Max. Next we place the observations for all the Stations, from July 1st, 1882, to July 1st, 1883, thus completing the aggregate for five years : STATION, DENNIS LIBRARY, NEWTON, N. J. BAROMETER. Reduced to 320. Latitude, 41° 2′ 45′′ N.; Longitude, 2° 19′ 48′′ E. Height of Barometer Cistern above Sea Level, 660 feet. OBSERVER, MISS E. FOSTER. August 29.603 28.868 September..... 29.533 28.912 29.298 96.1 50.0 72.06 79.28 S.W. 3.68 8 11 40.2 65.11 87.00 N.E. 9.36 18.2 39.25 80.41 N.E. 1.20 12.0 December..... 29.677 28.863 29.302 48.0 6.9 29.19 70.43 N.W. 1.85 3.3 29.464 52.2 11.2 29.96 65.86 S. W., N.W. 3.143 March........... 29.669 28.496 29.174 62.0 6.2 31.60 61.74 N.W., S. W. 2.33 14.8 726 19.8 47.60 65.54 S.W.. N.E. 3.935 29 207 86.0 37.0 60.69 62.08 46.8 71.81 69.56 S.W. 2.92 10 8 4.83 29.299 73.18 27.15 50.06 * Including melted snow. REMARKS.-1882, July had a high humidity; auroras were frequent; snow fell on the 5th. August to October, dews, fogs and mists. September 20th to 25th, excessive rain-fall. No frost until November 3d. Autumn of 1882, warm and humid. Winter of 1882-3 had a low humidity. From November 26th to March 31st, the ground was covered with snow 100 days. Season severe, but there were no abrupt changes of temperature. Spring of 1883 was cold and backward; humidity low. Auroras were frequent from November to July. There were forty-five fogs, nineteen frosts and twenty-five thunder-storms during the year. Max. BAROMETER. ন STATION, PATERSON, N. J. Latitude, 40° 55′ N.; Longitude, 74° 11′ W. Height of Rain Gauge above OBSERVER, JOHN T. HILTON, CITY SURVEYOR. Latitude, 40° 44′ N.; Longitude, 74° 10′ W. Height of Barometer Cistern above Sea Level, about 30 feet. OBSERVER, W. A. WHITEHEAD. 6 13 September. October.. November 7 13 16 30.14 72.5 41.0 57.05 N. E., S.E. 2.00 12 14 1.77 13.25 9 9 6 10 STATION, NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. Latitude, 40° 29' N.; Longitude, 74° 26′ W., or 2° 37′ E. Height, 115 feet. OBSERVER, P. VANDERBILT SPADER. Latitude, 40° 15′ N.; Longitude, 74° 16′ W. Height of Barometer Cistern above Sea Level, 216 feet. * Including melted snow. 77.4 W. 51.87 43.5 139 88 First frost, October 25th; latest frost, May 18th. No snow in measurable amount in December. STATION, VINELAND, N. J. Latitude, 39° 29′ N.; Longitude, 75° 1′ W. Height of Barometer Cistern above Sea Level, 111 feet. OBSERVER, J. INGRAM, M.D. Mean. Max. Min. Mean. Monthly Mean REMARKS. Under the head of "cloudy days" is to be understood all days in which any clouds were found. By "clear observations" is to be understood the total observations free from clouds in each month, and the "average clouds " explains itself. |