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

by Edwin James; Stephen H. Long; Thomas Say

{lxiv} Meteorological Register {lxv} for the Month of APRIL, 1820

Day of Month	MORNING		MID-DAY		EVENING		Mean Temp.	Mean Temp. at Ger­man­town	Rise or fall of Mis­sour­i in last 24 hours	REMARKS	BAROMETER			MODIFICATIONS AND COURSES OF CLOUDS
														Morn­ing		Mid-Day		Eve­ning
	Tem­per­a­ture	Wind	Tem­per­a­ture	Wind	Tem­per­a­ture	Wind			Inc.		Morn­ing	Noon	Eve­ning	Clouds	Courses	Clouds	Courses	Clouds	Courses
1	29	N.N.E.	28	N.W.	20	N.W.	25	52	+ 5	A light snow fell to-day	29.00	29.03	29.10	Ns.	—	Ns.	—	Cs.	—
2	15	N.N.E.	38	N.W.	27	N.W.	24	32	- 7	Geese, &c. flying S. to-day	29.16	29.08	29.10	Fair	—	Cs.	—	Fair	—
3	14	Calm	41	S.E.	46	E.	33	—	- 3	Large frost last night	29.08	28.90	28.70	Fair	—	Fair	—	Cs,	—
4	40	W.N.W.	64	N.W.	51	N.W.	51	—	+ 12	Strong wind	28.30	28.38	28.56	Cs,	—	Cml,	N.W.	Fair	—
5	29	N.W.	59	N.W.	49	Calm	45	—	+ 22	Strong wind	28.56	28.70	28.80	Fair	—	Cml,	—	C,	N.W.
6	41	S.E.	65	N.W.	55	N.W.	53	—	+ 5	Very windy. Large hail fell before sunrise	28.60	28.30	28.40	Cs.	—	Cs.	—	Cs.	—
7	41	N.W.	65	N.W.	52	N.W.	52	44	- 9	Windy. Light sprinkle of rain this afternoon	28.45	28.56	28.73	Fair	—	Cm,	N.W.	Ns.	—
8	32	Calm	57	N.W.	47	N.W.	45	46	0	Strong wind	28.94	28.75	28.84	Fair	—	C,	—	Cs,	—
9	40	S.E.	76	S.E.	70	S.E.	62	47	0	Windy	28.66	28.36	28.10	C,	—	Fair	—	Fair	—
10	50	S.	79	S.	69	N.W.	66	57	+ 28	Geese flying N. Strong wind	28.00	27.44	27.50	C, Cm,	W.N.W.	C,	N.W.	Cml,	N.W.
11	49	N.W.	69	N.W.	59	N.W.	59	—	+ 12	Strong wind	28.32	28.32	28.39	C,	—	Cs,	—	Cs,	N.W.
12	35	S.E.	65	S.E.	64	Calm	54	56	+ 14	Very strong wind	28.48	27.94	28.35	Cml,	—	Cml,	S.W.	Cml,	S.W.
