| Day of | Barometer and | ||
| the Mon. | Thermometer attached. | Remarks on the Weather, &c. | |
| Barom. | Thermo. | ||
| 1 | s. ps. | ||
| 2 | b. c. drifting. | ||
| 3 | h. p. s. o. s. | ||
| 4 | h. p. r. | ||
| 5 | h. wet. | ||
| 6 | h. p. s. o. p. s. | ||
| 7 | h. p. s. | ||
| 8 | c. o. o. | ||
| 9 | h. c. c. | ||
| 10 | s. drifting. | ||
| 11 | s. s. s. | ||
| 12 | s. with much drift. | ||
| 13 | 29.338 | +49 | s. and much drift. |
| 14 | 29.431 | +46.3 | s. and drift. |
| 15 | 29.690 | +44 | s. much drift. |
| 16 | 29.605 | +30.5 | b. c.; drift; haze and some drift—parhelia; |
| haze with scaly snow; faint aurora to the | |||
| S. and S. by E. alt. 12°. | |||
| 17 | 29.719 | +32.8 | b. c., much drift; aurora to the S.S.E. |
| parallel to the horizon; alt. 12°. | |||
| 18 | 29.641 | +31.5 | b. c., drift; cirrus; some faint streaks of |
| aurora to the W. | |||
| 19 | 29.662 | +29 | b. c., drifting; solar halo with prismatic |
| colours and parhelia; snow and much drift. | |||
| 20 | 29.842 | +29.5 | s. much drift. |
| 21 | 29.959 | +30.5 | b. c., much drift; at 8 p.m. several streaks |
| of faint aurora extending across the zenith | |||
| in a N.W. and S.E. direction; many rays in | |||
| different parts of the heavens. | |||
| 22 | 29.828 | +28.5 | |
| 23 | 29.919 | +32 | f. o. f. o. s. o. s. b. c. f. s. |
| 24 | 29.974 | +31 | b. c. o. drifting. |
| 25 | 30.023 | +29 | o. drifting. |
| 26 | 30.062 | +29.3 | o. m. b. c. drifting. |
| 27 | 30.47 | +26.5 | b. c. m., some faint streaks of aurora in |
| various parts of the sky bearing for the | |||
| most part N.N.W. and S.S.E. | |||
| 28 | 30.505 | +26. | b. c., a few clouds near horizon; a very |
| faint light yellow cloud aurora to the S.E. | |||
| and N.W. | |||
| 29 | 30.119 | +30.3 | c. s. b. c. s. o. m. b. c., cirrus extending |
| from S.S.E. to N.N.W., resembling much the | |||
| aurora. Lunar halo. | |||
| 30 | 29.078 | +39.7 | o. m. o. s. b. c. o. drifting. |
| 31 | 30.094 | +34.3 | b. b. c. c., solar halo; cirrus; 120 lunar |
| distances were observed from Jupiter and | |||
| at Aquilæ, E. and W. of the moon. | |||
| Lunar halo diam. 40° or 50°. | |||
Fort Hope, Repulse Bay.—Abstract of Meteorological Journal for November, 1846.
| Day | Temperature of the Atmosphere | ||||
| of the | taken eight times in twenty- | Prevailing Winds. | |||
| Month. | four hours. | ||||
| Highest. | Lowest. | Mean. | Direction. | Force. | |
| deg.m. | deg.m. | ||||
| 1 | +18 | - 3.0 | + 8.5 | W.N.W. N.E. E. | 2-7 |
| 2 | +26.5 | +22.3 | +24.4 | S.E. S.E. by E. E. by W. | 2-5 |
| 3 | +27 | +25.5 | +26.3 | S.E. E.S.E. | 2-5 |
| 4 | +26 | +21.5 | +23.8 | S.E.S. S.S.E. | 3-5 |
| 5 | +22 | + 0 | +13.2 | N. by W. N.W. by W. | 2-7 |
| 6 | - .5 | - 9.5 | - 3.5 | W.N.W. | 3-7 |
| 7 | + 11.5 | + 6 | + 9.7 | N. by E. | 4-7 |
| 8 | + 11 | + 5 | + 8.5 | N. | 4-7 |
| 9 | +12.5 | + 9.5 | + 10.9 | E.N.E. N.E. | 3-10 |
| 10 | +28.2 | +22.5 | +25.6 | E.S.E. S. S.S.W. | 3-8 |
| 11 | +17 | + 2.5 | + 7.5 | N.W. N.N.W. W. by N. | 5-8 |
| 12 | + 2.3 | - 8.5 | - 1 | N.N.E. W. N.N.W. | 2-5 |
| 13 | - 6 | - 8 | - 6.8 | N. by W. N.N.W. | 4-8 |
| 14 | - 4.6 | - 8.7 | - 6.6 | N.N.W. N. N. by W. | 3-7 |
| 15 | + 4.5 | -10.5 | - 3.8 | Calm. Vble. E. | 0-4 |
| 16 | +17.3 | +15 | +16.3 | E. N.E. N. | 1-6 |
| 17 | + 7.5 | - 8 | +.25 | N. by W. | 4-6 |
