Fort Hope, Repulse Bay.—Abstract of Meteorological Journal for December, 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 | -24 | -27 | -25.875 | Calm. N.E. N. | 0-3 |
| 2 | -26.7 | -30 | -28.1 | N.E. Calm. N. | 1-0 |
| 3 | -24.8 | -28.5 | -26.4 | N. by W. | 1-4 |
| 4 | -24.8 | -28 | -29.97 | N.W. by W. S.S.W. | 4-0 |
| 5 | -17.3 | -21 | -19.7 | Calm. S. by E. S.S.E. | 0-2 |
| 6 | - 6.5 | -11 | - 9.14 | E. by S. N.E. N. | 5-2 |
| 7 | -16.5 | -24 | -19.7 | N. | 5-7 |
| 8 | -19.5 | -25.6 | -22.61 | N. | 9-8 |
| 9 | +14 | -15 | + .03 | N.N.W. N.N.E. N.E. | 11-5 |
| 10 | +17 | +14.8 | +15.74 | N.E. by N. N.E. E. | 4-6 |
| 11 | +12.7 | + 9.8 | +11.6 | N. by E. N.N.W. N.W. | 4-1 |
| 12 | + 4 | - 6 | +.74 | S. S.S.E. Calm. | 0-3 |
| 13 | -13 | -17 | -14.93 | N. N. by W. | 4-1 |
| 14 | -19 | -23 | -20.94 | Calm. Vble. | 0-2 |
| 15 | - 9 | -19 | -16.55 | N.N.W. N. by W. | 1-4 |
| 16 | 0 | - 3 | - 1.64 | N. E.N.E. Calm. Vble. | 0-1 |
| 17 | - 5 | - 9.6 | - 6.05 | Vble. W.N.W. | 1-2 |
| 18 | - 6 | - 8.5 | - 7.04 | N. by W. W. Vble. | 2-1 |
| 19 | -14.2 | -20 | -17.4 | N. by W. N.N.W. | 5-4 |
| 20 | - 8.7 | -13 | -10.56 | S. by W. N. by W.N. | 1-4 |
| 21 | -20.7 | -32.3 | -24.83 | N.W. Vble. N. | 1-2 |
| 22 | -30.5 | -36.5 | -33.4 | W. Calm. N. by E. | 0-2 |
| 23 | -21.4 | -26 | -23.3 | N.N.E. N.E.N. | 0-1 |
| 24 | -31 | -35.3 | -33.13 | N. | 7-10 |
| 25 | -36 | -38 | -36.83 | N. by W. | 10-8 |
| 26 | -34 | -38 | -36.46 | N. by W. N. | 8-11 |
| 27 | -30 | -30 | -30 | N. | 10-11 |
| 28 | -30.8 | -34.8 | -33.01 | N. N. by W. | 6-4 |
| 29 | -24.5 | -40 | -35 | N.W. by W. Vble. N.N.W. | 0-5 |
| 30 | -25 | -32.3 | -29.63 | N. | 6-9 |
| 31 | -23 | -32.5 | -29.25 | N. by W. Vble. N. | 1-7 |
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| 597.43 | |||||
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| - 19.27 | |||||
| Day of | Barometer and | ||
| the Mon. | Thermometer attached. | Remarks on the Weather, &c. | |
| Barom. | Thermo. | ||
| 1 | 30.452 | +18.75 | b. c. |
| 2 | 30.237 | +19.6 | b. c. b. c. m. Lunar halo. |
| 3 | 30.886 | +16.3 | b. c. b. c. m. |
| 4 | 30.013 | +17 | b. c. m. |
| 5 | 29.778 | +17.6 | b. c. m. parhelia with prismatic colours; |
| aurora visible to the south in two arches | |||
| arising from near the horizon to the zenith. | |||
| 6 | 29.480 | +27.5 | o. s. b. c. |
| 7 | 29.764 | +26 | b. m. c. drifting. |
| 8 | 30.039 | +23 | b. c. drift. |
| 9 | 29.974 | +22 | s. o. drifting. |
| 10 | 29.892 | +28.3 | s. o. b. c. o. s. drifting. |
| 11 | 29.759 | +32 | o. s. m. |
| 12 | 30.016 | +26.6 | o. m. s.b.m. |
| 13 | 30.36 | +31 | b. m. b. c. The sky to the north had a |
| beautiful lake coloured tint at sunset; the | |||
| most brilliant display of aurora I have | |||
| observed this winter, the centre being towards | |||
| the true south, and gradually rising from an | |||
| altitude of 12° to 70° or 80°. It was of a | |||
| pale yellowish green colour. Horizontal needle | |||
| not affected. | |||
| 14 | 30.473 | +26 | b. c. m. Some faint beams of aurora in |
| different parts of the heavens. A very faint | |||
| aurora to the southward. | |||
