Barom. at temp. of 32o. Temp. of the Air. Mean Tens, of Vapour. Humidity of Air. MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, AT THE PROVINCIAL MAGNETICAL OBSERVATORY TORONTO, CANADA WEST-NOVEMBER, 1856. Latitude-43 deg. 39.4 min. North. Longitude-79 deg. 21 min. West. Elevation above Lake Ontario, 108 feet. Velocity of Wind. Direction of Wind. Day. +or 6 A.M. 2 .M. 10 P.M. MEAN 6 A.M2 P.M 10PM ME'N AV'age. A.M P.MP.M M'N 29.227 29.067 29.279 29-1908 39.5 53.1 41.0 44.05 +3.58.146.225.215.200 .60 .56 .84 .372 .427 623 .445 .408 of the 6 2 10 62 10 Mean Re M'N 6 A. M. 2 P. M. 10 P. M. tion. 6 A.M 2 P.M 10PM sul't. ME'N Rain in Inches. Snow in Inches. 25 .763 .464 .245 26 .324 .503 .631 27 .594 .565 .598 42.7 51.0 Nb W S Eb S S W W Calm. W S 54 W 19.7 22.1 3.0 M 29.6410 29.6211 29.6587 29.6421 35.58 40.46 36.5437.39+1.24.186.174.178.179.85 .68.80 78 8.65 13.12 5.62 8.75 1.375 9.5 Highest Barometer Highest registered temperature. Greatest daily range REMARKS ON TORONTO METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER FOR NOVEMBER. 30.048 at 8 a. m., on 6th Monthly range= 43°02 > 28°74 Mean daily range 14°27 32°4 from p. m. of 4th to a. m. of 5th. 6°1 from a. m. of 20th to a. m. of 21st. Warmest day. Coldest day..... 3rd Mean temperature.. 29th Mean temperature.. impossible to see aurora on 20 nights. 48998 26°57 Difference 22°41. 67°5 on p. m. 4th Monthly range= Auroral Light observed on 1 night, viz., 4th; possible to see Aurora on 10 nights; Snowing on 9 days.-depth 9.5 inches-snowing 30.2 hours. Raining on 10 days,-depth 1.375 inches-raining 42.3 hours. Mean of cloudiness 0.81; most cloudy hour observed, 8 a. m., mean =0.91; Sum f the Atmospheric Current, in miles, resolved into the four Cardinal West. 3539.50 25th-Dense Fog at Midnight. 30th-First Sleighing in Toronto this Season. Rain-The scarcity shown by the record of October, continued to a great extent Wind-The mean velocity of the wind was 2.23 above the average, and was but The Resultant Direction of the wind for November of the last nine years was directions. M'n. from ob'd. ob'd. TEMPERATURE. Diff. Max. Min. Inch's. Days. Inch's. WIND. Resultant. Direction. V'y. Velocity. North. 1296.20 South. 1491.66 East. 1428.63 Least windy hour, Midnight to 1 a.m.... Mean velocity 5.70 35.9-0.9 54.4 20.5 33.9 5 1.220 1841 35.0 -1.8 63.2 7.6 55.6 Resultant direction of the wind, S 85° W.; Resultant Velocity 2.95 miles per hour. 1842 33.3-3.5 50.6 7.6 43.0 Mean velocity of the wind.. 1843 33.5-3.3 51.2 14.4 36.8 10 4.765 1844 34.9-1.9 49.8 12.0 37.8 8 imper 1845 36.8] 0.0 58.8 7.6 51.2 7 1.105 1846 41.3+4.5 55.5 18.2 37.3 12 5.805 1847 38.6+1.8 53.2 7.8 50.4 14 3.155 1848 34.5-2.3 49.3 16.5 32.8 9 2.020 42.6+5.8 56.7 28.4 28.3 10 2.815 38.8+2.0 62.3 18.1 44.2 7 2.955 32.9 3.9 50.1 16.5 33.6 5 3.885 36.0-0.8 50.4 18.7 31.7 7 1.775 38.7+1.9 54.1 14.4 39.7 15 2.425 36.8 0.0 54.9 15.1 39.8 13 1.115 38.6+1.8 54.1 18.7 35.4 8 4.590 1856 37.4+0.6 56.4 22.8 33.6 10 1.375 1840 ditto. ditto. 1849 1855 6 3.0 N 660 W 3.18 10.81 9 9.5 S 85° W 2.95 8.75 10th-Halo round the Moon, 8 to 9 p. m. 15th-Halo round the Sun, and faint Parhelion at 2 p. m. M 36.80 54.71/15.5839.12 9.22.923 4.9 3.0 6.52 miles. .980 .704 13.649.847.0 263 270 291| 230 321 252 242 523 462 .915 9 10 11 12 .970 13 .912 SE 87 91 92 92 87 90 .930 .713 .780 29.79 12.768.158.5 WSW w sw w MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, ST. MARTIN, ISLE JESUS, CANADA EAST-OCTOBER, 1856. (NINE MILES WEST OF MONTREAL.) Barom. corrected 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. and reduced to 32 Temp.of the Fahr. 129.351 29.356 29.454 18.657.246.0 .348.447.273.96.93.82 w sw SW w 45 s 16.40 12.70 6.71 0.62 5.56 3.01 0.00 3.08 0.00 0.36 0.00 0.00 W N ww by 8 w sw w 12 s swbyw w by s SW w 33 s W S W NEby Nsw b w NW W 48 0.22 1.02 2.22 11.08 5.95 2.23 8 1.27 1.62 0.89 Cir. Str. 8. Do. 8. MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, ST. MARTIN, ISLE