Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847

by John Rae

Day of	Barometer and
the Mon.	Thermometer attached.		Remarks on the Weather, &c.
	Barom.	Thermo.
1	30.152	+ 4.3	b. b.
2	30.296	+ 4	b.
3	30.268	+ 4.6	b. m. drifting. The wind between noon and
			2 P.M. went round for a few minutes, and
			then went back to its old direction.
4	30.399	+ 6.3	b. m. drifting.
5	30.492	+ 7	b. m. b. c. m. much drift.
6	30.63	+11.3	b. c. m. drifting.
7	30.514	+10.5	b. m. drifting.
8	30.232	+ 7.6	b. c. m. much drift.
9	30.194	+ 8	b. b. c.
10	30.179	+ 4	b. b. c. cirrus.
11	30.305	+ 4.7	b.
12	30.449	+ 9.7	b. m. much drift.
13	30.089	+ 7	b. q. thick drift.
14	30.07	+ 5	b. m. q. b. c. m. much drift.
15	30.886	+13	b. c. m. q. b. c. m. o. m. drifting.
16	29.578	+12	o. s. b. c. s. b. c. drifting.
17	29.814	+ 6.6	b. c. b. q. drifting.
18	29.99	+ 4.6	b. c. m. Solar halo with prismatic
			colours; drifting.
19	30.001	+ 5.6	b. m. b. c. cirrus.
20	29.569	+ 8	b. m. b. c. m.
21	29.372	+ 3	o. s. o. m. b. m. drifting.
22	29.673	+ 5	b. c. m. q. cirrus.
23	29.823	+ 6.7	b. c. m. o. s. Spiculæ; halo with
			prismatic colours; drifting.
24	29.854	+ 3.7	b. m. b. c. m. much drift; door
			drifted up.
25	29.899	+ .7	b. m. c. m. much drift; door drifted up.
26	30.196	+ 1.3	b. c. m. drifting.
27	30.046	- .3	b. m. b. c. m. drifting.
28	30.161	+ 1	b. m. c. drifting.
29	30.142	+ 2	b. m. drifting.
30	30.182	+ 3.5	b. c. m. o. m. drifting.
31	30.867	+10.6	b. c. m. b. c. s. o. s. drifting.

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Fort Hope, Repulse Bay.—Abstract of Meteorological Journal for April, 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	-6.5	-18.3	-11.57	N.W. by W.	W. by N.	3-6
2	-0.5	-21	-9.03	W. N.N.W. N.W.	2-4
3	+8	-23.5	-6.7	Vble. Calm.	1-0
4	0	-13	-4.5	N.W. by N. N.	2-1
5			-10	N. by W.	5
6	+11	-20	-5.3	S.	4
7	+18	-9	+3.67
8	+20	-2	+8.3
9	+2	-12	-5	N.N.W
10	+19	-15	+3.66	E.
11	+10	-15	-1.6	E.
12	+16	-17	-2	S.
13	+21	-11	+5.3	N.N.W.
14	+15	0	+6.6	W.
15	-7	-17	-11.3	N.N.W.	9
16	-10	-19	-15.3	N.	9
17	-8	-22	-16.3	N.
18	-2	-20	-12	N.W.
19	-5	-25	-13.7	N.N.W.
20	-5	-20	-12.67	N.
21	0	-22	-10.3	N.N.W.
22	-8	-22	-13.3	N. by W.
23	+17	-12	+1.67	Vble.	2
24	-6	-10	-4.3	N.W.
25	+7	-2	+1	N.
26	+5	-10	-1.6	N.N.W.
27	+8	-5	+2	N.N.W.
28	+10	-3	+4	N.N.W.
29	+11	-1	+4	N.N.W.
30	+20	-1	+9.6	N.
			———
			122.57
			———
			-3.95

Day of	Barometer and
the Mon.	Thermometer attached.		Remarks on the Weather, &c.
	Barom.	Thermo.
1	29.83	+ 10	b. c. m. drifting.
2	29.709		b. b. c.
3	29.708	+ 4	b. b. c. Barometer not registered after this.
			Thermometer with colourless ??? rose to 5°
			only, although freely exposed to the sun's
			rays. At 8 P.M. a faint aurora of an orange
			colour; centre south; alt. 5°
4			o. m. b. c. s. o.s.
5			o. s.
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13			much drift all day.
14			much drift.
15
16			much drift and snow.
17
18			thick drift and snow. Some partridges seen.
19
20			drifting.
21
22
23			drifting thick.
24
25
26			snow and drift.
27			drifting.
28			drifting.
29			drifting.
30			drifting.

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