13	48	S.E.	80	S.E.	72	S.E.	66	52	- 12	Lt. in N. and N.W. Windy	28.30	28.00	28.00	Cml,	N.W.	—	—	Cs, Cm,	S.W.
14	50	S.E.	68	S.E.	70	Calm	62	54	- 16	Rain and thunder in aftern.	28.25	28.05	27.90	Ns,	S.	Ns.	—	Cs,	—
15	51	S.E.	71	S.E.	72	S.E.	64	55	- 7½	Fresh wind. Lightn. in N. W	28.20	28.10	28.10	Cml,	S.W.	Cml,	—	Ns.	—
16	49	S.E.	62	S.E.	64	S.E.	58	49	- 4	Rainy	28.40	28.25	28.20	Ns.	N.E.	Ns.	N.E.	Cs.	—
17	50	S.E.	66	S.E.	79	S.E.	65		- 4½	Lightning last night	28.23	28.05	27.96	Ns.	—	Ns.	—	Cml,	—
18	53	S.E.	82	S.E.	82	S.	72		- 5½	Fresh wind	28.03	27.60	27.72	Fair	—	Fair	—	Cml,	S.W.
19	63	S.	79	S.E.					- 3	Strong wind	27.40	27.40		Cs.	—	Cs.	—	Cml,	—
20	59	S.	65	S.E.	62	Calm	62		- 2½	Strong wind	28.30	28.30	28.33	Cs,	—	Cs,	—	Cs,	—
21	54	S.E.	71	N.W.	74	N.W.	66		- 3	Fresh breeze	28.40	28.20	28.10	Fair	—	Cml,	—	Cs,	—
22	55	N.W.	76	S.E.	70	N.W.	67		- 3	Wind very strong at mid-day	28.40	27.94	28.08	Fair	—	Cs,	—	Cs,	—
23	58	S.E.	84	S.E.	83	S.E.	75		0	Strong wind	28.25	27.60	27.15	C,	—	—	—	Cml,	—
24	65	S.E.	79	S.E.	80	E.S.E.	74		- 2	Fresh wind. Violent rain and hail storm after sunset, ⅓ inch rain in one hour	27.97	27.76	27.77	Cml, Cs,	—	Cs,	—	Cs.	—
25	50	N.W.	52	N.W.	57	N.W.	53		- ½	Rain to-day	28.54	28.60	28.50	Cs.	—	Cs,	—	C,	—
26	42	N.W.	63	N.W.	67	N.W.	57		- 3	Fresh breeze	28.62	28.41	28.26	Fair	—	—	—	—	—
27	49	N.W.	67	E.N.E.	69	E.	61		- 2½		28.59	28.31	28.24	C,	—	—	—	—	—
28	53	S.E.	59	S.E.	64	S.E.	58		- 1½	Fresh wind in morning	28.68	28.50	28.52	Cs.	—	Fair	—	Fair	—
29	53	S.E.	65	E.S.E.	67	E.S.E.	61		- ½		28.76	28.54	28.50	Cs.	—	Fair	—	Fair	—
30	56	S.E.	68	E.	70	E.S.E.	64		- 8½		28.89	28.65	28.53	Cml,	—	—	—	—	—

