VII.

METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR MENDON, Mass.

Lat. of Spire of Unitarian Church, 42° 06′ 23′′ N., Long. 71° 33′ 35′′ W. from Greenwich. By John Geo. Metcalf, M. D., Member of the American Statistical Association. For the Year 1849.

22d, and July 13th; the latter was the hottest day, the mean of three observations being 860.3; wind fresh at N. W. The thermometer twice only fell below zero, viz. on the mornings of January 11th and February 16th. The former was by much the coldest day in the year; the thermometer at sunrise standing at 40 below zero, and the mean of three observations being 30.6; wind brisk at N. W.

Of the 107 days on which rain or snow fell, there were only 52 on which the quantity was 0.10 of an inch or more. On eleven days the quantity was 1.00 inch or more. The heaviest rain of the year was on the night of March 21st, with heavy S. W. wind, and barometer low; quantity 3.12 inches.

The year taken as a whole was unusually dry, the quantity of rain being 3.7 inches below the average for this place. The position of the rain-guages is about 150 feet above tide-water in the Providence River.

VIII. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR NEW YORK, N. Y. Summary of Meteorological Observations made at the New York Hospital, By John Dascey.

for the Year 1849.

Rain and snow,

0 4

N.

Inches of snow, 0

Days of wind,

N. E.

0

0 0 0

Barometer. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. Greatest height, 30.65 30.57 30.42 30.27 30.44 30.28 30.22 30.15 30.36 30.25 30.24 30.44 30.65 Least height, 29.51 29.60 29.43 29.16 29.59 29.69 29.72 29.73 29.57 29.30 29.53 29.00 29.00 30.28 30.04 29.97 29.84 29.97 29.98 30.04 29.99 30.00 29.88 29.93 29.97

Average, Thermometer. о

COOOGOVNA November.

94

55

39 28

13

31

11

109

72

46

105

21

12

Inches of rain, 0.56 1.995.55 1.00 3.77 0.79 3.08 5.58 0.73 6.55 2.02 4.39 36.01 8

0 0

16

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METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR LAMBERTVILLE, N. J.

Lat. 40° 23' N., Long 74° 56′ W. By L. H. Parsons. 1. SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1850.

4

7

14 88

Months.

Maximum.

Day of M❜th.

Minimum.
Day of M'th.

Maximum.

Day of M'th.

45.6760.2750.1396413* 64 26† 804 30.012 30.007 30.009 30.72 61 29.03 228 1.69

† December.

: February.

§ December.

Months.

2. WEATHER FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1850.

Months.

For the Year 1849.

Lat. 43° 8' 17" N., Long. 77° 51′ W. Elevation above Tide-water, 506 feet. By Leander Wetherell.

1849.*

Barometer.

inch. inch. inch. inch. inch. inch inch inch. inch. inch. inch. inch inch. Greatest height, 30.28 30.15 30.05 29.90 30.10 29.85 29 92 29.72 29.96 29.90 29 8530.12 30 28 29.03 29.07 28.90 29.00 29 03 28.28 29.32 29.15 29.10 28.93 29.13 29.02 28.90 9.72 29.67 29.61 29.55 29.57 29.57 29.6% 29.55 29.59 29.48 29.46 29.59 29.58

Least height,

Mean, Thermometer.

Monthly Mean, 23.14 22.13 34.57 41.85 51.10 66.01 70.05 69.23 60 20 48.26 46-66 28.01 46.68

Highest degree,
Lowest degree,
Range,

Warmest day,
Coldest day,
Fair days,
Cloudy days,
Rain fell, days,
Snow fell, days,

Rain and snow,

Solar halos,
Lunar halos,

162

203

119

69

14

19

4

22

&nŵ December.

95

-9

55

о

Annual

Results.

20

30 42 47 56 40 32

2422400000

7 13.5 11.5 14 20.5 25 19 20.5 14

17.5 18.5 17

O33795

21

1

8 19

17

3

4

1 3

5

0 3 1

0
0

1024

9.5

12 9.5 17

8 14

0

3 2

1 4 2

1.39 1.29 2.35 1.44 3.81 4.33 0.94 3.62 3.91 4.17 3.31 2.31 32.87

7 2 3

Aurora boreales,

Inch. of rain, etc.

Days of

N. wind,

4 1 3.5 2

0.5 2 6

N. E.

4

3.5 0-5 0

0.5 1.5 1.5 3.5 2.5

33

36.5

XI. METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, AT CHAPEL HILL.

Lat. 35° 54′ 21′′ N. Long. 79° 17′ 30′′ W.

By James Phillips, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.

1849.

inch.

June,

29.691 29.713

29.695

July,

29.731

August,

29.677

September,

29.729 29.762

October,

29.690

70.56 77.23 86.33 76.03 69.92 74.93 83.03 73.58 69.85 76.47 85.45 75.11 63.85 70.67 77.00 69.37 54.45 61.18 67.44 59.27 49.90 58.37 67.87 56.83 37.74 44.48 52.97 43.73

First frost on the 11th October, 1849. Snowed on the 23d and 31st December. Frogs singing on the 18th January, 1850. Snowed on the 22d February, and on the 27th and 31st March. The Peach and Prunus chicasa blossomed on the 2d; Laurus sassafras on the 9th; Prune on the 12th; Cercis Canadensis on the 24th; and the Pear on the 28th of March. The first Martin appeared on the 3d; the Cherry and Cornus florida blossomed on the 4th; and the Whip-poor-will and Will-willow sung on the 22d April.

Hottest day, 23d June :

Barometer, sunrise, 29.712 in.; 9 A.M. 29.738; 3 P.M. 29.700; 9 P. M. 29.654. Mean, 29.701. Attached therm. "750

Barometer, sunrise, 30.104 in.; 9A.M. 30.250; 3P.M. 30.244; 9P. M. 30.268. Mean, 30.219.

66

28. 26.

39. 31.5

31.

"" 25.

23.625.

03122

1803372

Months.

XII. METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR SAVANNAH, GA.

For the Year ending May, 1850. By Dr. John F. Posey.

inch.
29.85

27 .46

Annual Mean,

30.00 29.97 29.99