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

by John Rae

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Fort Hope, Repulse Bay.—Abstract of Meteorological Journal for July, 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	+39	+29.3	+33.6	N.N.W. N. by W. N.	4-6
2	+38	+31.3	+34.6	N. N.W. by N. N.W.	7-4
3	+46.5	+32	+38.17	W. Calm.	7-6-0
4	+35.5	+33	+34.1	N.E.	6-5-4
5	+45.5	+35	+39.8	W.	5-3-6
6	+46	+34	+39.17	W.N.W. N. by W. Chble.	7-0
7	+49	+38	+43	E. by S. S.E. Calm.	2-4-0
8	+51	+35	+42	E. E.S.E. E.	3-5-1
9	+48.7	+32.3	+38.7	N. Vble. E.	5-2
10	+41	+35	+37.17	E.S.E.	5-6
11	+36	+33	+34.5	E. by N. Calm.	4-3-0
12	+39.3	+35	+36.7	N. N. by E.	3-5-6
13	+38	+33.5	+35.6	N. by W. N.	8-9
14	+38	+33.7	+35.23	N.	9
15	+42.5	+34	+37.2	N. by W.	9-10
16	+39	+35.3	+37.7	N. Calm.	10-7-0
17	+46	+36	+42.5	N.N.W. W. by N.	8-5-3
18	+43	+35	+39.5	Vble. Calm.	3-4-0
19	+47.3	+36	+41.6	N.W.	5-6-3
20	+55.5	+41	+46.9	N.N.W. N.W. Calm.	3-5-0
21	+57	+44	+49.17	N. Vble. N.N.W.	4-1-3
22	+47	+40	+42.5	Calm. N.N.W.	0-6-5
23	+49.3	+38.5	+43.26	N.N.W. N. N. by W.	8-7-8
24	+48	+36.5	+41.9	N. N.W. by N.	9-7-3
25	+52	+36	+43.16	N.W. Calm.	6-4-0
26	+43	+38	+40.2	S.S.E. E.S.E. E.	2-6
27	+51.5	+40	+44.17	N.E. Calm.	5-3-0
28	+60	+45	+51.8	W. W.N.W. W. by S.	2-3-2
29	+53.5	+47	+50.2	N.	4-3-1
30	+55	+38.3	+46.6	W. by N. N.	4-8-10
31	+48	+37.5	+42.5	N. by W.	3-8-5
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			1285.4
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			+41.46

Day of	Barometer and
the Mon.	Thermometer attached.		Remarks on the Weather, &c.
	Barom.	Thermo.
1	29.786	+39.83	b. c. p.s. a little frost during the night.
2	29.838	+35.5	b. c.
3	29.986	+46	b. c. a beautiful night.
4	29.864	+40.3	o. p. o. f. p. r. o. sleet.
5	30.015	+43	b. c.
6	30.124	+42	b. c. b. c. q. Ther. at midnight +35°; coat
			of ice on pools where there is snow.
7	30.216	+49.5	b. c.
8	30.185	+46	b. c.
9	30.216	+40.3	o. b. c. o.
10	30.024	+42	o. b. c. o.
11	29.828	+42	p. r. f. o. f. w. o. Heavy rain during
			the night; wet fog and showers of rain.
12	29.802	+40	o. f. p. r. o. w. f.
13	29.938	+39	o. f. p. r. o. f. o. p. r. q.
14	29.968	+41.3	r. o. b. c. o.
15	29.905	+41.7	o. b. c. o. r. A great quantity of water
			coming down N. Pole River this morning;
			sleet.
16	29.865	+44.2	p. w. s. q. o. s. b. c. Snow showers all
			night; ther. at 6 p.m. +45°.
17	29.902	+47.2	o. b. c. at 5 p.m. Ther. at +54°.
18			b. c. b. c. o.
19	29.716	+48	b. c. q.
20	29.714	+56	b. c.
21	29.776	+54.5	b. c.
22	29.794	+46.5	o. b. c. p. r. b. c.
23	29.791	+46	d. r. b. c. p. r. b. c.
24	29.858	+45.5	b. c.
25	29.967	+53	b. c.
26	29.815	+47.2	b. c. b. c. q.
27	29.917	+49	b. c.
28	30.038	+53.5	b. c.
29	30.113	+56.8	b. c.
30	30.017	+49	b. c. p.r. The barometer fell some
			hundredths lower than when registered at
			6 A.M., but immediately began to rise as
			soon as the wind changed to the north.
31	30.102	+51.5	b. c.

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Fort Hope, Repulse Bay.—Abstract of Meteorological Journal for August, 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	+52	+40	+44.8	N.	4-6-3
2	+56	+40	+47.7	N.N.W.	6-2-1
3	+49	+44.5	+46.2	N.W. N.N.W.	6-7-5
4	+41	+34.7	+36.9	N.N.W. N.	9-8
5	+54	+34	+62.5	N. N. by W.	7-6-3
6	+50	+46.5	+49.8	Vble. W.S.W.	3
7	+59.3	+43.5	+49.3	S.W. Calm.	4-5-0
8	+49.5	+42	+45.5	Vble. N.W.	1-2-6
9	+44.5	+37	+39.83	N. N.W.	8-6-4
10	+37.5	+35		N.	9-10-8