James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 4

by Edwin James; Stephen H. Long; Thomas Say

{xlviii} Meteorological Register {xlix} for the Month of AUGUST, 1819

Day of Month	MORNING		MID-DAY		EVENING		Mean Temp.	Mean Temp. at Ger­man­town	REMARKS	BAROMETER			MODIFICATIONS AND COURSES OF CLOUDS
													Morn­ing		Mid-Day		Eve­ning
	Tem­per­a­ture	Wind	Tem­per­a­ture	Wind	Tem­per­a­ture	Wind				Morn­ing	Noon	Eve­ning	Clouds	Courses	Clouds	Courses	Clouds	Courses
1	72	N.W.	85	N.	82	S.E.	79	88	Frequent showers of rain, ⅛ of an inch rain since yesterday morn.	28.87	28.77	28.74	Ns.	N.E.	Cml.	N.E.	Cs.
2	69	Calm	78	E. by S.	74	E. by S.	73	86		28.72	28.68	28.68	Ns.		Ns.		Ns.
3	68		82	S.W.	74	W. by S.	74	78		28.68	28.70	28.74	Ns.		Ns.		Ns.
4	73	S.	84	S.	78	W.	78	76	Frequent showers of rain, ½ an inch of rain since yesterday morning	28.79	28.77	28.77	Ns.	E.	Cm,		C, Cs.
5	68	S.S.W.	86	W.	76	S.W.	76	75	Light sprinkles of rain	28.83	28.80	28.80
6	71	W.	88	W.	80	W.	79	75	Cloudy all day	28.86		28.85	Cs.		Cs.		Cs.
7	71	S.W.	84	W.S.W.	81	W.S.W.	78	79	Light sprinkles of rain last night and this afternoon	28.90	28.82	28.82	Ns.		Cs.		Cms.
8	71	Calm	84	N.E.	80	S.W. by S.	78	82	Sprinkles of rain this forenoon	28.82	28.74	28.74	Ns.		Cs.		Cms.
9	70	S.S.W.	88	Calm	84	Calm	80	80	Sultry	28.75	28.74	28.74	Cs, Cms,		Fair		Cm,
10	70	S.S.E.	88	S.	84	E.S.E.	80	82	Sultry. Light in S.E. this evening	28.80	28.80	28.80	Fair		Cm.	S.S.W.	Fair
11	72	E.N.E.	90	S.S.E.	85	E.S.E.	82	79	Pleasant brs. L. in N. this	28.86	28.86	28.78	Fair		Cm,	S.S.W.	C, Cs,
12	72	Calm	92	W.	85	E.N.E.	83	81	Fresh breezes. Lightning in N.W.	28.84	28.80	28.74	Cs.		Cs, Cms,		Cs,
13	75	Calm	91	S.W.	86	S.S.E.	84	82	Fresh breezes. Night meteors shooting to the north	28.77	28.70	28.70	Cm, Cs,		Cm,		Cm, Cs,
14	77	Calm	93	S.	87	S.	85	82	Fresh breezes. No dew	28.70	28.63	28.62
15	76	S.E.	92	S.	86	S.S.W.	84	79	Fresh breezes. No dew	28.62	28.60	28.57
16	76	Calm	90	Calm	87	N.	84	72	Light breezes. Shower of rain in the morn. No dew in the even.	28.57	28.63	28.64	Ns.	N.W.	Ns.		Ns, Cs,
17	74	E.N.E.	90	N.E.	86	N.N.E.	83	79	Light breezes	28.66	28.66	28.66	Cs,		Cs, Cml,	S.W., N.E.
18	73	W.S.W.	86	Calm	81	E.N.E.	89	72	Light brs. noon. Rain in the E.	28.70	28.67	28.67	Cs,		Cs, Cm,	S.W., N.E.	Ns.	E.
19	74	Calm	83	E.N.E.	80	E.N.E.	79	74		28.74	28.74	28.74	Ns.		Cms.	N.E.
20	76	S.S.E.	85	E.	81	E.	80	76		28.80	28.75	28.68	Fair		Cm, Cs,		C.
21	68	Calm	84	W.N.W.	78	N.W.	76	77	Hard shower of rain from North—3/16 of an inch of rain	28.68	28.63	28.66	Ns.		Ns.
22	61	N.W.	76	N.N.E.	68	N.N.W.	68	78	Windy	28.84	28.85	28.88
23	50	W.	72	Calm	67	N.W.	63	70		29.18	28.85	28.85	Cs.
24	54	S.S.E.	73	S.S.E.	70	S.S.E.	65	66	Windy	28.85	28.77	28.77	Cs.
25	60	S.E.	83	S.S.E.		S.S.E.		62	Strong gale of wind during the day	28.83	28.65	28.65	C,		C,	E.	C,	E.
26	68	S.	86	S.S.E.	80	S.S.E.	78		Strong gale of wind. Evening, rain	28.72	28.66	28.63	Cs,		Cs, Cm,	S.W.	Ns.
27	71	E.	70	N.	69	N.	70	64	Strong gale of wind. Morn. rain	28.63	28.75	28.75	Ns.	N.W.	Cs, Cm,	W., N.W.
28	50	N.W.	79	N.W.	66	E.N.E.	65	65	Strong gale of wind	28.94	28.78	28.79	Fair		Cs.
29	50	N.N.E.	75	E.S.E.				70	Fresh breezes	29.00	28.84
30	50	E.S.E.	84	S.S.W.	71	S.W.	68	69	Fresh breezes	28.97	28.67	28.54
31	62	S.	93	W.S.W.	84	S.W.	79	71	Windy	28.57	28.44	28.45	Cs,		Fair		Fair