| 18 | - 4 | - 9.2 | - 7.1 | N.W. by N. Calm S.W. | 0-2 |
| 19 | +21.7 | +18 | +20.61 | S.S.E. S.E. E. | 4-7 |
| 20 | +12 | - 8.8 | + 2.9 | Calm. S. by E. N. | 0-2 |
| 21 | + 4.5 | - 4.2 | - 0.9 | S. S.E. E. | 4-1 |
| 22 | - 3 | - 4.2 | - 3.6 | S. by E. W. N.W. | 2-6 |
| 23 | -18.5 | -22.5 | -19.77 | N. by W. N.N.W. | 3-5 |
| 24 | -20.5 | -25.2 | -22.54 | N.N.W. | 5-1 |
| 25 | -14.5 | -24.5 | -20.06 | N. by E. N.W. N.W. by W. | 1-3 |
| 26 | -17.5 | -23.5 | -20.7 | N. | 6-9 |
| 27 | -11.8 | -15.5 | -13.6 | N. by W. | 9-10 |
| 28 | - 5.4 | - 8.5 | - 6.6 | N. by W. | 7-9 |
| 29 | -16.5 | -25.3 | -20.3 | N.N.W. W.N.W. | 6-3 |
| 30 | -17.5 | -24.4 | -21. | W. W.N.W. N.W. | 6-3 |
| ——— | |||||
| +20.59 | |||||
| ——— | |||||
| + 0.68 | |||||
| Day of | Barometer and | ||
| the Mon. | Thermometer attached. | Remarks on the Weather, &c. | |
| Barom. | Thermo. | ||
| 1 | 30.011 | +35 | b. c. o. s. and drift. |
| 2 | 29.715 | +38 | o. m. s. o. m. o s. |
| 3 | 29.623 | +38.7 | o. m. s. o. s. |
| 4 | 29.624 | +39.5 | o. m. b. c. o. m. |
| 5 | 29.796 | +41 | o. m. s. b. c. b. drifting. A faint ray of |
| aurora to the S. E. extending vertically | |||
| towards the zenith. | |||
| 6 | 30.009 | +38.8 | b. c. drifting. Some faint beams of aurora |
| extending from S.W. to N.W., alt. 60°; one ray | |||
| to the S.E. pointing towards the zenith. | |||
| 7 | 29.894 | +37.3 | o. c. o. drifting. |
| 8 | 30.1 | +39.5 | o. drifting. |
| 9 | 39.996 | +35.2 | o. s. drifting thick. |
| 10 | 29.598 | +40.2 | o s. o. b. c. o. much drift. |
| 11 | 29.728 | +38 | o. s. o. m. b. c. drifting. |
| 12 | 30.163 | +38.1 | b. c. m. b. drifting. |
| 13 | 30.214 | +34.9 | b. m. b c. m. much drift. |
| 14 | 30.39 | +36.2 | b. m. much drift. Solar halo and parhelia with |
| prismatic colours; hazy near horizon; a faint | |||
| beam of aurora to the westward directed toward | |||
| the zenith; drifting. | |||
| 15 | 30.239 | +37 | o.m. o. s. |
| 16 | 29.963 | +38 | o.s. b. c. m. drifting. |
| 17 | 30.102 | +37 | o.s. b. c. m. drifting. Three beams of aurora |
| pointing towards the zenith; two of them | |||
| bearing N.N.W., and the other S.E. | |||
| 18 | 30.006 | +33.7 | b. c. fo. o. m. At 9 A.M. there was a very red |
| sky to the N. westward; sound heard at a | |||
| great distance. | |||
| 19 | 29.573 | +36.7 | o. s. b. c. drifting. |
| 20 | 29.420 | +36.8 | o. s. m. o. s. f. b. c. m. At 7 h. 30 m. a |
| faint aurora extending from W. to S.E., | |||
| alt. 20°; motion rapid; no prismatic colours. | |||
| 21 | 29.409 | +37 | o. s. b. c. s. o. f. s. b. m. s. |
| 22 | 29.615 | +39 | b. c. Some faint streaks of aurora, most of them |
| to the S. eastward, and pointed towards the | |||
| horizon. | |||
| 23 | 29.918 | +33.7 | b. m. b. c. Some faint rays of aurora visible |
| this morning at 5 h. 30 m. in different parts | |||
| of the heavens; drifting. | |||
| 24 | 30.408 | +33.7 | b. c. drifting. |
| 25 | 30.573 | +30.8 | b. b. m. Two faint beams of aurora bearing |
| W.N.W. and pointing towards the zenith; | |||
| altitude of lower limb 30°. | |||
| 26 | 30.606 | +32 | b. m. b. much drift. |
| 27 | 29.555 | +31 | b. m. o. s. drifting. Door drifted up. |
| 28 | 29.41 | +26.6 | o. m. b. c. s. o. s. drifting. |
| 29 | 29.894 | +27.5 | b. c. drifting. |
| 30 | 30.354 | +26 | b. c. m. drifting. |