Travels into North America, Volume 2 (of 3)

by Pehr Kalm

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October 1748.

D.	H.	Ther.	Wind.	The Weather in general.
1	6 m	19.0	S 1	Fair. Scattered clouds at 8.
	2 a	18.5		Scattered clouds. Dark towards night.
2	6 m	18.5	S W 0	Cloudy.
3	6 m	15.0	N W 1	Cloudy.
	1 a	18.0		Scattered clouds. Late at night a great halo round the moon.
4	7 m	6.0	N W 1	Fair.
	1 a	16.0
5	7 m	2.0	N 1	Fair.
6	7 m	2.0	N E 1	Fair.
	1 a	18.0		At night a great halo round the moon.
7	6 m	7.0	E N E 1	Cloudy. Fair at 9, and all day.
8	6 m	14.0	E N E 1	Cloudy. Scattered clouds at 8.
9	6 m	18.0	S S E 1	Rain all the morning.
	3 a	23.0		Cloudy.
10	6 m	20.0	S W 0	Fog, and a drizzling rain.
	2 a	23.0		Fair.
11	7 m	20.0	S W 1	Fog, which fell down. Fair at 8.
	2 a	26.0		Fair.
12	6 m	8.0	W N W 1	Fair all day.
	8		W 1
	2 a	20.0	W S W 1
13	6 m	2.0	W N W 1	In the morning, hoary frost on the plants.
	2 a	17.0	W S W 0	Fair all day.
14	6 m	5.0	S S W 0	Fair.
	2 a	21.0
15	6 m	4.5	S S E 0	Fair.
	2 a	24.0
16	6 m	11.0	E N E 0	Cloudy.
17	6 m	8.0	N E 1	Cloudy.
	2 a	18.0		Cloudy. Violent rain all night.
18	6 m	12.0	N W 0	Cloudy.
	5 a	4.0	S W 0
19	6 m	00.0	W S W 1	Scattered clouds.
	2 a	9.0
20	5 m	01.0	W N W 1	Fair.
	2 a	9.0
21	7 m	00.0	W 0	In the morning ice on standing water, white hoary frost on the ground; fair all day.
	1 a	15.0	[[326]]
22	6 m	00.0	W 0	Fair.
23	6 m	4.5	N N E 1	Fair.
	1 a	16.0
24	6 m	4.5	N 0	Fair.
	2 a	18.0
25	6 m	4.5	S W 1	Fair. Air very much condensed in the afternoon.
26	6 m	4.0	S W 0	Fair.
	3 a	19.0
27	6 m	1.0	S W 0	Fair.
	3 a	17.0
28	6 m	9.0	E 2	Heavy rain all day.
29	6 m	14.0	W 1	Fair.
	1 a	20.0		At night I saw a meteor, commonly called the shooting of a star, going far from N. W.to S. E.
30	6 m	3.0	N W 1	Fair.
31	7 m	4.0	W 1	Fair.
	1 a	18.0

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November 1748.

D.	H.	Ther.	Wind.	The Weather in general.
1	7 m	3.0	S 1	Fair.
2	6 m	4.0	N 0	Fair.
	3 a	18.0
3	7 m	7.0	N W 1	Fair.
	1 a	14.0	S E 0
4	7 m	1.0	S W 0	In the morning the fields were covered with white frost.
	12 n	19.0		A fair day.
5	7 m	4.0	S W 1	Fair.
	1 a	17.0
6	7 m	4.5	N E 1	Fair.
	1 a	12.0		Towards evening somewhat cloudy.
7	7 m	7.0	E N E 1	Cloudy.
	4 a	11.5
8	7 m	11.5	E N E 2	Drizzling rain.
	½ a	18.0	E S E 3	Heavy rain.
9	7 m	17.0	S E 1	Drizzling rain.
	9 m	15.0	S S W 1	At eight it cleared up.
	1 a	17.0		Scattered clouds.
10	7 m	6.0	S S W 2	Fair.
	½ a	13.0	W N W 2
11	7 m	4.0	W S W 1	Cloudy.
	½ a	12.0		Scattered clouds.
12	6 m	03.0	S W 1	Fair.
	2 a	11.5	N W 2	Cloudy.
	4	5.0
13	7 m	00.0	N N E 1	This morning ice on the water.
	2 a	5.5		Fair.
14	7 m	0.5	N 3	Fair.
	1 a	8.0	N 2
15	7 m	3.0	S 2	A strong red aurora.
	1 a	8.0		Cloudy, and continual drizzling rain.
16	7 m	4.5	W 1	Fair.
17	7 m	01.0	W 1	Fair and cloudy alternately.
	1 a	8.0		Sometimes drizzling rain.
18	7 m	4.0	S 1	Fair.
	3 a	6.5	N W 2
19	7 m	03.0	W 0	Fair.
	2 a	11.5		[[328]]
20	7 m	01.0	N N E 1	Fair.
	2 a		S 1
21	7 m	15.0	S W 2	Fair.
	1 a	19.0
22	7 m	20.0	E 1	Rain all day.
	2 a	10.0
23	8 m	16.0	S 1	Cloudy, foggy, and rain now and then.
	8 a		S W 4
24	7 m	00.0	W N W 3	Fair.
25	7 m		N W 0	It was very cold last night, and fair to-day.
26			N W 0	Alternately fair and somewhat cloudy, and always pretty cold.
27				Fair; scattered clouds: pretty warm in the air.
28				Cloudy, foggy, and quite calm.
29				Somewhat cloudy.
30			N 1	Fair, and a little cold.