Remarkable Phenomena.—On the evening of the 2d, when the moon was about 8° above the horizon, brilliant rays of light appeared very distinctly to proceed from a point 5° or 6° to the north of the moon. Same phenomenon on the evening of the 3d.

Fort Osage, August 4th, magnetic intensity 26½.

Fall of rain on the 26th instant 3-16ths of an inch—27th ½ an inch.

{l} Meteorological Register {li} for the Month of SEPTEMBER, 1819

Day of Month	MORNING		MID-DAY		EVENING		Mean Temp.	Mean Temp. at Ger­man­town	REMARKS	BAROMETER			MODIFICATIONS AND COURSES OF CLOUDS
													Morn­ing		Mid-Day		Eve­ning
	Tem­per­a­ture	Wind	Tem­per­a­ture	Wind	Tem­per­a­ture	Wind				Morn­ing	Noon	Eve­ning	Clouds	Courses	Clouds	Courses	Clouds	Courses
1	75	N.W.	92	S.S.E.	88	S.W.	85	75	Windy	28.45	28.40	28.40	C,	—	C, Cm,	—	Cs,	—
2	75	N.W.	88	E.S.E.	74	Calm	79	78	Light breezes. Lightning in S.W. at midnight	28.41	29.20	29.20	Fair	—	Fair	—	Fair	—
3	63	S.S.E.	90	S.W.	78	S.W.	77	80	Hard thunder shower from W.S.W. this afternoon, lightning in N.W. in the evening	28.70	28.47	28.47	C, Cs,	S.W., W.	Cs.	N.W.	Ns.	S.W.
4	76	S.W.	90	S.S.E.	82	S.S.E.	82	78	Some rain last night	28.47	28.47	28.47	C,	S.W.	Fair	—	Cs,	W.
5	71	N.N.W.	70	N.N.W.	71	N.N.W.	70	79	Rain and lightning last night, and a shower at noon	28.63	28.58	28.58	Cs. Cml,	W., N.W.	Ns.	S.E.	Ns.	S.
6	66	S.E.	84	N.W.	72	N.W.	74	79	Thunder storm from S.E. last night, and another from N.W. this afternoon, and during part of the night, with rain, and some hail in the night	28.58	28.50	28.50	Cs. Cml,	N.W., S.	Cs,	—	Ns.	—
7	70	N.W.	85	E.S.E.	78	N.N.W.	77	80	Violent thunder storm from N.N.W. with a little hail this afternoon	28.50	28.44	28.44	Ns,	—	Cm.	—	Ns.	—
8	65	N.E.	85	E.S.E.	76	E.S.E.	75	80		28.56	29.60	29.60	Fair	—	Fair	—	Cs,	—
9	65	E.S.E.	92	S.E.	75	S.E.	74	77	Thunder in the W. and some appearance of rain this afternoon—evening lightning in the N.	28.65	28.55	28.55	C, Cm,	—	C, Cm,	—	Ns,	—
