHOWING THE MOST IMPORTANT METEOROLOGICAL FACTS RESPECTING THE ATLANTIC DISTRICT. 
TABLE I. Names of places, etc. 
PLACES 
North Latitude 
West Longitude. 
Topographical remarks. 
Flatbush ... 
40°37' 
73°58' 
Near the western extremity of Long Island, and situated on an inclined 
plane descending to the ocean. 40 feet above tide. 
Jamaica.. . 
40 41 
73 50 
About 100 feet above tide. 
Clinton ... 
41 00 
79 19 
Eastern part of Long Island. 16 feet above tide. 
TABLE II. Mean temperature for each month in 1845. 
PLACES. 
January. 
i 
February. 
March. 
April. 
May. 
June. 
July. 
August. 
September. 
October. 
November. 
December. 
Annual 
mean. 
[ Highest 
and lowest 
| degree. 
Annual 
range. 
Greatest 
monthly 
range. 
Flatbush .... 
Jamaica .... 
35 • 05 
32-55 
32-65 
30-42 
43-37 
39-57 
50-51 
45-04 
59-03 
55-91 
68-84 
65-32 
75-37 
71-43 
74-42 
72-89 
64-61 
62-37 
56-34 
53.81 
47-14 
42-12 
29-73 
25-19 
53-09 
49-71 
95—7 
99—2 
88 
97 
51 
60 
TABLE III. Prevailing winds in each month for 1845. 
PLACES. 
January. 
February. 
March. 
April. 
May. 
J une. 
July. 
August. 
September. 
October. 
November. 
December. 
Flatbush. 
NW 
NW 
SW 
NE & 
NW 
SW 
SW 
SW 
SE 
NW 
SW 
SW 
w & 
NW 
Jamaica . 
NW 
NW 
NW 
sw 
SW 
SW 
NW & 
sw 
SW 
NW 
NW 
NW 
NW 
TABLE IV. Rain gage for each month. 
PLACES. 
January. 
February. 
March. 
April. 
i 
May. 
June. 
Is 
August. 
September. 
October. 
November. 
December. 
Total. 
Driest 
month. 
Wettest 
month. 
Flatbush . 
Jamaica.. 
3-84 
2-19 
4-45 
3-52 
2-50 
1-85 
1.04 
1-28 
1-55 
1-20 
3- 36 
4- 41 
1-67 
3-56 
3-27 
3-46 
2-65 
2-98 
1- 92 
2- 72 
3-08 
3-42 
2-81 
3-21 
32- 14 
33- 71 
April 
May. 
February. 
June. 
| Agricultural Report. | 
41 