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December 1748.

D.	H.	Ther.	Wind.	The Weather in general.
1			N 1	Fair.
2			W S W 1	Fair, and cold; a great halo round the moon at night.
3			W S W 1	A pretty red aurora, however a fair day.
4	7 m	6.0	S S W 0	Fair.
	3 a	18.0
5	7 m	5.5	N N E 1
	4 a	9.5
6	7 m	6.5	S S W 1	Cloudy.
	3 a	14.0		Somewhat fairer: hard rain in the next night.
7	7 m	13.5	S W 1	Cloudy.
	2 a	19.0		Fair.
8	7 m	5.0	S 1	Cloudy.
	2 a	13.5		Rain and wind next night; thick, but
9	7 m	12.0	S W 2	scattered clouds.
	2 a	10.0	W N W 2
10			W N W 2	Scattered clouds.
11	7 m	2.0	S S W 1	Fair.
	2 a	12.5
12	7 m	0.5	N E 1	Cloudy, rain, and fog all day from nine o’clock.
	2 a	10.5
13	8 m	7.5	S W 0	Foggy, and cloudy.
	2 a	10.0		Next night a strong N. W. wind.
14	8 m	1.0	N W 2	Scattered clouds.
	2 a	2.0
15	8 m	07.0	W N W 1	Fair and cloudy alternately.
	2 a	01.0
16	8 m	01.0	W 1	Fair.
	2 a	1.5
17	8 m	02.5	N W 1	Cloudy, some snow, the first this winter.
	2 a	00.0
18	8 m	03.0	W 1	Fair.
	2 a	4.0
19	8 m	1.0	W 1	Cloudy.
	2 a	8.0		Fair.
20	8 m	01.5	W S W 2	Scattered clouds: about six at night were quite red stripes on the sky, to the North.
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21	8 m	07.0	N 0	Fair.
	2 a	2.0
22	8 m	04.5	S E 0	Fair.
	2 a	13.0		It grew cloudy in the afternoon.
23	8 m	13.0	S S W 0	Heavy rain.
	2 a	18.0		Foggy and cloudy.
24	8 m	13.0	W S W 0	Thick fog.
	2 a	17.0	S W 1	Fair; but late in the evening a hard shower of rain.
25	8 m	18.0	S 3	Last night was a storm, rain, thunder, and lightning.
	2 a	18.5	S S E 2	Heavy rain all day.
2	8 m	3.0	W 3	Last night a violent storm from W. and S. and heavy rain. The morning was cloudy,and some snow fell.
	2 a	3.5	W N W 3	Clears up.
27	8 m	04.0	W N W 3	Fair.
28	8 m	07.0	W 0	Fair.
	2 a	8.0
29	8 m	3.0	N N E 1	Somewhat cloudy, and intermittent showers.
	2 a	13.0	— 0
30	8 m	8.0	N N E 1	Cloudy and foggy all day.
	2 a	10.0	— 0
31	8 m	6.0	W 3	Fair.
	2 a	4.0	N W 1	At night a halo round the moon.

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