| 15 | 30.37 | +27 | b. m. b. c.o. A very faint aurora; centre true |
| south. | |||
| 16 | 30.186 | +30.7 | o. m. |
| 17 | 30.205 | +27.6 | o. m. b. m. Wind variable from N. to E.; |
| faint aurora to the S.; alt. 10°; centre | |||
| S.S.W. 30°. | |||
| 18 | 30.274 | +29.3 | o. b. c. m. Aurora faint to the S. by W. |
| 19 | 30.245 | +27.3 | b. c. m. drifting. |
| 20 | 30.259 | +28 | b. c. o. s. |
| 21 | 30.268 | +29 | b. m. Arch of aurora across zenith nearly east |
| and west; brightest at western extremity. | |||
| 22 | 30.264 | +22.3 | b. c. b. m. |
| 23 | 30.168 | +25.3 | b. m. b. c. b. m. s. Spiculæ of snow falling. |
| Lunar halo faint. | |||
| 24 | 30.065 | +23.6 | b. m. much drift. |
| 25 | 29.996 | +22 | b. m. much drift. |
| 26 | 29.83 | +20 | b. c. m. much drift. |
| 27 | 29.523 | +15.5 | b. c. m. much drift. |
| 28 | 29.536 | +14.3 | b. m. b. drifting. |
| 29 | 29.603 | +14.3 | b. b. c. A faint halo, centre S., alt. about |
| 20°; wind variable from N. to W. by S.; cirrus | |||
| clouds; halo round moon. | |||
| 30 | 29.577 | +11.6 | b. c. drifting; much drift. |
| 31 | 29.564 | +15.3 | b. c. |
Fort Hope, Repulse Bay.—Abstract of Meteorological Journal for January, 1847.
| 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 | -23.5 | -32 | -26.96 | N.N.W. N.W. by W. N. by W. | 1-6 | |
| 2 | -29.5 | -33.5 | -31.8 | N.N.W. N. by W. N.W. | 2-5 | |
| 3 | -30.3 | -32 | -31.4 | N. by W. Calm. N.N.E. | 0-1 | |
| 4 | -31 | -34 | -32.82 | N. Calm. N. | 0-2 | |
| 5 | -27.5 | -30 | -28.61 | N. ½ W. | 5-8 | |
| 6 | -26.5 | -31 | -28.3 | N.N.W. | 6-8 | |
| 7 | -40 | -42 | -40.9 | N.W. Calm. W. N.W.N. | 0-1 | |
| 8 | -44 | -47 | -46.7 | N.W. N.N.W. N. by W. | 1-7 | |
| 9 | -38 | -40 | -39 | N. | 10-11 | |
| 10 | -12 | -17 | -14.5 | N.N.W. | 10-12 | |
| 11 | -10 | -10 | -10 | N. by W. | 7-11 | |
| 12 | -12 | -16 | -14 | N. by W. | 7-8 | |
| 13 | -28.5 | -33.5 | -30.8 | N.N.W. N. by W. | 6-7 | |
| 14 | -33.8 | -36.3 | -35.1 | N. by W. N. ½ W. N. by W. | 7-5 | |
| 15 | -38 | -39.5 | -38.7 | N. by W. N.W. N.N.W. | 2-5 | |
| 16 | -39.3 | -41 | -37.07 | N. by W. N.N.W. N. by W. | 2-6 | |
| 17 | -38 | -41 | -39.6 | N. by W. | 7-8 | |
| 18 | -37 | -40 | -38.95 | N.W. by N. N. by W. | 2-4 | |
| 19 | -25 | -31 | -30.6 | N.N.W. | N.N.W. | 9-11 |
| 20 | -14 | -20 | -17 | N.N.W. | 8-10 | |
| 21 | -20.5 | -26.5 | -23.4 | N. by W. N.N.E. N. | 2-9 | |
| 22 | -14 | -26 | -18.87 | N.W. N.N.W. | 6-11 | |
| 23 | -10 | -13 | -11.2 | N.N.W. | 9-11 | |
| 24 | -13 | -13 | -13 | N.N.W. | 9-11 | |
| 25 | -26.5 | -32.5 | -29.25 | N.N.W. | 4-7 | |
| 26 | -31.5 | -37 | -34.47 | N. Calm. Vble. N. | 0-1 | |
| 27 | -29 | -35 | -32.05 | N. N. by W. | 1-2 | |
| 28 | -33.3 | -35.5 | -34.65 | N. by W. | 6-7 | |
| 29 | -36 | -42.7 | -39.25 | N. by W. W.N.W. N.W. | 4-1 | |
| 30 | -24.7 | -36.5 | -28.64 | S. by W. Vble. E. | 1-5 | |
| 31 | -27.5 | -35 | -31.5 | N. by W. | 4-7 | |
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| 909 | ||||||
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| -29.32 | ||||||
| Day of | Barometer and | ||