10	70	Calm	87	S.S.E.	80	S.E.	79	70		28.68	28.68	28.68	Fair	—	Cm,	—	Cm.Cs,	—
11	72	Calm	77	S.	76	S.E.	75	65	Frequent light sprinkles of rain to-day, rain in the morning	28.66	28.66	28.63	Ns.	—	Ns.	—	Ns.	—
12	74	S.S.E.	82	S.	76	Calm	77	68		28.63	28.64	28.64	Ns.	—	Ns.	—	Fair	—
13	62	N.	74	N.N.W.	67	N.N.W.	67	62	Very windy and squally all day	28.76	28.84	28.84	Ns.	—	Cs.	—	Fair	—
14	50	W.	69	E.N.E.	60	E.N.E.	59	59	Cool breezes. S. from river at night	29.10	28.92	28.86	Fair	—	Cm,	—	Fair	—
15	50	S.W.	74	S.S.W.	68	S.S.W.	64	64	Remarkably clear sky all this day	28.92	28.70	28.68	Fair	—	Fair	—	Fair	—
16	56	N.E.	78	S.	71	S.	68	65	Remarkably clear sky all this day	28.75	28.64	28.65	Fair	—	Fair	—	Fair	—
17	55	S.	85	E.N.E.	78	E.N.E.	72	65	Remarkably clear sky all this day	28.75	28.60	28.60	Fair	—	Fair	—	Fair	—
18	58	Calm	90	S.E.	75	S.E.	74	66		28.60	28.50	28.50	Fair	—	Cs,	N.W.	Fair	—
19	56	N.N.W.	84	S.E.	72	S.E.	70	66		28.70	28.68	28.68	Fair	—	Fair	—	Fair	—
20	58	S.E.	70	S.E.	69	S.S.W.	65	60	Night S. from the river and nimbus in N.W. horizon	28.80	28.70	28.70	S, Ns,	—	S, Cml,	—	S.	—
21	56	E.S.E.	80	E.S.E.	74	S.E.	70	56	Fresh gales of wind	28.70	28.54	28.54	S, Cs,	—	Cs,	N.W.	Cs,	—
22	60	E.S.E.	76	S.E.	72	Calm	69	62	Atmosphere thick and smoky	28.56	28.46	28.56	C, C,	—	Cs,	—	Cs,	N.W.
23	54	N.	64	N.N.W.	58	N.W.	58	68	Windy	28.66	28.66	28.66	Cs,	N.W.	Cs,	N.W.	Fair	—
24	41	N.	64	N.	55	Calm	53	68	Windy	28.78	28.57	28.57	Fair	—	Fair	—	S,	—
25	34	Calm	70	Calm	59	Calm	54	66	Frost last night	28.80	28.54	28.54	Fair	—	Fair	—	Fair	—
26	45	S.E.	82	S.E.	71	S.E.	66	62	Atmosphere very smoky, occasioned by the neighbouring prairies being on fire	28.50	28.37	28.37	Fair	—	Fair	—	Fair	—
27	54	Calm	80	S.E.	67	S.E.	67	61	28.37	28.43	28.43	Fair	—	Fair	—	Fair	—
28	54	E.S.E.	77	S.E.	70	S.E.	67	60	28.70	28.64	28.64	Fair	—	Fair	—	Fair	—
29	54	E.S.E.	85	S.E.	80	S.E.	73	60	28.65	28.50	28.50	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	62	Calm	86	N.W.	73	N.W.	73	66	28.50	28.54	28.50	Cs,	—	Fair	—	Cs,	N.W.