Fort Hope, Repulse Bay.—Abstract of Meteorological Journal for February, 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 | -29.8 | -38.5 | -33.6 | N.N.W. N.W. W. | 6-1 |
| 2 | -30.8 | -37.3 | -33.73 | N.W. Vble. W. Calm. N. | 0-1 |
| 3 | -29 | -35 | -31.53 | S.W. Calm. Vble. | 0-1 |
| 4 | -19 | -26.5 | -22.67 | Calm. Vble. Calm. | 0-1 |
| 5 | -14 | -20 | -16.71 | N.W. by S. | 4-6 |
| 6 | -14.7 | -22.5 | -17.5 | N. | 3-6 |
| 7 | -22.5 | -27 | -25.16 | Calm. N. by W. Calm. | 0-1 |
| 8 | -22.3 | -30.5 | -26.25 | N. by W. N.N.W. | 1-4 |
| 9 | -20 | -25.5 | -21.65 | N.W. N.W. by W. | 1-6 |
| 10 | -20 | -27 | -23.35 | N. Vbl. N. by W. | 0-2 |
| 11 | - 8.7 | -18.3 | -11.64 | W.N.W. N. by W. | 1-6 |
| 12 | -18 | -23.5 | -20.25 | N. by W. | 8-6 |
| 13 | -35.3 | -38 | -36.83 | N.N.W. N. by W. | 7-2 |
| 14 | -26 | -36.5 | -31 | N.W. | 6-3 |
| 15 | -37.5 | -42 | -39.83 | N. | 4-7 |
| 16 | -36.5 | -42 | -39.14 | N. by W. | 7-5 |
| 17 | -35.5 | -40.5 | -38.4 | N. N. by W. N.W. | 7-3 |
| 18 | -27.5 | -34.5 | -30.57 | N. N. by W. N.N.W. | 1-7 |
| 19 | -22 | -32.5 | -27.57 | N. Vble. S.S.E. | 4-1 |
| 20 | -22.5 | -27.5 | -25.3 | N. by W. N. N.N.W. | 7-4 |
| 21 | -19.5 | -27 | -22.83 | N.N.W. N. S.E. | 3-1 |
| 22 | -13 | -26.5 | -18.85 | N.N.W. | 1-5 |
| 23 | -23.5 | -31.5 | -26.57 | N.N.W. N. | 3-1 |
| 24 | -23 | -34.5 | -27.43 | W. W. by N. N. N.W. | 1-4 |
| 25 | - 9.5 | -27.5 | -20.2 | W. Calm. Vble. | 1-0 |
| 26 | - 9.3 | -22 | -13.5 | S.E. E. by N. N. | 1-2 |
| 27 | -24 | -27.5 | -25.54 | N.W. by N. N.N.W. | 4-6 |
| 28 | -34.5 | -40 | -39.2 | N.N.W. N.W. by W. | 6-3 |
| ——— | |||||
| 746.85 | |||||
| ——— | |||||
| -26.68 | |||||
| Day of | Barometer and | ||
| the Mon. | Thermometer attached. | Remarks on the Weather, &c. | |
| Barom. | Thermo. | ||
| 1 | 29.901 | + 7.6 | b. m. b.q. drifting. |
| 2 | 30.023 | + 5.3 | b. b. |
| 3 | 30.593 | + 2.6 | b. c. o. cirrus and cirro-stratus. |
| 4 | 30.219 | + 5 | b. c. |
| 5 | 30.339 | + 5.6 | b. c. q. much refraction; drifting. |
| 6 | 30.18 | +11. | b. c. m. b. c. drifting. |
| 7 | 30.??4 | +12. | b. c. cirrus; cloudy near horizon. |
| 8 | 30.418 | +10.3 | b. m. spiculæ. much refraction. |
| 9 | 30.432 | +12. | o. m. b. c. m. drifting; solar halo with |
| parhelia; a faint arch of aurora. | |||
| 10 | 30.065 | + 8.3 | b. c. cirrus; some faint beams of aurora south |
| and south-south-west (say south-west). | |||
| 11 | 29.865 | +12.6 | b. c. m. o. s. b. c. s. drifting. |
| 12 | 29.71 | +12. | b. m much drift. |
| 13 | 29.644 | +10.5 | b. m. b. drifting. |
| 14 | 29.65 | +10. | b. m. b. |