| the Mon. | Thermometer attached. | Remarks on the Weather, &c. | |
| Barom. | Thermo. | ||
| 1 | 29.908 | +17 | b. c. b. c. s. drifting. |
| 2 | 30.128 | +16 | b. m. b. Faint aurora, centre S.W. by S., |
| alt. 15°; drifting; some streaks of aurora | |||
| to the southward pointing to the zenith. | |||
| 3 | 30.134 | +18.5 | b. c. b. Much refraction; thermometer in house |
| +11°; a beam of aurora to the south pointing | |||
| to the zenith. | |||
| 4 | 30.023 | +15.6 | b. b. Hills much refracted; aurora faint; |
| centre of arch S. by W.; alt. 10°; aurora in | |||
| a narrow line parallel to horizon, alt. 4°, | |||
| extent 70°, centre south. | |||
| 5 | 29.93 | +14.6 | b. c. m. drifting. |
| 6 | 30.04 | +14.6 | b. m. drifting. A faint aurora extending from |
| S.S.E. across the zenith. | |||
| 7 | 29.861 | +12.6 | b. c. m. Mercury froze after two hours' |
| exposure. | |||
| 8 | 29.8 | +11 | b. b. drifting. |
| 9 | 29.974 | Much drift; could not get out to see | |
| thermometer, door being drifted up. | |||
| 10 | 29.139 | + 6 | o. o. Much drift; obliged to take the |
| thermometers into the house, as the pillars | |||
| of snow on which the posts were placed were | |||
| nearly all blown away. | |||
| 11 | 29.193 | +10.5 | o. b. m. Much drift; a beam of aurora S.E.; |
| alt. 25°. | |||
| 12 | 29.309 | +14.5 | b. m. Much drift; very faint aurora; centre |
| W. by N.; alt. 10°. | |||
| 13 | 29.549 | +12.3 | b. m. drifting; a very faint aurora, centre |
| S.S.W., alt. 16°; extent 60° or 70°. | |||
| 14 | 29.588 | +13 | b. c. m. drift; arch of aurora faint, |
| alt. 11°, centre S.S.W., extent 90°. | |||
| 15 | 29.608 | + 7.6 | b. m. c. Streams of bright light shooting from |
| the sun to the alt. of 5°. | |||
| 16 | 29.67 | + 7 | b. c. b. drifting, stratus; arch of aurora |
| faint, centre south, alt. 18°, extent 60°. | |||
| Centre S.S.W., alt. 12°, extent 90°. | |||
| 17 | 29.887 | +13 | b. m. drifting. Aurora visible, faint but |
| brightest to the westward; centre S., | |||
| alt. 60°. | |||
| 18 | 29.245 | + 6 | b. c. b. c. m. A very faint arch of aurora |
| from the N.W. by N. extending across zenith. | |||
| 19 | 29.662 | + 7 | m. o. much drift; door drifted up. |
| 20 | 29.472 | +11 | o. q. much drift. |
| 21 | 29.60 | + 9.5 | b. m. much drift. |
| 22 | 29.445 | + 8 | b. m. o. s. o. m. q. s. o. q. drifting. |
| 23 | 29.273 | + 9.5 | o. m. much drift. |
| 24 | 29.366 | +10 | o. q. gale all night; much drift. |
| 25 | 29.83 | + 8 | b. m. drifting; solar halo with parhelia. |
| 26 | 30.035 | + 6.3 | b. A faint arch of aurora across zenith S.W. |
| and N.E. | |||
| 27 | 29.911 | + 4.6 | b. c. b. c. s. o. m. o. s. |
| 28 | 29.908 | + 7.3 | b. m. drifting. Very cold to the sensation' |
| spiculæ of snow falling; a broad band of | |||
| aurora, the lower edge having a reddish or | |||
| lake tint, running parallel to the horizon; | |||
| alt. 2°, centre S.W., extent 70°; some | |||
| beams of aurora S.E. pointing towards | |||
| the zenith. | |||
| 29 | 29.954 | + 7.3 | b. m. |
| 30 | 29.737 | + 5.6 | o. b. c. m. s. b. c. s. |
| 31 | 29.714 | + 8 | b. c. m. Cirrus; drifting. |