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REMARKS ON TORONTO METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER FOR JUNE, 1857.

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Temperature-This was the coldest June, and shews also the lowest maximum
temperature since 1842.

Rain-The number of rainy days exceeded that of any previous June, and the
depth of rain, 1.897 inches above the average, is the greatest recorded for June
since 1842.

Wind-The mean velocity of the wind was greater than any before recorded for
the month of June.

The resultant direction and velocity of the wind for the month from 1848 to 1857
were N 87° W 0.51 miles per hour.

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MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE PROVINCIAL MAGNETICAL OBSERVATORY, TORONTO, CANADA WEST,-JULY, 1857.

Latitude-43 deg. 39.4 min. North. Longitude-79 deg. 21 min. West. Elevation above Lake Ontario, 108 feet.

Barom. at temp. of 32°.

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REMARKS ON TORONTO METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER FOR JULY.

Monthly range= 0.593

29.848 at 8 a. m., on 10th 29.255 at 2 p. m., on 20th .86.96 on p. m., of 13th Monthly range= .4790 on a. m. of 2nd 39.96 76979 Mean daily range= 59932 17.47 Greatest daily range...2498 from p. m. of 31st to a. m. of 1st. August. Least daily range.

Warmest day........ 13th
Coldest day............ 1st

Maximum 5 Solar.

8°2 from a. m. to p. m. of 23rd. Mean temperature......... 76°43 Mean temperature......... 54.65

Radiation. Terrestrial.

Difference = 21978. .100°5 on p. m. of 18th, Monthly range= 38°0 on a. m. of 2nd.

6295

Aurora observed on 5 nights, viz., 11th, 17th, 22nd, 25th and 28th.
Possible to see Aurora on 22 nights; impossible on 9 nights.

Raining on 15 days,-depth 3.475 inches; duration of fall 43.2 hours.

Mean of cloudiness = 0.46.

Most cloudy hour observed, 6 a. m., mean = 0.55; least cloudy hour observed, 10 p. m., mean, =0.30.

Lightning occurred on the 12th at 10 p.m.; 13th, from 10 to 11 p.m.; 17th, at 10 p.m.; 19th, at 9.30 p.m.; 21st, during the evening; 27th, at midnight, and on the 30th at 9 and 10 p.m.

Meteors numerous on the evenings of the 16th, 24th, and 25th.

Fire Flies very numerous on the 15th, from 9 to 11 p.m. Splendid Rainbow on
the 19th at 6 p.m. Very heavy Dew on the 26th at 6 a.m. Halo round the
moon at 9.30 p.m. on 27th.

Rain. The number of days on which rain fell was greater than in any previous
July, but the depth on the surface was .087 inches below the average.
Wind. The resultant direction and velocity for July, from 1848 to 1857 inclusive,
were S. 81° W., and 0.20 miles per hour.

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Sums of the components of the Atmospheric Current, expressed in miles.

East. 1401.33

South. 1227.18

4.74 miles per hour.

West.

841.14

Resultant direction S. 68° E.; Resultant Velocity 0.81 miles per hour.

North.

998.65

Mean velocity.

Maximum velocity

Most windy day.

Least windy day

Most windy hour Least windy hour.

17.4 miles from 4 to 5 p. m. on the 28th. 1st ...Mean velocity 14.08 miles per hour.

Difference

17th... Mean velocity 1.50

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Mean velocity 7.40 .Mean velocity 2.89

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Thunderstorms occurred on the 7th, from 2.30 to 3.30 p.m.; 14th, from 6.30 to
8.30 p.m.; 15th, from 1.45 p.m., continuing most of the afternoon; 20th, 1857 67.8
from 11.15 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.; 21st, about 3 a.m.; 23rd, at 3 a.m., and on the
31st, from 3 to 4 p.m.

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MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, ST. MARTIN, ISLE JESUS, CANADA EAST-JUNE, 1857. (NINE MILES WEST OF MONTREAL.)

BY CHARLES SMALLWOOD, M. D., LL.D.

Latitude-45 deg. 32 min. North. Longitude-73 deg. 36 min. West. Height above the Level of the Sea-118 feet.
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MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, ST. MARTIN, ISLE JESUS, CANADA EAST-JULY, 1857. (NINE MILES WEST OF MONTREAL.)

BY CHARLES SMALLWOOD, M. D., L L. D.

Latitude-45 deg. 32 min. North. Longitude-73 deg, 36 min. West. Height above the Level of the Sea-118 feet.

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