JESUS, CANADA EAST-NOVEMBER, 1856, (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. W 14.00 10.05 7.00 w 3 N 0.033 Inp s b w swb w 12.75 0.22 0.45 w 4 S 0.120 1.00 2.62 9.70 E 33 N 0.216 3.80 5.71 4.04E 33 25.43 33.37 21.06 w 23 10.03 6.04 4.51 w 40 N 0.090 Do. 10. N 0.110 Do. 10. Do. 4. s Clear. Do. 8. Clr. Aur. Bor. Clear. ... W W Nw bw 4.66 6.21 8.10 s 11 wi 11.06 20.11 30.50 w 33 N 0.360 8 72 1.37 8.42 W 33 N 1.73 2.37 0.40 w 40 N 0.80 1.07 0.00 E 23 N Cir. Str. 6. C. St. 4. Cir. Str. 10. Do. 4. Cul. Str. 9. Clear. Do. 4. Do. 9. Do. wsww by N 0.15 w 33 S 42.2.204.206.234.92.92.83 WSW swb w 45.6.248.291.292.90.86.92 w s w sw by s 43.6.272.296.279.91.90.9 SE by s E NEBE 54.4.284.408.418.92.88.92 ENE ENE 24.3.108.171.115.66.89.76 w by N NN W 26.1.696.203.129.83.90.80 w sw sw bys 40.7.210.290.210 79.80.81 w b swbs 37.2.282.421.218.86.75.91 s by w N W sbE SSW SE ENE 20.0.084-141.089-73.70.68 NE byN NWbw 26.9.184.153.129.73.74.80 N W 31.3.119.186.168.71.83.86 ENE 30.1.144.194.160.83.74-86 NE swbw SSE 0.21 2.07 w 23 N 22.9.147.152.115.90.78-82 NW bw ENE ENE 4.80 6.23 6.60 E 23 N 21.0.086.187.116.82.81.84 ENE W NW W by N 0.33 6.05 5.97 w 15 N 31.5.136.251 191.90.80-90 w N Ws by E NE b N 0.16 0.80 1.78 s 23 w 22.5.107.146.120.82.81.82 SW WNW WN w 6.15 4.43 6.96 w 23 N 26.3.106.178.129.74.83.80 W NW WNW W N w 13.10 11.93 11.90 w 23 N 21.1.152-260.117.85.88.80 w NW WNW W 17.7.078.137.088.60.82-73 S W ENE w sw 13.25 7.21 9.67 s 23 w 1.860 SE 3.26 9.81 1.97 w 34 s E by N 5.71 5.52 0.16 E 33 N NE b E N W : : Cir. Str. 8. Nimb. 10. Cir. Str. 10. Cir. Str. 10. Cir. Str. 2. Cir. Str. 10. Clear. Rain. Do. 8. Do. 6. 10.60 4.03 8.75 w 20 N 3.9101.30 Rain. N by E 10.81 33.0.187.214.199.90.84-91 NE WNW 33.8.177.187.112.95.87 67 NW b w sw bys 23.6.107.119.085.82.81-88 NN W N W 15.7.090.071-091.91.88-87 NE byENE byE 23.5.677.108.083 -79.72-78 w by s W N ww by N 12.98 4.22 5.66 W 43 N w bs 6.00 8.20 7.90 E 33 N Clear. 3.00 Cir. Str. 10. 0.30 Clear. 0.27 4.92 6.10 E 33 N 19.16 0.41 10.45 w 26 N 5.27 13.30 W 33 N REMARKS ON THE ST. MARTIN, ISLE JESUS, METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER Rain fell on 10 days, amounting to 5.220 inches; it was raining 50 hours and 5 minutes. Most prevalent wind, W S W. Least prevalent wind, E by S. Most windy day, the 29th day; mean miles per hour, 16.55. Least windy day, the 5th day, mean miles per hour, 0.23 Most windy hour, from 10 to 11, A. M., 29th day; velocity 31.00 miles. There were 226 hours and 45 minutes calm. There were 9 cloudless days in the month. Total amount of miles of wind, 3732.10 miles, which being resolved into the Four Cardina Points, gives N 843 miles, S 371 miles, W 2270.10 miles, and E 248 miles. Aurora Borealis visible on 5 nights. Eclipse of the Moon on the 13th day visible. The electric state of the atmosphere has been marked by moderate intensity. REMARKS ON THE ST. MARTIN, ISLE JESUS, METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER Rain fell on 8 days, amounting to 6.999 inches; it was raining 31 hours. Snow fell on 7 days, amounting to 5 inches; it was snowing 19 hours 30 minutes. Most prevalent Wind was WNW-.1064 miles. Least prevalent Wind was NNE―.1 mile. Most windy day, the 5th; mean miles per hour, 26.62. Least windy day, the 12th; mean miles per hour, 0.05. 30.238 29.057 29.820 1.171 620.1 129.1 30°.40 50°.0 890.7 119.6 .835 Most windy hour from 3 to 4 a. m., on the 8th, 36.40 miles. There were 149 hours calm during the month. There were 3 days cloudless. The whole distance traversed by the wind was 4644 miles; resolved into the Four Cardinal Points, gives N 653; S 650; W 2386; E 975 miles. Aurora Boreais visible on 2 nights. The Zodiacal Light first seen on the 19th day, and was very bright on the 20th day. A Rainbow was visible on the morning of the 7th, at 7.30 which was followed by Rain. The electrical state of the Atmosphere has been marked by very moderate intensity. |