Remarkable Phenomena.—20th, Halo and Corona around the moon.

In the hail storm of the 24th, hail stones fell of a very large size. One of the largest seen here was of the following dimensions, viz. length 2 inches, breadth 1½ inches, depth 1⅛ inches.

April 16th, fall of rain 3-10 inch.

{lxvi} Meteorological Register {lxvii} for the Month of MAY, 1820

Day of Month	MORNING		MID-DAY		EVENING		Mean Temp.	Rise or fall of Mis­sour­i in last 24 hours	REMARKS	BAROMETER			MODIFICATIONS AND COURSES OF CLOUDS
													Morn­ing		Mid-Day		Eve­ning
	Tem­per­a­ture	Wind	Tem­per­a­ture	Wind	Tem­per­a­ture	Wind		Inc.		Morn­ing	Noon	Eve­ning	Clouds	Courses	Clouds	Courses	Clouds	Courses
1	57	N.W.	74	N.W.	71	N.W.	67	+1	P.M. few drops of rain	28.80	28.46	28.44	Cs.	—	Cms. Cs.	—	Cs.	—
2	54	S.E.	76	S.E.	75	S.E.	68	0		28.66	28.20	28.18	Cs.	—	Cm,	—	Cs,	—
3	59	S.E.	71	S.E.	67	S.E.	65	-2½	Fresh wind	28.41	28.07	28.07	Cs.	—	Cms.	—	Cs.	—
4	64	S.E.	64	N.W.	61	N.W.	63	+4½	Violent storm last night with thunder and lightning	27.70	27.74	28.03	Ns.	—	Ns,	—	Ns.	—
5	50	N.W.	69	N.W.	70	S.S.E.	64	0		28.03	28.38	28.33	Cs, C,	—	Cm.	—	Cs,	—
6	54	S.E.	68	S.E.	70	S.E.	64	+19		28.59	28.31	28.03	Cs.	—	Cs,	—	Cs,	—
7	40	N.W.	55	N.W.	51	N.W.	48	+26	Rain last night, with thunder and lightning. Strong wind	28.23	28.29	28.81	Cm,	—	Cm,	—	Fair	—
8	45	S.E.		S.E.	59	S.E.		-6		28.72		28.53	Cs,	—	C,	W.N.W.	Cs,	—
9	51	S.E.	77	N.W.	65	N.W.	64	-9		28.60	28.08	28.37	Cs,	—	Cm,	—	Cml,	—
10	53	S.E.	59	N.W.	52	N.W.	54	+19		28.57	28.41	28.50	Ns.	—	Ns.	—	Ns.	—
11	46	N.W.	61	N.W.	63	Calm	56	+15		28.63	28.40	28.40	Ns	—	Cml,	—	Cs,	N.W.
12	56	N.W.	70	N.W.	64	N.W.	63	+8		28.25	28.40	28.58	Cs,	N.W.	Cs,	N.W.	Cml,	N.W.
13	54	N.W.	67	N.W.	62	N.W.	61	-5		28.26	28.70	28.75	Fair	—	Fair	—	Fair	—
14	50	N.W.	69	N.W.	64	N.W.	61	-5		28.91	28.65	28.61	Fair	—	Fair	—	C,	N.W.
15	58	S.E.	67	S.E.	66	S.E.	63	-7		28.80	28.63	38.70	Cs.	—	Cml.	—	Cs,	N.W.
16	59	S.E.	65	S.E.	61	S.E.	61	-7	Storm last night of wind, rain, and hail	28.80	28.73	28.73	Ns,	S.E.	Ns.	S.E.	Ns.	E.S.E.
17	61	S.E.	70	S.E.	68	S.E.	66	-6	Rain last night, with much wind, thunder and lightning	28.60	28.25	28.30	Ns.	—	Ns,	S.E.	Cml.	S.E.
18	59	S.E.	66	S.E.	66	S.E.	63	-5		28.37	28.30	28.24	Ns.	—	Cml.	S.E.	Cml.	S.E.
19	56	S.E.	72	S.E.	68	S.E.	65	-7		29.47	28.18	28.26	C,	—	Ns,	S.E.	C,	—
20	54	S.E.	68	S.E.	69	S.E.	63	-3	Rainy	28.47	28.33	28.27	Ns.	S.E.	Ns.	—	Ns.	—
21	56	S.E.	76	S.E.	71	S.E.	67	-6		28.27	28.14	28.21	C,	—	C, Cm,	S.	C, Cm,	S.
22	60	S.E.	77	S.E.	75	S.E.	70	0	Light breezes	28.00	28.08	28.15	Fair	—	Cm,	S.W.	Cm,	—
23	60	S.E.	83	S.E.	77	Calm	73	+5½		28.22	27.70	27.82	Fair	—	Cm.	—	Cm, Cs,	—
24	67	S.E.	69	S.E.		E.		+14	Rain with high wind this evening. Thunder and lightning	28.02	28.07		C,	—	C. Cs.	—	Ns,	—
25	53	E.	67	N.E.		N.E.	59	-64		28.57	28.57	28.65	Ns.	—	Cml,	—	Cs,	—
26	57	N.W.	68	N.W.	62	N.W.	62	-12		28.55	28.68	28.60	Cs,	—	Cml,	N.W.	Fair	—
27	50	N.W.	76	N.W.	72	N.W.	66	+1		28.66	28.13	28.22	Fair	—	Cml,	N.W.	Cs, Cm,	—
28	58	N.W.	79	N.W.	68	N.W.	68	+40	Light winds	28.48	28.00	28.29	Cml,	—	Cm.	N.W.	Cm,	—
29								+30	Light winds				Fair	—	Cs.	—	Cm,	—
30	59	S.E.	73	S.E.	71	S.E.	67	+15	Light winds	28.49	28.21	28.31	C,	—	Cms,	—	Cs.	—
31	58	S.E.	66	S.E.	63	S.E.	62	-24	Light winds	28.76	28.47	28.66	C,	—	Cs.	—	Cs,	—

May 4th, fall of rain, ½ inch—10th, 1 inch—20th, ⅛ inch—24th, ¾ inch.