| 15 | 29.816 | +12.6 | b. b. m. b. drifting. |
| 16 | 29.899 | +13.3 | b. m. b. much drift. |
| 17 | 29.84 | + 7.6 | b. m. b. drifting. |
| 18 | 29.869 | + 7.3 | b. c. o. b. c. m. much drift. |
| 19 | 29.9 | + 6.7 | b. c. s. o. m. Solar halo with prismatic |
| colours and parhelia. | |||
| 20 | 29.9 | + 8 | b. m. b. drifting. |
| 21 | 30.329 | + 7 | b. c. b. c. m. |
| 22 | 30.276 | + 9.6 | b. m. b. c. s. o. s. b. c. s. drifting. |
| 23 | 30.459 | + 9.3 | b. m. b. c. cirrus; Venus visible for the |
| first time, the horizon having been too hazy | |||
| to see her sooner. | |||
| 24 | 30.326 | + 7 | b. |
| 25 | 30.008 | + 6 | b. b. c. much refraction. |
| 26 | 30.221 | + 8.3 | b. m. c. b. c. s. |
| 27 | 30.146 | +12 | b. m. c. b. c. s. b. c. m. drifting along |
| the ground. | |||
| 28 | 30.073 | +11 | b. m. drifting. |
Fort Hope, Repulse Bay.—Abstract of Meteorological Journal for March, 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 | -30.5 | -45 | -37.5 | N. by W. Chble. N.W. by N. | 0-2 |
| 2 | -30.5 | -40.5 | -35.4 | N.W. by N. N.N.W. | 2-4 |
| 3 | -30 | -37 | -33.7 | N.W. by N. N.N.W. | 4-7 |
| 4 | -27 | -38 | -32 | N. by W. N.W. by N. | 4-7 |
| 5 | -26 | -33 | -28.4 | N. by W. N.W. by N. | 8-6 |
| 6 | -27 | -33 | -29.4 | N. by W. | 8-4 |
| 7 | -27.5 | -37 | -33 | N.N. ½ E. | 7-5 |
| 8 | -25 | -31.5 | -27.5 | N. N. by W. N.N.W. | 7-9 |
| 9 | -20 | -30.5 | -25.3 | N.N.W. N.W. by N. | 4-2 |
| 10 | -21 | -33.5 | -27.2 | N.W. N.N.W. | 1-4 |
| 11 | -10.7 | -27.5 | -20 | N.W. by N. N. by W. | 1-3 |
| 12 | -19.5 | -30.5 | -23.7 | N.N.W. N. N. by W. | 8-10 |
| 13 | -15 | -19.5 | -16.5 | N.N.W. | 10-12 |
| 14 | -13.5 | -15 | -14.5 | N. by W. | 11-7 |
| 15 | -11 | -19 | -14.2 | N. N.N.W. | 8-5 |
| 16 | -7.7 | -19 | -11.7 | N.W. by N. N. by W. | 3-6 |
| 17 | -24 | -30 | -26.5 | N. W.N.W. W. | 1-6 |
| 18 | -18.7 | -37.5 | -29.1 | Calm. S.S.E. W. | 0-6 |
| 19 | -14 | -29.5 | -21.4 | W. Vble. | 2-1 |
| 20 | -23.5 | -32.5 | -29.1 | N.N.W. N. N. by W. | 6-4 |
| 21 | -23 | -29.5 | -25.9 | W.N.W. | 10-7 |
| 22 | -16 | -27 | -21.6 | N W. by N. W. | 6-1 |
| 23 | -16 | -33 | -22.6 | N.W. Chble. N. by W. | 1-6 |
| 24 | -29 | -33.5 | -30.9 | N. by W. N.N.W. | 9-7 |
| 25 | -27 | -35 | -30.4 | N. by W. N.N.W. | 7-9 |
| 26 | -26.5 | -35.5 | -30.6 | N. by W. | 6-8 |
| 27 | -24.5 | -34 | -28.1 | N. by W. N.N.W. | 6-8 |
| 28 | -26 | -35 | -30.2 | N. by W. | 2-7 |
| 29 | -22 | -33 | -26.37 | N.N.W. N. W.N.W. | 8-5 |
| 30 | -15 | -32 | -20.54 | N.W. N. by W. | 2-6 |
| 31 | -6 | -14 | -8.6 | N.N.W. N.W. by N. | 7-6 |
| ——— | |||||
| 811.91 | |||||
| ——— | |||||
| -28.1 | |||||